Having been joined by the River Etherow, the Goyt joins the River Tame at Stockport, forming the River Mersey.

In 1990 he joined Stockport College of Further and Higher Education where he worked as a Lecturer in Digital Electronics and Software Design.

Stockport County joined the Football League in 1900 and competed in it continuously from 1905 to 2011.

Stockport County had finished bottom of the Second Division at the end of the 1920-21 season, and they were relegated into this new division, where they joined Grimsby Town who had spent a season in the Third Division after relegation from the Second Division in 1919-20.

In 1982 blackheath joined the list of winning teams at the Glengarth Sevens at Stockport R. U. F. C

In July 1990, he joined Stockport County as a manager for their youth team and took over as first-team manager from Danny Bergara in March 1995.

joined Torquay United on loan, making his league debut as a first-half substitute for Alex Russell as Torquay lost 2 – 1 at home to Stockport County on 1 January 2005.

He joined Stockport Cricket Club and played for them in the Central Lancashire Cricket League.

He then joined Stockport County, before temporarily ending his playing career with Lincoln City after the 1992 – 93 season.

Kuqi joined Stockport County in January 2001.

In 1784, financed by a loan of £ 3, 000 from Arkright, Oldknow joined the great cotton boom in Stockport.

Stockport Cricket Club was a member of the Manchester Cricket Association until 1937, when the club joined the Central Lancashire League.

On 22 March 2008, Lee joined Rochdale on loan from Macclesfield Town and played in Rochdale's Play Off Final appearance at Wembley Stadium against Stockport County.

He made five Wycombe, scoring once, and then joined Stockport County on loan in March 2006, where he started two games before being recalled by Ipswich a month later.

After spells in and out of the Crewe side, Lowe joined Stockport County on loan on March 27, 2008.

He joined Stockport County from Bournemouth for a fee of £ 45, 000, making over 30 appearances for them, and scoring 15 goals, but in spite of his contribution the club were relegated at the end of the season.

He joined Stockport County, and in his first season at the club ( 1921-22 ) won a Third Division North medal and promotion to the Second Division.

Parts of the track bed of the tramway to Denton Colliery can still be traced, both on modern maps and on the ground, as can traces of a canal, known as the Beat Bank Branch, intended to link local collieries to the Stockport branch of the Ashton Canal at Reddish, which was partially built and then abandoned.

Despite a strong local tradition, there is little evidence of a Roman military station at Stockport.

Stockport's museums include the " Hat Works ", based in Wellington Mill, was a thriving hat factory in Victorian times and Stockport Air Raid Shelters based around the underground tunnels dug during World War II to protect local inhabitants during air raids.

Home gates stayed high, with an amazing 33, 450 watching a 1 – 0 win over local rivals Stockport County in March 1952, after a January game in the snow had established a new club scoring record when Chester City were beaten 11 – 2.

As their more regular traditional rivals such as Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Stockport County are no longer regular opponents, the Latics have maintained local rivalry, particularly in more recent times, with West Yorkshire clubs Huddersfield Town, Leeds United and Bradford City.

With both Manchester United and Manchester City around from Edgeley Park, Stockport County have always struggled for local support.

Davenport is home to a favoured local shopping community through its link to Stockport, with a number of local businesses setting up retail ventures within the district.

Stockport Grammar School ( mixed, independent, founded 1485 ) lies next to Davenport Park on Buxton Road, whilst immediately across the road is the local authority comprehensive, Stockport School.

Established in 1886, Cheadle Hulme's first local authority was the Cheadle and Gatley local board of health, a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation for the area of Stockport Etchells township and the part of Cheadle township outside the Municipal Borough of Stockport.

* Stockport local elections

The station began its life as KFM, initially as a pirate local radio station based in Stockport and broadcasting to the South Manchester / North Cheshire area on 94. 2 mHz and then on 1017 kHz.

* Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, a local authority in Greater Manchester, England

The local Woodley-based football team are Stockport Sports.

With the exception of Graham Gouldman of 10cc and Eric Stewart of The Mindbenders ( who built Strawberry Studios in Stockport, the UK's first world class recording studio outside London ) there was little reinvestment in Manchester from its local musicians who had been successful.

