Stockport History and Guide

Name: Stockport History and Guide
Brand: The History Press Ltd

The History Press Ltd

Stockport History and Guide\nby Steve Cliffe\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Steve Cliffe\nTitle: Stockport History and Guide\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Local history\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780752435251\nISBN-10: 0752435256\nRRP: \u00A325.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOriginally a border market town above the Mersey, with a small medieval castle, Stockport grew into the leading cotton manufacturer of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This new history looks at the evolution of the town to the present day, from Roman activity and the Civil War, through the industrial period, to the arrival of modern Stockport .