When County Councils were established in 1888, Stockport achieved county borough status. 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. 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. 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 development of the Stockport region was greatly helped by improvements in transport. It prospered as trades and manufactures developed, and by 1610 'Stoppart cloth' was being sold in London. The small town became a borough in 1260 and was also granted a Market Charter. 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. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 160 pages. The latter have the North Cheshire Herald and Stockport Express newspaper records.Book Synopsis Stockport A History by : Morris Garrattĭownload or read book Stockport A History written by Morris Garratt and published by Phillimore. The first point of call - which I am sure that you will have thought of is Bredbury library followed by Stockport and Manchester. This is in addition to Omerod's (sp) history of Cheshire etc. The Home Guard records are available at the Cheshire Regiment records in Chester. Railways - you can get a good start from W Burton - on this website.
The records of the Compstall Co-operative Society are also available in the national archive - which covers their branch in Romiley. Robert Hunter also produced a short history of Bredbury and Romiley following his adult education classes in the late 70'sīredbury and Romiley Urban District Council also produced a short history in their guide to the area published in the late 1960's. Leslie Rice produced the Compstall Story in 1984 which naturally focuses on Compstall Sources could include:īill Beard who has 'recently' published two books - a photo and narrative history of Romiley and also of Romiley School - these were for sale in the Carpet Shop at one time! Not sure if this helps - for the Romiley area there are a number of sources but it really depends on what you wish to focus on.
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