Timperley is a suburban village in the borough of

Trafford Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers Retrieved on 13 December 2007. and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, ...

, Greater Manchester, England.

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in Cheshire, it is approximately six miles southwest of central

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. The population at the 2011 census was 11,061.

History

The name Timperley derives from ''Timber Leah'', the Anglo-Saxon ( Old English) for a "clearing in the forest". This can be used to roughly date the settlement of Timperley to between the 7th and 8th centuries. Timperley was a predominantly agricultural settlement before the

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, focusing mainly on

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crops.

Bridgewater Canal and Timperley Station - geograph

The

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branch from

Stretford Stretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford,