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Hatmaking started in the north Cheshire area and south east Lancashire as early as the 16thcentury. Stockport developed into a centre of the hatting and silk industries in the 17th Century. Stockport experienced rapid growth during the Industrial Revolution. The cotton industry was particularly important in this. Stockport suffered from the economic boom, but it was not without its costs. According to Friedrich Engels, the 19th century philosopher, Stockport became "one of the smokiest and duskiest holes in all of industrial England".
Stockport has been a textile prototype. England couldn't produce enough silk to use in warps of woven fabric until early the 18th Century. The thread was imported from Italy where it had been spun using water-driven machinery. John Lombe traveled to Italy about 1717. He copied the design. He returned to the UK and obtained a trademark for his design.
Lombe sought to extend his patent, but silk spinners, from Manchester, Macclesfield Leek & Stockport, petitioned successfully to parliament, asking that the patent not be renewed. Lombe got paid, and Stockport's silk mill was built in 1732 on a bend of the Mersey. It was the first textile mill powered by water in the North-West region. Additional mills were also opened in local brooks.
By 1769 the number of people employed in silk weaving had increased to two thousand. A cheaper imported product may have caused the bust in 1772. But by 1770, trade had rebounded. The boom-bust cycle would last throughout the textile age.
Stockport became "Stokeport", in 1170. Old English market with stoc (a hamlet) is accepted as the current etymology. The older versions of the word include stock, which is a place that has been stockaded or a castle. Port, on the other hand, means a woodland, so a castle located in a woodland. Stockport Castle is likely the castle in question, which was a motte and bailey built around 12th century. It was first recorded as early as 1173.
Stockport is a place with a rich local history, but there are few traces of an ancient Roman military base. The assumption is that the roads between Cheadle and Ardotalia were buried by roadside for safety.
Stockport's bridge is documented to have existed at least since 1282. The town supported Parliament in the English Civil War, and local militias commanded by majors Mainwaring or Duckenfield garrisoned the area. Prince Rupert led 8 to 10,000 men with 50 guns into the city on 25th May 1644. The Royalists were driven back by Colonel Washington's Dragoons after a skirmish on the bridge. Rupert continued to march from Manchester through Bolton and York, only to be defeated by the Royalists at Marston Moor. Stockport bridge, which was built in 1745 to serve as a barrier to the Jacobite armies of Charles Edward Stuart on their march through Stockport to Derby, was destroyed. Trenches were also dug to protect the fords. A horse and the vanguard were killed by shots fired at them by Stockport town guard. Stockport played a part in the army's retreat to Scotland from Derby.
Stockport holds a legendary story about Cheshire farmer Jonathan Thatcher. He avoided Pitt the Younger's horse saddle tax in 1784 by riding an ox from Stockport to the market. The Glass Umbrella, a work on Stockport's Arts Trail, also celebrates the incident.
Stockport's most important commercial district lies in its town centre. The Merseyway Centre and The Peel Centre house the majority of high-street retailers. Redrock Stockport offers a 10 screen cinema, bars and restaurants. Stockport is only nine.7km (6 miles) away from Manchester. This makes it easy for commuters to get there and convenient for shopping. Construction company Lend Lease Corporation backed out of a PS500 million plan to renovate the town center in 2008. They cited the credit crisis as the reason for the cancellation. Recent work includes talks of building a metrolink connecting Manchester with the town centre, and renovating many older buildings to become luxury apartments. A lot of road work is also needed in the area to prepare for the planned growth.
Stockport marks the intersection of M60 Manchester motorway, and A6, Carlisle-Luton.
Stockport Railway Station is on the Manchester spur. The station is serviced by Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry services, as well as East Midlands Railways, Northern Trains TransPennine Express, Transport for Wales, Northern Trains.
Stockport bus terminal, which was a major terminus in Greater Manchester for a number of services, is now being rebuilt into Stockport Interchange. Stockport Interchange, which is replacing the Stockport bus station that was destroyed in 2021, will begin and end services at locations near Stockport Interchange.
Stockport College, located in Stockport town centre. Stockport Grammar School has been in existence since 1487. It is the oldest school in England.
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Stockport Town Hall has been designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas. The ballroom, described by John Betjeman in his book as "magnificent," contains the Wurlitzer pipe organ, previously located in Manchester's Paramount theater and Odeon. On Greek Street opposite the Town Hall, you will find both the war memorial and an art gallery. Underbank Hall (a Grade II* listed timber-framed house from the 16th Century) was the Bredbury home of the Ardernes until 1823. Since 1824 the building has been used for banking. The 1915-built main banking hall sits behind this 16th century timber frame.
Stockport Viaduct is 34 m (111 ft) tall and spans the River Mersey to Manchester Piccadilly. A major Victorian feat, the viaduct was made of 11,500,000 bricks and completed in only 21 months for a total cost of £70,000. The structure is Grade II*-listed.
The Stockport Pyramid is a unique structure, designed by Christopher Denny of Michael Hyde and Associates. This steel-framed building, with blue and white glass panels at its apex was meant to be the flagship of a larger project planned for 1987. The project was abandoned due to an economic slump in 1992, after construction began early in the 1990s. It remained empty for many years until The Co-operative Bank took possession of it in 1995 and turned it into a call center.
Vernon Park to the east of Bredbury was opened 20 September 1858 in commemoration of the Battle of Alma of the Crimean War. It is named in honour of Lord Vernon, the man who gave the town the land.
St Elisabeth's Church in Reddish, and the Model Village are part of a mill village designed primarily by Alfred Waterhouse to benefit workers at Houldsworth Mill.
St Mary's Church - the oldest place of worship in town - was at the heart of the large ecclesiastical Parish that also included Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Disley Dukinfield Hyde Marple Norbury Offerton Romiley Stockport Etchells Torkington Werneth. These townships had chapels built and now the parish has a smaller size. Stockport Heritage Centre is run on Market Days by volunteer workers. Parts of this church are from the 14th Century. The Grade I listing is for the church. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Our Lady and the Apostles Church have been listed at Grade II.
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