Stockport Etchells is a former township

Township (England)

In England, a township is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church...

 in 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...

, England

England

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. It lay in the historic county

Historic counties of England

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 of Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

.

Geography

Stockport Etchells covered the rural area that includes modern-day Gatley

Gatley

Gatley is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.-Toponymy:In 1290, Gatley was known as Gateclyve, which in Old English means "a place where goats are kept".-Early history:...

 and Heald Green

Heald Green

Heald Green is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated in the south-west of the borough and is bordered by Gatley and Cheadle to the north, Cheadle Hulme to the east, Handforth and Styal to the south and Wythenshawe to the west...

. Hamlets in Stockport Etchells included Gatley Green, High Grove, Long Lane, Bolshaw and Outwood.

History

Stockport Etchells existed as a township from the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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 until 1894, when it was merged with the townships of Cheadle Bulkeley

Cheadle Bulkeley

Cheadle Bulkeley is a former township in Greater Manchester, England. It lay in the historic county of Cheshire.-Geography:Cheadle Bulkeley covered the rural area that includes parts of modern-day Cheadle....

 and Cheadle Moseley

Cheadle Moseley

Cheadle Moseley is a former township in Greater Manchester, England. It lay in the historic county of Cheshire.-Geography:Cheadle Moseley covered the rural area that includes parts modern-day Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme....

 to form the Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley was, from 1894 to 1974, an urban district of Cheshire, England.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Cheadle and Gatley urban sanitary district...

 Urban District

Urban district

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, finally becoming part of 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...

  in 1974

Stockport Etchells and Northen Etchells

Northen Etchells

Northen Etchells is a former township in Greater Manchester, England. It lay in the historic county of Cheshire....

were collectively called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries.