Stretford
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Stretford is a market town in Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, sited on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal; the Bridgewater Canal bisects the town. The town is located south of central Manchester, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Stretford borders Chorlton-cum-Hardy to the east, Moss Side and Whalley Range to the south-east, Hulme to the north-east, Urmston to the west, Salford to the north and Sale to the south. In 2011 it had a population of 46,910.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stretford
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population
- 46,910
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Trafford
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stretford and Urmston
- UK place.post_town
- MANCHESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- M
- UK place.postcode_district
- M15, M16, M17, M32
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ795945
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.static_image_name
- Trafford Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 5360059.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Red brick building with central square clock tower.
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Trafford Town Hall in Stretford
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Trafford
- Population
- 52500
- Area
- 10.9
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Trafford
- Image
- Trafford-town-hall3.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0161
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- Commons category
- Stretford, Greater Manchester
- topic's main category
- Category:Stretford
- category for people born here
- Q17199318
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Stretford
- OS grid reference
- SJ795945
- postal code
- M32
- different from
- Stratford
- P8168
- Kaba Ma Kyei
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- History
- Industrialisation
- Transport history
- Governance
- Civic history
- Political representation
- Geography
- Demography
- Economy
- Landmarks
- Longford Cinema
- Great Stone
- Cenotaph
- Longford Park
- Stretford Public Hall
- Stretford Cemetery
- Trafford Town Hall
- Union Church
- Transport
- Media
- Education
- Religion
- Sport
- Culture and cultural references
- Invention and discovery
- Public services
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Stretford is a market town in Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, sited on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal; the Bridgewater Canal bisects the town. The town is located south of central Manchester, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Stretford borders Chorlton-cum-Hardy to the east, Moss Side and Whalley Range to the south-east, Hulme to the north-east, Urmston to the west, Salford to the north and Sale to the south. In 2011 it had a population of 46,910.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Stretford was an agricultural village in the 19th century; it was known locally as Porkhampton, due to the large number of pigs produced for the Manchester market. It was also an extensive market-gardening area, producing more than of vegetables each week for sale in Manchester by 1845. The arrival of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894, and the subsequent development of the Trafford Park industrial estate, accelerated the industrialisation that had begun in the late 19th century. By 2001, less than one per cent of Stretford's population was employed in agriculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stretford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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