HYDE  , a

market town and municipal borough in the Hyde parliamentary division of Cheshire, England, 71 M . E. of Man- chester, by the Great Central railway . Pop . (1901) 32,766 . It lies in the densely populated district in the north-east of the county, on the river Tame, which here forms the boundary of Cheshire with Lancashire . To the east the outlying hills of the Peak district of Derbyshire rise abruptly . The town has cotton weaving factories, spinning mills, print-works, iron foundries and machine works; also manufactures of hats and margarine . There are extensive coal mines in the vicinity . Hyde is wholly Lord Cornbury was celebrated as a wit and a conversationalist . I of modern growth, though it contains a few ancient houses, such as Newton Hall, in the part of the town so called . The old family of Hyde held possession of the manor as early as the reign of John . The borough, incorporated in 1881, is under a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors .

Area, 3081 acres .