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Portwood. Portwood is an area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, just east of the town centre along Great Portwood Street. The part closest to the town centre contains Meadow Mill and is mainly given over to shops (including The Peel Centre ); the outer part is residential.
PORTWOOD, a chapelry in Stockport parish, Cheshire; on the river Mersey at the boundary with Lancashire, and within Stockport borough. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Stockport. Pop. in 1861, 5, 346. Houses, 1, 189. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300.
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There are two gazetteer entries with slightly different information: PORTWOOD, is a chapelry in Stockport parish, Cheshire; on the River Mersey at the boundary with Lancashire and within Stockport borough. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Stockport.There is a small place of worship for Methodists. Portwood is an Ecclesiastical Paris...
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Feb 16, 2021 · It was situated at the bottom of Lancashire Hill, next to the present motorway bridge. It was opened on 1 December 1865 and was originally known as Stockport Teviot Dale. From 1880, Tiviot Dale was also served by long-distance trains running on the Manchester South District Railway to London St Pancras.
images found. Marsland Street, Portwood. An Aerial View of the Hall Street/Turncroft Lane Area. An Aerial View of Stockport Town Centre. An Aerial View of the Hall Street Area. An Aerial View...
Vernon Mill is a former cotton spinning mill in Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1881, it was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in 1930 and later sold on. Although still in business use, it is now a grade II listed building.
St Paul, Portwood, Church of England. Church History. Great Portwood Street. Church History. Founded in 1844 as the district church for part of Brinnington (previously served by Stockport: St. Mary the Virgin). The boundaries of "The District of Portwood" were described in the London Gazette on 3 June 1844:
