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Stamford Street, STALYBRIDGE, SK15 1JU

On Waterloo Road, Stalybridge.

The portico is all that remains of the former Stalybridge Town Hall at the prominent junction of Trinity Street, Market Street, Waterloo Road and Stamford Street. When Stalybridge became part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough in 1974, the Grade II listed Town Hall which had been built in 1831 became redundant. The building, apart from its west-facing entrance portico was demolished in the late 1980s. The Greek revival portico now strikes a lonely pose at the north end of Victoria Bridge, but it is still of historic and architectural interest. The area behind this is landscaped with trees and low growing shrubs.

The A6018 which bypasses the town centre. On the left is the Cow'd Feet Club, otherwise known as Lancashire Ward No 2 Conservative Club. Image

Sign for the Cowd Feet Club Image

The Municipal Borough of Stalybridge received its charter of incorporation on 5 March 1857, having been formed from part of Ashton under Lyne parish in Lancashire and parts of Dukinfield and Stayley parishes in Cheshire. The Royal Charter declared that the council should consist of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. The Borough was divided into three wards: Lancashire; Staley and Dukinfield. A list of Burgesses was published on 21 April 1857 and the first election of councillors was held on 1 May 1857. The contesting parties were the Whites and the Yellows. The council met for the first time on 9 May 1857 and elected the first six aldermen from among those councillors; the first mayor was William Bayley. The Arms of Stalybridge were granted by the College of Arms after the town received its charter of incorporation. The arms incorporated features from the coat of arms of the Stayley, Assheton, Dukinfield and Astley families who had all been land owners in the town. They feature a golden wheatsheaf and a silver wolf, both representing Cheshire. The motto, "Absque labore nihil" means "Nothing without labour".

Under the terms of the Public Health Acts 1873 and 1875 Stalybridge Corporation, like other municipal boroughs governed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, was designated as the authority governing the urban sanitary district. The borough, both on the Lancashire and Cheshire sides of the river, was placed wholly within the administrative county of Cheshire in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, and Cheshire was adopted as the postal county for the entire town. The town is now part of the Stockport postcode area. On 1 April 1936 Stalybridge was enlarged by gaining part of the civil parish of Matley, which had previously been part of Tintwistle Rural District. Stalybridge was twinned, in 1955, with Armentières, in France. In 1974 the area and assets of the Municipal Borough were combined with those of eight other districts, to form the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. Stalybridge is currently represented by nine of the 57 Tameside councillors. These seats are spread over three wards: Stalybridge North; Stalybridge South and Dukinfield–Stalybridge. In 2011, Stalybridge had four Labour Party five Conservative Party councillors. Since 1998 the nine Stalybridge councillors have held meetings on a bimonthly basis, as Stalybridge District Assembly.

On Market Street, the remains of Stalybridge Town Hall. Blue plaques on the arches explain the significance of local residents, but not of the structure.

Built about 1831 and all but this part demolished in late 1980s despite being Grade II listed

This memorial to local philanthropist Robert Platt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Platt_(philanthropist) stands behind the junction of Market Street and Mottram Road Image

The junction of Mottram Road (A6018) and Market Street (B6176). Behind the junction is a memorial to local philanthropist Robert Platt Image