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Stalybridge in Lancaster County England History and GeographySTALYBRIDGE, a market town and chapelry, partly in the township of HARTSHEAD, parish of ASHTON under LINE, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER, partly in that of DUCKINFIELD, parish of STOCKPORT, and partly in that of STALYBRIDGE, parish of MOTTRAM in LONGDEN DALE, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of CHESTER, 8 miles (N.E. by N.) from Stockport, containing upwards of 12,000 inhabitants; which population is included in the returns for the several townships in which it is situated. It is on the banks of the Tame, and derives its name, which was originally Staveleigh, from the family of the Staveleighs, who formerly had their residence here, which is still in existence, and the addition from the bridge, which has been recently rebuilt, at an expense of £4000, and, crossing the river here, connects the two palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester: it is partially paved and lighted with gas, and considerable improvements are in progress, under an act of parliament for that purpose obtained in 1828; it is well supplied with water. The principal market day is Saturday, and there is a fair for pedlary on the 5th of March. The court of requests, held at Ashton under Line, for the recovery of debts under £5, comprises this place within its jurisdiction. The advance of the trade and population of the town has been singularly rapid; the first cotton-mill was erected in 1776, into which a steam-engine was introduced in 1795, and in 1828 there were twenty-four factories, worked by thirty-three steam-engines and by six water-wheels, of the aggregate power of eight hundred and ninety-eight horses, which turned three hundred and ninety-eight thousand one hundred and sixteen spindles, and worked two thousand nine hundred powerlooms, giving employment to about six thousand four hundred persons; besides which, other mills are in progress of erection, which will add, when completed, nearly one hundred thousand spindles. Upwards of eight hundred houses have been erected within the last three years: large quantities of excellent fire-bricks are manufactured. The new road from Manchester to Sheffield runs on the north side of the town, and the Huddersfield canal, passing in the vicinity, affords great facility to commerce. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £1600 parliamentary grant, subject to the rector of Ashton under Line, and in the patronage of the Earl of Stamford. The chapel, dedicated to St. George, is a handsome octagonal structure, occupying an elevated site. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, and Methodists of the New Connexion, to which Sunday schools are attached, affording instruction to upwards of two thousand children. A Society for Mutual Instruction has been established here, with a library and apparatus for lecturing, and there are also a news-room, and several benefit societies. A temporary place of confinement, termed a 'Lock-up,' has been recently erected. The neighbourhood, formerly much covered with wood, presénts some bold scenery; and from the 'Wild Bank,' which rises one thousand three hundred feet above the level of the sea, the prospect is extensive. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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