Stockport was a
rural district
A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales
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in the
administrative county
An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until 1973 in Northern Ireland, 2002 in the Republic of Ireland. They are now abolished, although most Northern ...
of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
from 1894 to 1904. The district was the successor to the Stockport
Rural Sanitary District
Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:
*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies
*Rural sanitary dis ...
formed in 1875.
The rural district was originally composed of eight
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
es (with population in 1891):
*
Bosden (2,342)
*
Bramhall (3,365)
*
Brinnington (7,061)
*
Handforth (794)
*
Norbury
Norbury is an List of areas of London, town and suburb in south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. The area is mainly in the borough of Croydon London Borough Council, Croydon, with some parts extending int ...
(1,495)
*
Offerton (372)
*
Torkington (294)
*
Werneth, renamed
Compstall 1897 (2,587)
In 1900
Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District was formed from five of the parishes in the rural district (Bosden, Bramhall, Norbury, Offerton, and Torkington).
In 1902 Compstall was constituted an urban district, and Brinnington became part of
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District. The remaining parish in the district, Handforth, became an urban district in 1904.
References
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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Rural districts of England
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