Stockport

Stockport, a municipal and parliamentary (two members) borough, on the borders of Cheshire and Lancashire, occupies a commanding site on the Mersey 6 miles S.E. of Manchester. A Norman castle existed here, and the place grew to some size before the Civil War, but its present prosperity is entirely due to the cotton-mills and felt factories established about a hundred years ago. All the churches and public buildings are modern but the grammar school, rebuilt by the Goldsmiths' Company, was founded in 1487. Cobden, who represented the borough in Parliament, has a monument in St. Peter's Square.