Stalybridge () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 22, 568.

New league members in D3N are: Accrington Stanley ( 1921 – 1961 ), Ashington ( 1921 – 1929 ), Barrow ( 1921 – 1972 ), Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Durham City ( 1921 – 1928 ), Halifax Town, Hartlepool United, Lincoln City, Nelson ( 1921 – 1931 ), Rochdale, Southport ( 1921 – 1978 ), Stalybridge ( 1921 – 1923 ), Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Wigan Borough ( 1921 – 1931 ) and Wrexham.

It became a civil parish in 1866 and in 1894 those parts not already included in the Municipal Borough of Stalybridge became an urban district in the administrative county of Cheshire.

The original 20 teams were: Stockport County, Darlington, Grimsby Town, Hartlepools United, Accrington Stanley, Crewe Alexandra, Stalybridge Celtic, Walsall, Southport, Ashington, Durham City, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Barrow, Nelson, Wigan Borough, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town and Rochdale.

The Stalybridge Old Band ( still in existence ) was formed in 1809 and was perhaps the first civilian brass band in the world.

Mossley-alongside neighbouring Stalybridge and Uppermill in Saddleworth-helped launch the annual Whit Friday Band Contest, an internationally known brass band event.

Wool was transported along the turnpike road ( 1731 ) that ran from Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Mottram, Woodhead and Lady's Cross to Sheffield, to be woven on hand-looms in the dale.

The lordship of Longdendale was one of the ancient feudal estates of Cheshire and included the area of Stalybridge.

Buckton Castle, near Stalybridge, was probably built by William de Neville in the late 12th century.

The construction of a bridge in 1707 meant the settlement was now commonly referred to as Stalybridge, meaning the bridge at Stayley.

The rapid growth of industry in Stalybridge was due to the introduction of machinery.

Stalybridge was among the first wave of towns to establish a Mechanics ' Institute with a view to educating the growing number of workers.

In 1833 the Commissioners set up the ' Stalybridge Police Force ', which was the first of its kind in the country.

On 13 August 1842 there was a strike at Bayley's Cotton Mill in Stalybridge, and roving cohorts of operatives carried the stoppage first to the whole area of Stalybridge and Ashton, then to Manchester, and subsequently to towns adjacent to Manchester, using as much force as was necessary to bring mills to a standstill.

The Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction Railway Company was formed in 19 July 1844 and the railway was connected to Stalybridge on 5 October 1846.

In October 1862, a meeting was held in the Stalybridge Town Hall which passed a resolution blaming the Confederate States of America and their actions in the American Civil War for the cotton famine in Lancashire.

In 1867 Stalybridge was disturbed by the arrival of William Murphy.

At the turn of the century the cotton industry was still strong and the population of the town reached its peak in 1901, at 27, 623, but as trade dwindled the population began to decline and, despite the intensified employment of the war years, the main industry of Stalybridge continued to fail.

Mrs Ada Summers was elected first woman mayor of Stalybridge in November 1919.

In 1991, for the first time since 1901, there was an increase in the population of Stalybridge to 22, 295.

The first church to be built in Stalybridge was Old St George's Church, Cocker Hill which was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 25 July 1776.

There are two Roman Catholic parishes-St Peter's, Stalybridge, the foundation stone of which was laid on 8 June 1838 and St. Raphael's, Millbrook.

Stalybridge Revival Church, on Mount Street, formerly known as Stalybridge Evangelical Church, was established in 2009.

Fivepenny Piece are a five-piece band, originally formed in 1969 in the area of East Lancashire around Ashton-under-Lyne and nearby Stalybridge in Cheshire.

The Ashton, Stalybridge & Liverpool Junction Railway ( AS & LJR ), was formed in 1844 and was taken over by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1847.

Prior to the seat's creation in 1983, Reddish was part of the marginal Stockport North constituency ; the large Brinnington council estate was in the safe Labour seat of Stockport South ; Audenshaw and Denton formed the core of the Manchester Gorton constituency ; and Dukinfield was part of the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.

James Mark Dakin Purnell ( born 2 March 1970 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Stalybridge and Hyde from 2001 to 2010.

