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_Feb_2008.jpg) Hyde fromWerneth Low | |
  Hyde Location withinGreater Manchester | |
| Population | 35,895 (Built-up area,2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ945945 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HYDE |
| Postcode district | SK14 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Hyde is a town inTameside,Greater Manchester, England. It lies within thehistoric county boundaries ofCheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. The built-up area as defined by theOffice for National Statistics had a population of 35,895 at the2021 census. The town lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east ofStockport, 6 miles (10 km) west ofGlossop and 6.5 miles (10 km) east ofManchester.
The name Hyde is derived from thehide, a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times, it was taken to be equivalent to 120 acres (49 ha).[2]
Newton Hall was present in the thirteenth century. Hyde was atownship in theparish of Stockport.[3] In the late 18th century, the area that was to become the town centre was no more than a cluster of houses known as Red Pump Street.Gee Cross to the south was the larger settlement at that time, with Hyde being primarily the estates of Hyde Hall on the banks of theRiver Tame. At the 1801 census, the Hyde township had a population of 1,063.[4] The modern town is largely a creation of the 19th century and theIndustrial Revolution.
ThePeak Forest Canal was constructed through Hyde, being completed in 1800. It runs fromAshton-under-Lyne toWoodley,Romiley andMarple. Captain Clarke's Bridge, originally namedWood End Canal Bridge, is situated at the end of Woodend Lane. The bridge was erected before Captain Clarke rose to prominence and therefore probably became known asCaptain Clarke's Bridge after he retired and resided there.
The population of Hyde increased due to the success of thecotton mills during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries; at one stage, there were 40 working mills. By 1872, only 27 remained; half of the remaining mills closed between 1921 and 1939 and there is only one working mill in the town today. There were many mill-owning families, including Sidebotham, Hibbert and Horsfield. The main employers in the mills were the Ashton family, who successfully ran a combined spinning and weaving company; most mills concentrated on one process only. The Ashton family built Hyde Chapel, on Stockport Road inGee Cross. The Ashton Brothers' Mill has been demolished recently[when?] to make way for a housing estate.
St George's Church was built in 1832 as achapel of ease toSt Mary's, Stockport. It was built at the instigation of John Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall and was the firstChurch of England place of worship in the town; St George's became aparish church in 1842, with itsecclesiastical parish initially covering the whole township of Hyde.[5] Later additions include thelychgate,boathouse by the canal, hearse house, parish rooms and numerousvicarages. The church has a 110-foot (34 m) tower housing eight bells and a clock.
Newton for Hyde railway station opened in 1841 on theSheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.[6] It was in the neighbouring township ofNewton, 0.6 miles (1 km) north-east of the Market Place in Hyde.Hyde Central railway station, closer to the town centre, was opened in 1858 on a branch line.[7]
In 1853, construction work on the CatholicSt Paul's Church in Hyde began. On 21 June 1854, the church was opened. It was designed by the noted architectsMatthew Ellison Hadfield,John Grey Weightman andGeorge Goldie in theGothic Revival style. In 2013, it was designated aGrade II listed building.[8]
Hyde Colliery was a coal mine in the town; in January 1889, an explosion there killed 23 miners.[9] There was an inquiry held the following month atHyde Town Hall.[10][11] The following month,Ardwick AFC (nowManchester City) played Newton Heath (nowManchester United) under floodlights atBelle Vue to raise money for the victims' families. The game was watched by 10,000 people and this was the first floodlit match played by either side.[12]
During the 1960s,Myra Hindley andIan Brady were arrested in their home on theHattersley estate in Hyde after police found the body of 17-year-old Edward Evans in the house. At their trial, they were found guilty of murdering Evans as well as two other children whose bodies were found buried onSaddleworth Moor several miles away.
