Bredbury is an area of Stockport. Bredbury is located in South East Manchester. Its name taken from the dome on top of the mill replicating a pear but is actually called Goyt Mill Stockports Town Hall Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, in North West England. ...

Bredbury boasts such attractions as Bredbury Hall link title. An 18th century listed barn, now converted into a night club, hotel and restaurant. Also Bredbury's Reck and the infamous Bredbury Rocks It is now the centre piece to one of the local shopping centres. Also located in Bredbury is the start of the River Mersey, which is the Goyt River. Located along the banks of the Goyt is Bredbury beach and Bredbury Falls which is one of the highest water falls in the country. Visible from Bredbury is Stockport viaduct, which is the largest brick structure in Europe. Stockports Town Hall Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, in North West England. ...

It is served by Bredbury railway station on the Hope Valley Line from Sheffield to Manchester. Bredbury railway station serves Bredbury in Greater Manchester. ... The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ...

History Of Bredbury

Bredbury's history is one of some confusion. Originally farm land bought by Lord Danton back in 1014, the process of inhabiting Bredbury began. Mentioned briefly in the Doomsday book as being several hundred acres of land and the only occupants listed was duck and a sheep, its value was placed at three pounds. There is no mention of Lord Dantons manor. Bredbury remained a quaint hamlet upon till the industrial revolution took place. Stockport became a focal point for the hat industry. Although in a strong religeous area, anybody who worked at "La Sein" was outcasted and classed as a heathen. Modern history, Bredbury has thrown the shackles of the industrial mill into the Goyt, and moved into 21st Century. 12% of the local businesses are now powered by green fuel. A scheme developed by the local council to clean the air of Bredbury.

Counter view

There is no confusion as to the early history of Bredbury as it appears in the Domesday census of 1086. The 'lord' of Bredbury was the pre-conquest Anglo-saxon Thane, Wulfric. The history of Bredbury may stretch back into pre-Roman times when it belonged to the lands of the Brigantes where evidence of celtic habitation has been found along the Goyt valley. In Roman times it lay on the route between the forts of Mamucium (Machester) and Ardotalia (Melandra castle, Longworth).

Bredbury is home to the National Library for the Blind. The National Library for the Blind is a public library in the United Kingdom, founded 1882, which aims to ensure that visually impaired people have the same access to library services as sighted people. ...