Hatmaking started in the north Cheshire area and south east Lancashire as early as the 16thcentury. Stockport developed into a centre of the hatting and silk industries in the 17th Century. Stockport grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. This was largely due to the expansion of cotton-producing industries. Stockport's rapid economic development took its toll. In 1844, 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Engels said that Stockport "was renowned as being one of the duskiest and smokiest craters" of all the industrial areas.
Stockport, a model textile town was founded in 1850. England could not produce silk that was of high enough quality for use as warps in fabrics until 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 traveled to Italy about 1717. He copied the design. After his return, Lombe obtained a Patent on the Design and started production in Derby.
Lombe sought to extend his patent, but silk spinners, from Manchester, Macclesfield Leek & Stockport, petitioned successfully to parliament, asking that the patent not be renewed. Lombe got paid, and Stockport's silk mill was built in 1732 on a bend of the Mersey. It was the first textile mill powered by water in the North-West region. Other mills were built on nearby brooks.
By 1769 the number of people employed in silk weaving had increased to two thousand. After 1772 there was a decline in trade, probably due to lower import prices. However, by the late-1770s it had begun to recover. The textile industry would experience a cycle of boom and crash throughout its history.
Stockport is a town with a major commercial area. The Merseyway shopping centre or The Peel Centre are the main locations for most stores. Redrock Stockport features a cinema with ten screens, several bars and restaurants. Stockport, which is nine.7 kilometers from Manchester by car, makes it a convenient place for shoppers and commuters. 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. Recently, there have been talks about a Metrolink from Manchester and the redevelopment old buses station. Many roadworks are needed to cope with the expected growth.
Stockport serves as a crossing for the M60 Manchester orbital motorway (which connects Carlisle and Luton) and A6, which links Carlisle with Luton.
Stockport station is located on the Manchester Spur of the West Coast Main Line. Avanti West Coast is the main service provider, followed by CrossCountry and East Midlands Railway. Northern Trains also provides services.
Stockport bus terminal, which was a major terminus in Greater Manchester for a number of services, is now being rebuilt into Stockport Interchange. Stockport Interchange, which is replacing the Stockport bus station that was destroyed in 2021, will begin and end services at locations near Stockport Interchange.
Stockport College has its headquarters in Stockport's town center. Stockport Grammar School is also located in Stockport. It was established in 1487. This school is among the oldest of its kind in north-west England.
Stockport Town Hall designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas has a "magnificent", according to John Betjeman, ballroom which houses the Wurlitzer theater pipe organ that was installed previously in Manchester at the Paramount, and then later the Odeon Theatre. Greek Street has the art gallery, and the War Memorial is located opposite. Underbank Hall is Grade II* listed, and was originally the Bredbury family's townhouse in the early 16th century. It was used until 1823. This building has served as a Bank since 1824.
Stockport Viaduct is 34 m (111 ft) tall and spans the River Mersey to Manchester Piccadilly. It took 21 months to complete the viaduct, which was constructed of 11,000 bricks. The structure is Grade II*-listed.
Stockport Pyramid - a striking structure by Christopher Denny and Michael Hyde and Associates - is situated beside the M60. The steel structure is covered by mostly clear and blue glass, and the building was originally intended as the landmark for a large development that had been planned since 1987. It was finished in 1992 after the construction started in early 1990s. However, an economic recession forced the developer to abandon the project. 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 in Bredbury to the East was inaugurated on 20 September, 1858. This date marks the Battle of Alma anniversary of Crimean War. The park was named for Lord Vernon, who donated 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 was once the center of an ecclesiastical district that included Bramhall and the surrounding towns of Bredbury Brinnington Disley Dukinfield Hyde Marple Norbury Offerton Romiley Stockport Etchells Torkington Werneth. In those towns, chapels were constructed and today the parish covers a small area. Stockport Heritage Centre is run on Market Days by volunteer workers. Parts of this church are from the 14th Century. The Grade I-listed church. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Our Lady and the Apostles Church both have a Grade II listing.
Stockport is recorded in 1170 as "Stokeport". Old English port is an etymology for a place of market, and stoc is a place or hamlet. Therefore, the market at a place. Other older derivatives include stock (a fortified place or castle), with port (a wood), hence a castle within a forest. 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 has little to no evidence for a Roman Military Station, despite a long-standing local tradition. This is based on the assumption that road from Cheadle, to Ardotalia was buried along a highway for protection.
Stockport has had a bridge since at least 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 attacked the town with between 8 and 10,000 men, 50 guns on 25 May, 1644. There was a short skirmish near the bridge where Colonel Washington's Dragoons were the Royalists. Rupert continued to march from Manchester through Bolton and York, only to be defeated by the Royalists at Marston Moor. 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 is also where the army passed on their way back from Derby towards Scotland
Stockport has a legend about Cheshire farmer Jonathan Thatcher. In 1784, he rode an ox to Stockport market in protest of Pitt the Younger's tax. The Glass Umbrella in St Petersgate Gardens is a tribute to the event. It's part of Stockport Arts Trail.
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