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    Stockport. Coordinates: 53.4083°N 2.1494°W. Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Manchester, 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.

  2. May 5, 2024 · Stockport, urban area (from 2011 built-up area) and metropolitan borough in the southeastern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, northwestern England. Most of the borough, including the historic town of Stockport, lies in the historic county of Cheshire, but it includes an area.

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  3. Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey. Understand [ edit] It's never been a port, as those rivers are not navigable, and the suffix probably means "market place".

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  5. Nov 7, 2023 · By Johnathan Cowden. Have you ever wondered why places in Stockport are called what they are called? Over the last 10,000 years or so, Stockport has been inhabited by various peoples. This includes Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Norse, Normans, and more.

  6. Mar 18, 2022 · Daisy Jackson - 18th March 2022. In this month’s edition of our series A Manc’s Guide To, we venture south of the city to Stockport. It feels like there’s nowhere in Greater Manchester that wears its history on its sleeve quite as proudly as Stockport.

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