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REDDISH, a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies on the Stockport and Staleybridge railway, near the river Tame at the boundary with Cheshire, 2 miles N by E of Stockport; and has a station on the railway . Post-town, Stockport. Acres, 1,541. Real property, £8,444. Pop. in 1851, 1,218; in 1861, 1,363. Houses, 280. There are some handsome modern residences, inhabited by manufacturers of Stockport. There are also three cotton mills, print-works, and a paper manufactory. The chapelry is much more extensive than the township, was constitutedin 1864, and is called Heaton-Reddish. Pop., about 6,000. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1864, at a cost of £2,500; and is in the decorated English style.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Cemeteries
- Willow Grove Cemetery, Central Drive, Cemetery
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Reddish.Church History
Church Records
- Broadstone Road, Christian Fellowship
- St Agnes, Reddish Lane, Church of England, North Reddish
- St Elisabeth, Leamington Road, Church of England
- St Mary, Reddish Rd, Church of England
- Christ Church, Lillian Grove, Methodist
- St Joseph, Gorton Road, Roman Catholic
- New Hope Centre, Coronation St, Seventh Day Adventist
- Rupert Street, Spiritualist
- Sandy Lane, Triangle Church
- Christ Church, Lillian Grove, United Reformed
- Aspinal, Reddish Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
- Reddish Green Methodist, Broadstone Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Reddish area is Stockport.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Reddish was a township in the parish of Manchester.History
A description of Reddish in the 19th century.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Reddish was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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