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Stretford history


The origin of the name Stretford is “street” (Old English stræt) on a ford across the River Mersey. The principal road, the A56 Chester Road, follows the line of the old Roman road from Deva Victrix (Chester) to Mamucium (Manchester), crossing the Mersey at Crossford Bridge, built at the location of the ancient ford.

Industrialisation

The arrival of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 and the development of the Trafford Park industrial estate in the north of the town had a substantial effect on Stretford’s growth . The population in 1891 was 21,751, but by 1901 it had increased by 40% to 30,436 .

Transport history

The Bridgewater Canal reached Stretford in 1761, and the railway in 1849 . The completion of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) led to the population of the town nearly doubling in a decade, from 4,998 in 1851 to 8,757 by 1861 .

  

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