STALYBRIDGE  , a municipal and See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; the parliamentary borough extending into See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire . Pop . (19o1), 27,673 . It lies on the See also:

• RIVER

river Tame, in a hilly See also:

• DISTRICT

district, 6 m . E. of See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, and is served by the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, See also:

• GREAT

Great Central, and Lancashire & See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Immediately to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the towns of See also:

• DUKINFIELD

Dukinfield, and across the river in Lancashire, See also:

• ASHTON

Ashton-under-Lyne; while 2 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Stalybridge is the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde . The whole district is thus very densely populated . Stalybridge is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest seats of the See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton manufacture in this locality, the first cotton See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill having been erected in 1776, and the first See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine in 1795 . There are also See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail works, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass foundries . The development of the town is See also:

• MODERN

modern, as it was created a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market town in 1828, incorporated in 1857, and created a parliamentary borough, returning one member, in 1867 . It is under a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 7 aldermen and 22 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 3130 acres .