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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)
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| Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish |
Details about the census records, and indexes for Reddish.
| St Agnes, North Reddish, Church of England |
| St Elisabeth Church of England, Reddish |
| St Mary, Reddish, Church of England |
| Christ Church United Reformed, Reddish |
| Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish |
| Aspinal, Gorton, Wesleyan Methodist |
| Christ Church Methodist, Reddish |
| Reddish Green Methodist , Reddish, Wesleyan Methodist |
| St Joseph, Reddish, Roman Catholic |
The Register Office covering the Reddish area is Stockport.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"REDDISH, a township in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, county Lancaster, 2 miles N. of Stockport, and 5 S.E. of Manchester. It is a station on the Stockport and Staleybridge branch of the London and North-Western railway. The village, which is considerable, is situated near the canal. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the cotton and paper mills."
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In 1835 Reddish was a township in the parish of Manchester.
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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.
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