Britain's most prolificserial killer, DrHarold Shipman, had his doctor's surgery in the town where he murdered most of his several hundred victims. The first known victim was 86-year-old Sarah Hannah Marsland of Ashton House in Victoria Street on 7 August 1978 and the last was Kathleen Grundy of Joel Lane on 24 June 1998.[13]
On 18 September 2012, drug dealer Dale Cregan made a hoax emergency call to the police from an address inMottram in Longdendale, luringpolice constables Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, ofGreater Manchester Police there by claiming that there had been an incident of criminal damage. When they arrived, he murdered them.[14]
There is one main tier of local government covering Hyde, atmetropolitan borough level:Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is a member of theGreater Manchester Combined Authority, which is led by the directly-electedMayor of Greater Manchester. There are three Tamesidewards named after Hyde:Hyde Godley,Hyde Newton, andHyde Werneth.[15]
The three Hyde wards all lie within theStalybridge and Hyde constituency for national elections.[15] The town was previously included in theHyde constituency, which was created in 1885 and abolished in 1918 when the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency was created.
Hyde was historically atownship in theancient parish ofStockport, which formed part of theMacclesfield Hundred of Cheshire.[16] From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under thepoor laws, in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Stockport, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Hyde became acivil parish.[17]
The Hyde township was also made alocal government district in 1863, administered by an elected local board.[18] The local government district was enlarged in 1877 to take in the neighbouring townships or civil parishes ofNewton (also known as Newton Moor),Godley, and the part ofWerneth north of the hill ofWerneth Low, which area included the village ofGee Cross.[19] The Hyde local government district was incorporated to become amunicipal borough in 1881.[20]
The borough council builtHyde Town Hall on Market Street, overlooking Market Place, to serve as its headquarters. The building was completed in 1885. The large bell in the clocktower is known asOwd Joss (Old Josh), on account of the clock and bells having been paid for by Joshua Bradley, who had been a child worker in the mills but later rose to be a factory manager and served as a councillor.[21][22]
In 1894, the part of Werneth township within the borough was added to the parish of Hyde.[23] The borough then comprised the threeurban parishes of Hyde, Godley and Newton until 1923, when they were merged into a single parish of Hyde covering the whole borough. The borough was enlarged in 1936 to take inHattersley and part ofMatley fromTintwistle Rural District.[20]
The borough of Hyde was abolished in 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972. The area became part of theMetropolitan Borough of Tameside inGreater Manchester.[24]
Werneth Low Country Park is the location of the Hyde War Memorial. The memorial is owned by a trust which raised funds from Hyde residents after theGreat War to create a permanent memorial to those Hyde residents who died in that conflict. The memorial contains 710 names.
Hyde is separated fromDenton by theRiver Tame, a tributary of theRiver Mersey. There are several areas and suburbs in Hyde, these include:Gee Cross,Newton,Hattersley,Godley, andFlowery Field.
Local bus services are operated predominantly byStagecoach Manchester. Routes connect the town with Manchester city centre,Stockport,Dukinfield,Gee Cross,Woodley,Stalybridge,Ashton-under-Lyne andOldham.[25]
The bus station was originally built in the 1960s, with an open bus shelter design. It was rebuilt in 2007 as a much larger central terminus style building, enclosed from the outside; it opened on 23 August 2007 and cost £3.7m to build. The initiative was intended to encourage people to use public transport.[26]
There are sixrailway stations in the Hyde area, with services operated byNorthern Trains:[27]
Hyde is served by theM67, which is a feeder to theM60 Manchester orbital motorway.
The nearestMetrolink station is in neighbouringAshton-under-Lyne, which provides services to the city centre.