The local tram services to Stockport, Reddish and Manchester terminated near Norbury Church and the Rising Sun pub until about 1950, when they were replaced by buses and the cobbles on the A6 were covered by tarmac.

Many residents work outside of Hayfield in nearby Stockport and Manchester, or in neighbouring towns and villages, although there are a handful of local businesses providing employment, including farms.

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

He was first elected to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in May 1996 for a ward in Marple, and served as Chair of Education before replacing Patsy Calton as Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Regeneration in June 2001 when she stood down after becoming the local MP.

It flows in a meandering course southward past Conesville and Dresden to Zanesville, and then southeastward past South Zanesville, Philo, Gaysport, Malta, McConnelsville, Beverly, Lowell, Stockport and Devola.

Hat making was the main trade in Stockport, near where Carroll grew up, and it was not unusual then for hatters to appear disturbed or confused ; many died early as a result of mercury poisoning.

Stockport played for eight seasons from the 1895 – 96 season to the end of 1902 – 1903 season, the latter two seasons played at Edgeley Park, the club finished 17th of 22 in the initial combined league, then 5th, 11th, 11th, 9th, 12th, 6th, in the 14-club Lancashire Senior Competition, and then 18th of 18 in Division 2 of the recombined league, after which it withdrew from the Northern Rugby Football Union.

The main west – east trail starts at Southport, then heads south through the suburbs of Liverpool, through Widnes, Warrington, Stockport and Hadfield.

He began his education at a small school in the county of Lancashire, then moved to a boarding school in Stockport, where he studied until the age of ten.

Unfortunately they were beaten in a shock 5 – 0 defeat at Accrington Stanley on 13 September 2006, then followed by a 5 – 2 defeat at Stockport County.

In 1972 she became a social worker with the Birmingham City Council, moving to Gwynedd County Council in 1973 and the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton in 1974, then to the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in 1975, moving once more in 1982 to the Cheshire County Council.

Heaton Norris Rovers originally played home matches at the Heaton Norris Recreation Ground, then at various locations in Stockport until settling at a park on Green Lane, Heaton Norris, in 1889.

In 1902 the club required a larger ground and moved to Edgeley Park, then home of the rugby league club Stockport, who went out of business three years later.

County were watched by 22, 000 in Yingkou against their then sister side Stockport Tiger Star whom they beat 4 – 0 ; perhaps this high attendance was down to Stockport County's association with their affiliate team, and Tiger Stars ' name change to include ' Stockport ' two years previously.

The southern branch passes through the Disley Tunnel before merging with the Buxton line and then heading to Stockport to join the main line to Manchester.

The permanent station was opened in 1880, another single arch trainshed, built by Andrew Handyside of Derby and the Midland transferred to it, at first approaching via Stockport Tiviot Dale, then later building a direct line from Chinley.

They then faced Stockport County and drew 1-1 at home winning 2-0 at Edgeley Park.

Following his redundancy in April 2009, he then went on to manage Motherwell, Peterborough United, and Port Vale, before returning to Stockport in November 2011.

Following the resignation of Dietmar Hamann in November 2011, speculation came of a return to Stockport County for Gannon ; when questioned on the possibility, club chairman Lord Snape stated that should he apply for the position then " he'd merit very serious consideration ".

Seen as back-up to first-choice goalkeeper Pavel Srníček after his arrival at Newcastle, and then Shaka Hislop and subsequently Shay Given ; he had loan spells at Bradford City, Gateshead, Stockport County, Hartlepool United and Huddersfield Town before making his first-team debut as a half time substitute against Wimbledon in 1998.

This was followed by a series of new houses, Oughtrington Hall, near Lymm, Cheshire, Woodbank, on the edge of Stockport ( then in Cheshire ), Glan-yr-Afon in North Wales, Dee Hills House in Chester, and Grove House in Allerton near Liverpool.

It was incorporated into the Urban District of Hazel Grove and Bramhall in 1939 and then the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in 1974.