After a month of speculation and a number of names such as Jim Harvey and Jeff Kenna being mentioned as possible replacements for Mark Yates, Stalybridge Celtic Manager Steve Burr took over on an initial 2 and a half year contract, which was extended to 2014 in March 2011. The club finished sixth in Burr's first season in charge.

The original personnel were John Meeks ( born 24 March 1937, Stalybridge, Cheshire ) ( guitar, vocals ); John's sister Lynda Meeks ( born 3 August 1947, Stalybridge ) ( vocals ); brothers George Radcliffe ( 9 August 1937, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire – 2002 ) ( bass, vocals ) and Colin Radcliffe ( born 19 January 1934, Ashton-under-Lyne ) ( guitar, vocals ); and Eddie Crotty ( 24 February 1942, Stalybridge – 11 April 2009 ) ( guitar, vocals ).

The first match in the Stadium was on 5 March 2005 when Stalybridge Celtic were the first team to play Hinckley United on the ground, and drew 1 – 1, in front of a crowd of over 2000.

Only a year after the establishment of Manchester Mechanics ' Institute, Stalybridge founded an Institute of its own.

... multitudes of courts, back lanes, and remote nooks arise out of confused way of building ... Add to this the shocking filth, and the repulsive effect of Stalybridge, in spite of its pretty surroundings, may be readily imagined.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon, ( National Grid tower designation 4ZO251B ), is a transmission tower which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

With the construction of a cotton mill in 1776, Stalybridge became one of the first centres of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution.

John Summers first established an iron forge in Stalybridge in the 1840s.

Women were not allowed to become JPs in the United Kingdom until 1919, the first woman being Ada Summers, the Mayor of Stalybridge, who was a JP by virtue of her office.

Their first match at Sugar Meadow was held on 21 October 1876 against Stalybridge.

The first section of the line, between Huddersfield and Stalybridge, was opened by the Manchester, Stockport and Leeds Railway on 1 August 1849.

He married Helen Leech ( 1839 – 1932 ), the daughter of another wealthy cotton merchant and shipbuilder from Stalybridge, at Gee Cross on 8 August 1863.

A branch of the Roman road between the forts at Manchester ( Mamucium ) and Melandra Castle ( Ardotalia ) is thought to run through Stalybridge to the fort of Castleshaw.

Contributions were sent from all over the world for the relief of the cotton operatives in Lancashire ; and at one point three-quarters of Stalybridge workers were dependent on relief schemes.

In 1929, with no room for expansion at Stalybridge, the Summers sheet rolling and galvanising plants were transferred to Shotton in North Wales, having devastating effects on local employment ; the new plant later became a major component in the British Steel Corporation.

Leaving Mottram, it meets the A6018 to the left ( from Stalybridge ) at traffic lights.

Unfortunately the popular Flanagan resigned at the end of the season due to business commitments and he was replaced by former Stalybridge Celtic reserve boss Shaun Higgins.

The MS & LR also a connection with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Stalybridge with which it shared the station.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal was begun in 1794 at the height of Canal Mania, connecting Huddersfield to Stalybridge via Saddleworth and completed seventeen years later in 1811 ; when the Standedge Canal Tunnel at Diggle was finally opened.

Electricity Pylon straddling the canal at Stalybridge.

On the western side of the Pennines, the canal runs through the legs of an electricity pylon at Heyrod, near Stalybridge.

Barrow won the semi-final against Telford United 4 – 0 on aggregate, before beating Stalybridge Celtic in the playoff final, held at the Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent.

It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall.

Miles Platting railway station lay at the junction of the lines from Manchester Victoria to Oldham and Stalybridge, but this closed in 1995, and the station was subsequently demolished.

Owing to a large number of easily accessed and nationally acclaimed pubs along the route ( particularly on the station platforms themselves at Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Stalybridge ), the route has also acquired the informal title of Rail Ale Trail and featured on the BBC's Oz and James Drink to Britain.

* Station Buffet at Stalybridge ( original Victorian Station Buffet with marble counter, on the platform at Stalybridge station )