Download or read book Stockport A History written by Morris Garratt and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stockport came into existence in the Saxon period, when a market seems to have been established at the site of the ford where the Roman road south-east of Manchester crossed the river Tame, which later became the Mersey. The small town became a borough in 1260 and was also granted a Market Charter. It prospered as trades and manufactures developed, and by 1610 'Stoppart cloth' was being sold in London. The development of the Stockport region was greatly helped by improvements in transport. The road from Manchester to Buxton through Stockport was turnpiked in 1724, and by the opening decade of the 19th century Stockport was the hub of a number of turnpikes linking the expanding textile towns of north-east Cheshire. The coming of the railway created a line from Manchester to Stockport in 1840, crossing the Mersey valley on a suberb viaduct which was a triumph of Victorian railway engineering and one of the wonders of the railway age. Under the 1832 Reform Act Stockport became a parliamentary borough with two Members of Parliament, and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act gave the town its first democratically elected Council. When County Councils were established in 1888, Stockport achieved county borough status. Both local and national politics have left their mark on the community. The Civil Wars of the 1640s and 1650s, the Jacobites in 1745, Peterloo and Constable Birch, the Cotton Famine of 1861-5, as well as other incidents of civil unrest, and religious and population change, are just some of the events described in this well-researched book, fully illustrated throughout.

Download or read book Stockport Advertiser Centenary History of Stockport written by William Astle and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport written by Peter Arrowsmith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Stockport written by William Astle and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Stockport written by Town of Stockport Bicentennial Committee and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport A Pictorial History written by Roy Westall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Stockport, originally published in hardback in 1988 and again in paperback in 1999

Download or read book The History of the Stockport Sunday School and Its Branch Schools written by W. I. Wild and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport and Cheshire History written by Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. Department of Culture. Local Studies Library and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport History Tour written by Coral Dranfield and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket-sized, illustrated history tour of Stockport showing how the town in Greater Manchester has changed across the decades.

Download or read book Stockport and Cheshire History a Brief Guide to the Local History Collection written by Stockport. Public Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport Through Time written by Coral Dranfield and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Stockport has changed and developed over the years.

Download or read book History of Stockport written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Battersby Hats of Stockport written by Rupert Battersby and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rupert Battersby explores the fascinating history of Battersby Hats.

Download or read book A Z of Stockport written by Robert Nicholls and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Greater Manchester town of Stockport in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Download or read book History of Stockport from 1822 to 1922 written by William Astle and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Stockport Sunday School and Its Branch Schools Together with a Record of All Movements Connected with the Stockport Sunday School written by W. I. Wild and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stockport written by Steve Cliffe and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally a border market town above the Mersey, with a small medieval castle, Stockport grew into the leading cotton manufacturer of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This new history looks at the evolution of the town to the present day, from Roman activity and the Civil War, through the industrial period, to the arrival of modern Stockport with the coming of the railway. This is an essential guide for anyone with an interest in gaining an insight into the proud heritage of this fascinating town.