carpet-cleaning-stockportStockport's name was changed to "Stokeport" by 1170. Old English stoc is a small hamlet, so a town with a port. This is the accepted etymology. 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 was first mentioned by 1173 as the likely castle.
Stockport, although it has a very strong local tradition of Roman military stations, is unfortunately not one. One can assume that Cheadle-Ardotalia roads were dug up and buried to keep them safe along the road.
Stockport's bridge is documented to have existed at least since 1282. During English Civil War it was garrisoned in support of Parliament by a local militia of about 3000 people commanded 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 continued to march from Manchester through Bolton and York, only to be defeated by the Royalists at Marston Moor. Stockport Bridge was demolished in 1745, and trenches dug at the fords in order to stop Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite Army as it marched into the town. The town guard fired on the vanguard, killing a horse. Stockport also played host to the retreating army from Derby, back towards Scotland.
The legend of Stockport is the story of Cheshire farmer Jonathan Thatcher who in 1784, as a protest against Pitt the Younger, rode to Stockport's market on an ox. The Glass Umbrella at St Petersgate Gardens in Stockport is another work that celebrates this event.
Stockport Commercial Area
Stockport's primary commercial district, the town center, is home to most of the high street stores. These can be found either in The Peel Centre or Merseyway 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. Recent work includes talks of building a metrolink connecting Manchester with the town centre, and renovating many older buildings to become luxury apartments. A lot of road work is also needed in the area to prepare for the planned growth.
Stockport is the crossing point for both M60, which runs around Manchester and connects Carlisle to Luton.
Stockport Railway Station is on the Manchester spur. Avanti West Coast trains, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railways and Northern Trains serve the station.
Stockport's bus station was the most important and busy bus station in Greater Manchester. Stockport Interchange has been built to replace the Stockport Bus Station, which was demolished at the end of 2021. As a result, bus services will now begin or stop in nearby areas.
Stockport College, located in Stockport town centre. Stockport Grammar School has been in existence since 1487. It is the oldest school in England.
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. Greek Street is opposite the Stockport Town Hall. The art gallery and war memorial are located there. Underbank Hall is Grade II* listed, and was originally the Bredbury family's townhouse in the early 16th century. It was used until 1823. It has been a bank since 1824. The main hall, which dates to 1915, is located behind the 16th century structure.
Stockport Viaduct stands 111 feet 34 meters high and is used to carry four railroad tracks above the River Mersey. It connects Manchester Piccadilly. The construction of the 11,000,000 bricks viaduct, an engineering feat from Victorian times, took just 21 month and cost £70,000. It is Grade II* listed.
The Stockport Pyramid is a unique structure, designed by Christopher Denny of Michael Hyde and Associates. This steel-framed building, with blue and white glass panels at its apex was meant to be the flagship of a larger project planned for 1987. Construction started early 1990s, and was completed by 1992. But an economic slowdown forced developers to put the building into administration. The building was empty from 1992 until 1995 when it was repossessed by The Co-operative Bank and used as a Call Centre.
Vernon Park to the east of Bredbury was opened 20 September 1858 in commemoration of the Battle of Alma of the Crimean War. The land was given to Bredbury by Lord Vernon.
St Elisabeth's Church is located in Reddish. The model village was designed primarily for Houldsworth Mill's workers by Alfred Waterhouse.
St Mary's Church is the oldest church in the town. It was also the heart of a vast ecclesiastical area that covered 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 is located in the Stockport church. It houses the Stockport Heritage center, which is run by volunteers during market days. The Grade I-listed church. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Our Lady and the Apostles Church both have a Grade II listing.
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Hatmaking started in the north Cheshire area and south east Lancashire as early as the 16thcentury. Stockport became the centre for hatting, and later silk manufacturing in the 17th-century. Stockport was rapidly expanded during the Industrial Revolution. Cotton manufacturing industry growth played a major role in the rapid expansion. Stockport's economic growth had its price. Friedrich Engels (1844), a 19th century German philosopher, wrote that Stockport, "was known as one of smokiest, duskiest holes".
Stockport has been a textile prototype. England's early 18th-century production of silk was insufficient to serve as the warp of fabrics. The thread was imported from Italy where it had been spun using water-driven machinery. John Lombe, who travelled to Italy around 1717, copied the design from the machines. After his return, Lombe obtained a Patent on the Design and started production 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.
As the weaving industry expanded, in 1769 it was employing two thousand people. In 1772, the industry had a bust due to cheap imports. By the end of the 1770s the trade was recovering. This cycle of booms and crashes would continue through the whole textile era.
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