A tram network, operated by theSHMD Joint Board, ran lines through Hyde from 1904 to 1945, until their replacement by buses.[28]
Local news and television programmes are provided byBBC North West andITV Granada. Television signals are received from theWinter Hill TV transmitter.[29]
Local radio stations areBBC Radio Manchester on 95.1 FM,Capital Manchester and Lancashire on 102.0 FM,Heart North West on 105.4 FM,Smooth North West on 100.4 FM,Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West on 96.2 FM, andTameside Radio, a community based station which broadcast from its studios inAshton-under-Lyne.[citation needed]
The local newspaper is theTameside Reporter, published on Thursdays.[30]
Hyde United F.C. was formed in 1919 and changed its name to Hyde FC in 2010, as a result of a sponsorship deal withManchester City,[31] and back to Hyde United in 2015.[32] The club plays its home games atEwen Fields. The ground has been used byManchester City andManchester United for their reserve team fixtures; in 2010,Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy moved in. They used the facility as their permanent home until 2015, when a purpose-built academy stadium was opened on the campus at theEtihad Stadium. A notable appearance forHyde United F.C. was in the FA Cup - in the 2017–18 season, they made a first round appearance in the FA Cup where they lost 4–0 toMilton Keynes Dons FC.
World champion boxerRicky Hatton was brought up on the Hattersley Estate and now lives inGee Cross. He fought againstFloyd Mayweather Jr. andManny Pacquiao, but lost on both occasions. Overall his record is 45-3, and at one point was 43–0. His association with the town led to the creation of a boxing gym and health club byHatton Promotions.[33]
The Hyde Seal Swimming & Water Polo Club dominatedwater polo and swimming in England in the early years of the 20th century. and were three times world water Polo champions.[34]
Hyde Cricket and Squash Club play in the Cheshire County League and have their ground nearWerneth Low.Flowery Field Cricket Club are part of theLancashire County League. Professional cricketerLen Hopwood was born in Newton.[35]
The secondary schools in the Hyde area areAlder Community High School andHyde High School.[36]
Tameside College andClarendon Sixth Form College used to be located in Hyde but have since moved toAshton-under-Lyne.
Hyde's largest greenspace is Hyde Park, originally part of the Newton Lodge estate which was purchased by James Ashton circa 1620.[37] The Ashton family werecotton mill owners and one of the two biggest employers in Hyde. The park was given to the Borough of Hyde by Eveline Mary Ashton and Amy Elizabeth Ashton in 1902 and opened to the public on 21 May 1904.[37] The bandstand opened in 1922 and in 1938 Newton Lodge was demolished and replaced by Bayley Hall. The park features a garden of tranquillity, a children's play area and arockery.[38]
Hyde Market has been a shopping centre for centuries. In 1994,Clarendon Square Shopping Centre opened alongside the market. Outside the shopping centre is a children's carousel ride which celebrated its 100th birthday on 6 July 2019.[39]
Hyde's Festival Theatre is home to several local amateur groups presenting plays, music and dance in the downstairs auditorium or the upstairs smaller studio. There are occasional visiting professional shows.
Hyde leisure centre contains a large swimming pool with a wave machine, aqua slide and upstairs fitness suite. The octagon-shaped structure, which has been open since the 1990s, is next toHyde United F.C.'s ground.Waldorf Playing Fields are adjacent to Matley Lane in Hyde.
Hyde also has an Air Cadet Organisation (ACO), No. 468 (Hyde & Hattersley) Squadron.[40]
Hyde Library had a gallery exhibiting the work ofHarry Rutherford, an artist from the Tameside area, now atAshton-under-Lyne.
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The following individuals were born in Hyde or lived in the town:
In fiction, Hyde is mentioned frequently in theBBC dramaLife on Mars. In the programme, the characterSam Tyler was said to have transferred from C Division Hyde, to the City Centre, A DivisionCID. The choice of Hyde is given as a clue that his 1973 self is analter ego, as inRobert Louis Stevenson'sStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.[43]
He was born in Newton in 1903 and made his name with the powerful Lancashire side of the inter-war years but also played for Hyde, Stalybridge, Flowery Field and Denton St Lawrence
He told them stories about when he was at Leigh Primary School
TRIBUTES poured in today for Trevor Grimshaw, the Hyde artist who has died following a fire at his home
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