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Cheadle Hulme Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cheadle Hulme

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Cheadle Hulme history

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Early history

The Domesday Book provides the earliest mention of the area, where it is recorded as “Cedde”, Celtic for “wood” Evidence of Roman occupation includes coins and jewellery. The modern-day Cheadle Road, originally known as Street Lane, may be Roman origin.

Modern history

Prior to 1868, Cheadle Moseley was a township within the ancient parish of Cheadle. Its population more than doubled during the first half of the 19th century, rising from 971 in 1801 to 2,319 in 1851. RAF Handforth was a large and important storage facility that contributed directly to the war effort. The area was struck by an F1/T2 tornado in 1981.

Cheadle Hulme culture & places

Venues

Cheadle Hulme once had its own cinema named the Elysian Cinema, which was located on Station Road, but this closed in March 1974. The East Cheshire Chess Club is located on Church Road and there are two amateur theatre societies: Players’ Dramatic Society on Anfield Road and Chads Theatre on Mellor Road.

Fitness and leisure facilities

Club Cheadle Hulme contains a large sports hall, a dance studio, an astro-turf pitch and gym equipment. Manchester Rugby Club is located on Grove Lane, as is a cricket club and a squash club. The Bowmen of Bruntwood is Stockport’s only archery club.

Religion

The oldest reference to Methodist meetings in the area dates to 1786. Regular services took place from the early 19th century when they established their own meeting places. Grove Lane Baptist Church was rebuilt in the late 1990s and Emmanuel Church, opened in 1966, moved to a new building in 2001.

Cheadle Hulme landmarks

The Swann Lane, Hulme Hall Road, and Hill Top Avenue conservation area contains 16th and 17th century timber-framed buildings, Victorian villas, churches, and some former farmsteads. Oak Meadow Park is a small park on Station Road, with a large grass area and woodland. Bruntwood Park has a variety of facilities, including an 18-hole, par 3 pitch and putt golf course.

Cheadle Hulme geography / climate

Cheadle Hulme lies in the Ladybrook Valley next to the Micker Brook, a tributary of the River Mersey. The majority of buildings in the area are houses from the 20th century. The local drift geology is mostly glacial boulder clay, as well as glacial sands and gravel. For many years the clay has been used for making bricks and tiles.

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Cheadle Hulme has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cheadle Hulme’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cheadle Hulme’s information audio spots:

Davenport railway station (England) Davenport railway station is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line. The station is located in the Stockport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport Our Lady and the Apostles Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Edgeley area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was built from 1903 to 1905 and replaced St Philip and St James Church, built in 1803, which was the first permanent Catholic church to be built in Stockport after the English Reformation.

Pure 107.8FM Your FM is a community radio station broadcasting in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It replaced a previous station operating under the same licence, Pure 107.8.

Edgeley Park Edgeley Park is an all-seater stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for rugby league club Stockport RFC in 1891, by 1902, the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County Football Club moved in. Stockport Council purchased the stadium for around £2 million, leasing it back to the football club.

Wear Mill, Stockport Wear Mill (also known as Weir Mill) was an integrated cotton works on the Cheadle Heath bank of the River Mersey in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was started around 1790 and added to, particularly in 1831 and 1884. In 1840, the Stockport Viaduct was built over the river and over Wear Mill.

Kingston Mill, Stockport Kingston Mill is a mid nineteenth century cotton spinning mill in Edgeley, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.

Stockport Pyramid The Stockport Pyramid, otherwise known as the Co-operative Bank Pyramid or simply The Pyramid is a commercial office building in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Brinksway Caves The Brinksway Caves are a group of artificial caves located by the River Mersey in Stockport. The caves were excavated by workers chipping away at naturally eroding sandstone on the Cheadle side of the river.

Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C. Cheadle Heath Nomads Football Club was formed in 2004–05 season from a merger of two local clubs. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One South and play at the Proseal Stadium.

Park Road Stadium Park Road Stadium is the home ground of North West Counties Football League club Cheadle Town F.C. It has a capacity of 2,000 people, with 100 seated.

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