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Stockport is recorded in 1170 as "Stokeport". Old English port (a market) and stoc (a village or town), a hamlet, are the two accepted origins. The older versions of the word include stock, which is a place that has been stockaded or a castle. Port, on the other hand, means a woodland, so a castle located in a woodland. Stockport Castle is likely the castle in question, which was a motte and bailey built around 12th century. It was first recorded as early as 1173.
Stockport's Roman military station is not well documented, in spite of the strong local traditions. Roads from Cheadle towards Ardotalia are believed to have been buried at roadside as a safekeeping.
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Stockport Bridge has existed since 1282. Stockport was a strong supporter of the Parliament during the English Civil War and had local militias of 3000 men under the command of Majors Mainwaring & Duckenfield. Prince Rupert led 8 to 10,000 men with 50 guns into the city on 25th May 1644. The Royalists were driven back by Colonel Washington's Dragoons after a skirmish on the bridge. Rupert then continued on his march through Manchester and Bolton before being defeated at Marston Moor, near York. Stockport's bridge was torn down and trenches dug along the fords, in an attempt to stop Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite forces as they passed through Stockport on their way to Derby. The town guard fired on the vanguard, killing a horse. Stockport also played host to the retreating army from Derby, back towards Scotland.
Stockport boasts a long-standing legend of Cheshire's Jonathan Thatcher. Thatcher avoided Pitt the Younger's saddle tax by riding his ox on the Stockport Market in 1784. The Glass Umbrella is also a celebration of this incident in St Petersgate Gardens. This work, part of Stockport's Arts Trail celebrates it.
The 16th-century saw the establishment of hatmaking in northern Cheshire, and southern Lancashire. Stockport was a hub for hat making and then silk production from the 17th century. Stockport was rapidly expanded during the Industrial Revolution. Cotton manufacturing industry growth played a major role in the rapid expansion. Stockport suffered from the economic boom, but it was not without its costs. According to Friedrich Engels, the 19th century philosopher, Stockport became "one of the smokiest and duskiest holes in all of industrial England".
Stockport has been a textile prototype. England couldn't produce enough silk to use in warps of woven fabric until early the 18th Century. It was necessary to import suitable thread from Italy. This is where the yarns were spun by water-powered machines. John Lombe, who travelled to Italy around 1717, copied the design from the machines. After returning to England, he was granted a patent for the design and began manufacturing in Derby.
Silk spinners in towns such as Manchester, Macclesfield and Stockport petitioned Parliament to refuse to renew Lombe's patent. Lombe received a payment, and Stockport opened its first silk mill on the Mersey bend in 1732. This was the first water-powered mill in north-west England. Other mills were built on nearby brooks.
By 1769 the number of people employed in silk weaving had increased to two thousand. A cheaper imported product may have caused the bust in 1772. But by 1770, trade had rebounded. The boom-bust cycle would last throughout the textile age.
Stockport's main commercial district is located in the centre of town. Most high-street shops can be found at the Merseyway or Peel Centre. Redrock Stockport houses a ten screen cinema as well bars and a number of restaurants. Stockport's proximity to Manchester makes it an ideal place for both commuters as well as shoppers. Lend Lease Corporation, a construction firm, pulled out in 2008 of the PS500,000,000 plans the council had to develop the town centre. It blamed this on the credit squeeze. In recent years, talks have begun about the construction of a new metrolink linking Manchester to Liverpool and transforming many of the older buildings into luxury apartments. The development will also require many new road works to handle the anticipated growth.
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Stockport connects the M60 Manchester-Luton motorway orbital and A6, Carlisle's to Luton's, at Stockport.
Stockport Railway Station is on the Manchester spur. Avanti West Coast services are provided by CrossCountry East Midlands Railway Northern Trains TransPennine Express Transport for Wales.
Stockport Bus Station, one of Greater Manchester's busiest and largest bus stations, served as the terminus of many bus services in the Borough. Stockport Interchange is being built in its place. It will be demolished by the end of 2021. Bus services now start, stop and terminate at other locations.
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Stockport College's campus is located in Stockport city centre. Stockport Grammar School was founded in 1487 and is one of England's oldest schools.
Stockport Town Hall is designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas. It has a magnificent ballroom that John Betjeman called "magnificent." The Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, which was previously installed at Manchester's Paramount Theater and Odeon, can be found in this room. On Greek Street opposite the Town Hall, you will find both the war memorial and an art gallery. Underbank Hall is Grade II* listed, and was originally the Bredbury family's townhouse in the early 16th century. It was used until 1823. Since 1824 the building has been used for banking. The 1915-built main banking hall sits behind this 16th century timber frame.
Stockport Viaduct - 111 feet tall (34m), it carries four rail tracks across the River Mersey, on the route to Manchester Piccadilly. This feat of Victorian engineering was built in just 21 months and cost PS70,000. The 11,000,000 brick viaduct is a great example of Victorian engineering. This structure has been listed as Grade II*.
Stockport Pyramid - a striking structure by Christopher Denny and Michael Hyde and Associates - is situated beside the M60. The Stockport Pyramid was designed by Christopher Denny of Michael Hyde and Associates. It is a distinctive structure with a steel framework covered in mostly blue and then clear glass at the top. Construction was started in 1990 and completed in 1992. Due to a downturn in the economy, the project had been abandoned. It remained empty for many years until The Co-operative Bank took possession of it in 1995 and turned it into a call center.
Vernon Park was officially opened in Bredbury on 20th September 1858, the anniversary of Battle of Alma during the Crimean War. It is named in honour of Lord Vernon, the man who gave the town the land.
St Elisabeth's Church in Reddish, and the Model Village are part of a mill village designed primarily by Alfred Waterhouse to benefit workers at Houldsworth Mill.
St Mary's Church - the oldest place of worship in town - was at the heart of the large ecclesiastical Parish that also included Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Disley Dukinfield Hyde Marple Norbury Offerton Romiley Stockport Etchells Torkington Werneth. These townships had chapels built and now the parish has a smaller size. Stockport Heritage Centre is run on Market Days by volunteer workers. Parts of this church are from the 14th Century. The Grade I listing is for the church. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Our Lady and the Apostles Church have been listed at Grade II.
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