Compstall
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Compstall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, between Marple Bridge and Romiley. Historically part of Cheshire, it was formerly a mill village built by George Andrew in the 1820s to house his 800 workers; most of the original mill cottages and other structures remain unchanged.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Compstall is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to civil parish, England and list of sovereign states.
It sits within the topics Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester, Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and Towns and villages of the Peak District.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Stockport
- Image
- Compstall Athenaeum 0164.JPG
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- Commons category
- Compstall
- OS grid reference
- SJ963908
- postal code
- SK6
- P8168
- Al-Muqtadir
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Compstall Mills
- Future developments
- Other landmarks
- Etherow Country Park
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Transport
- Buses
- Railway
- See also
- References
Compstall is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, between Marple Bridge and Romiley. Historically part of Cheshire, it was formerly a mill village built by George Andrew in the 1820s to house his 800 workers; most of the original mill cottages and other structures remain unchanged.
The waterways were constructed to carry water from the weir, on the River Etherow, to turn the mill wheels. A water wheel called Big Lily was the largest in England when it was built in 1839. The former millpond forms part of Etherow Country Park, one of the oldest country parks in England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Compstall” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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