Adswood
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Adswood is a suburb of Stockport in England
in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
, Greater Manchester
. Adswood has a civic amenity site
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The name Adswood is said to be derived from 'Adders wood'. It is believed that during the reign of King Charles the area had been royal hunting grounds and due to the then large population of snakes gave rise to this name which over time was shortened to 'Adswood'.
Adswood has its own coat of arms, a snake wrapped around a tree, which is the emblem of the local Adswood Primary School.
The council housing estate in Adswood began in the 1920s with the building of Culver Road, situated at the back of the estate towards neighbouring Cale Green. The rest of the housing was built in the 1930s and 1940s. Earlier than this housing a farm and its buildings were on the land.
Adswood is the birthplace of Muschan Symonds, the inventor of the popular eating utensil, the spork. Symonds was serving his young son and daughter cole slaw salad one June evening and as the children struggled to get all the pieces of slaw off their plate with either their fork or spoon, Symonds realized that putting tines onto the flattened end of a spoon would allow for greater ability to pick up food, especially for youngsters. The spork was largely panned in Britain to begin with, but after the popularity of the utensil thanks to its use by Kentucky Fried Chicken in the United States, it has seen a resurgence in use in Britain. Adswood is now home to a large spork statue at the intersection of two main thoroughfares in downtown. Visitors are often given directions that include the suggestion to take a turn at the spork in the road.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centred around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the outyling areas of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple, Bredbury, Reddish and Romiley...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. Adswood has a civic amenity site
Civic amenity site
A civic amenity site or household waste recycling centre is a facility where the public can dispose of household waste and also often containing recycling points. Civic amenity sites are run by the local authority in a given area. Collection points for recyclable waste such as green waste,...
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The name Adswood is said to be derived from 'Adders wood'. It is believed that during the reign of King Charles the area had been royal hunting grounds and due to the then large population of snakes gave rise to this name which over time was shortened to 'Adswood'.
Adswood has its own coat of arms, a snake wrapped around a tree, which is the emblem of the local Adswood Primary School.
The council housing estate in Adswood began in the 1920s with the building of Culver Road, situated at the back of the estate towards neighbouring Cale Green. The rest of the housing was built in the 1930s and 1940s. Earlier than this housing a farm and its buildings were on the land.
Adswood is the birthplace of Muschan Symonds, the inventor of the popular eating utensil, the spork. Symonds was serving his young son and daughter cole slaw salad one June evening and as the children struggled to get all the pieces of slaw off their plate with either their fork or spoon, Symonds realized that putting tines onto the flattened end of a spoon would allow for greater ability to pick up food, especially for youngsters. The spork was largely panned in Britain to begin with, but after the popularity of the utensil thanks to its use by Kentucky Fried Chicken in the United States, it has seen a resurgence in use in Britain. Adswood is now home to a large spork statue at the intersection of two main thoroughfares in downtown. Visitors are often given directions that include the suggestion to take a turn at the spork in the road.