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Alderley Edge

Alderley Edgeis a village andcivil parishinCheshire,England, 6 miles (10 km) north-west ofMacclesfieldand 12 miles (19 km) south ofManchester.It lies at the base of a wooded sandstoneescarpment,The Edge,overlooking theCheshire Plain.As of the2021 census,its population was 4,777.

Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is located in Cheshire
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge
Location withinCheshire
Population4,777 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ843785
Civil parish
  • Alderley Edge
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALDERLEY EDGE
Postcode districtSK9
Dialling code01625
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
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UK
England
Cheshire
53°18′11″N2°14′10″W/ 53.303°N 2.236°W/53.303; -2.236

The village is known for its affluence, expensive homes and location within Cheshire'sGolden Triangle.[2][3]Its cafes and designer shops attractPremier Leaguefootballers, actors and businesspeople,[4]making it one of the UK's most sought-after places to live outside London.[3]

History

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Druid's Circle on The Edge, a folly stone circle probably placed here in the 19th century

Early period

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The Alderley Edge area shows signs of occupation since theMesolithicperiod, with flint tools found along its sandstone outcrop. Evidence ofBronze Agecopper mining has been identified to the south of the area. In 1995, the Derbyshire Caving Club uncovered a Roman coin hoard of 564 coins (dated AD 317–336), now housed in theManchester Museum).[5]There are 13 recorded sites in Alderley Edge, 28 inNether Alderley,and 44 along the Edge in the CountySites and Monuments Record.

Early medieval settlements were documented in Nether Alderley, to the south of Alderley Edge. The first written record of Alderley Edge, then calledChorlegh(later speltChorley) dates back to the 13th century, likely derived fromceorl[6]andlēah,[7]meaning a "peasants' clearing". Although not in theDomesday Book,it appears in a c.1280 charter. The nameAlderley,first recorded in 1086 asAldredelie,likely derives fromAldredandleahmeaning "Aldred's clearing" or fromOld English languageAlðrȳðelēahmeaning "the meadow or woodland clearing of a woman called Alðrȳð".

In the 13th century andMiddle Ages,the area comprised multiple estates, mostly owned by theDe Trafford baronetsfrom the 15th century. The main manors wereChorley Old Hall,a 14th-century structure, and Nether Alderley's Old Hall, a 16th-century building destroyed by fire in 1779. Agriculture dominated the local economy, with Nether Alderley granted a market charter around 1253.Nether Alderley Milldates back to 1391, although the present timber structure is 16th-century. The millpond was adapted to form the moat which surrounded the Old Hall, the home of theStanley family.The corn mill continued to work until 1939 whenEdward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley,was compelled to sell it, along with the rest of theAlderley Parkestate, to meet the cost ofdeath duties.In the 1950s theNational Trustbought the site, restored the building and opened it to the public.

Cheshire had its own system of taxes in the mediaeval period, theMize;in the records for 1405, Chorley was assessed at 20s 0d and Nether Alderley at 27s 0d.

19th century

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Alderley Edge Prize Band

In 1830, Chorley comprised a few cottages, the De Trafford Arms Inn, a toll bar, and a smithy scattered along theCongletonto Manchester Road. The arrival of the railway in 1842, part of theManchester and Birmingham Railway,transformed the area. The railway company offered free 20-year season tickets to Manchester businessmen who built homes worth over £50 within a mile of the station. These tickets, small silver ovals worn on watch chains, encouraged development.

The railway station, initially called 'Alderley', was renamed 'Alderley and Chorley' in 1853 and later 'Alderley Edge' in 1876.[8]After the railway's construction,Sir Humphrey de Trafford,owner of Chorley Hall, developed an estate with new roads and houses, most completed by 1910. The railway also boosted the village's popularity with day trips and excursions.

Several landmark buildings were established during this time, includingSt Philip's Churchin 1853, Alderley Edge Community Primary School in 1854, andThe Ryleys Schoolfor boys in 1877.[9]Two all-girls schools were opened, St Hilary's in 1876 and Mount Carmel in 1945, which then merged in 1999 to formAlderley Edge School for Girls.The Mission Hall (later The Institute), built in 1878 for temperance meetings, and theMethodist Church,built in 1863, also date from this period.

Alderley Edge's population rose from 561 in 1841 to 2,856 by 1902, while Nether Alderley's fell from 679 to 522.

The 1871Ordnance Surveymap shows the village with the Queen's Hotel, shops, terraced houses and a post office. To the north were wooded areas with detached villas, while to the east, curving roads divided large wooded plots, some still undeveloped. The names "Brickfield" and "Brick Kiln" to the northeast suggest a local brick source. The 1899 map shows a similar layout but details individual villas like Holybank, Ashfield, and The Larches, along with remnants of old mines near Windmill Wood to the southeast.

20th century

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A passenger train passing Alderley Edge in 1951

In the 20th century, Alderley Edge expanded with post-war housing on its north-eastern and western edges, while Nether Alderley remained largely unchanged, aside from the sale of Alderley Park toAstraZeneca.The park is now managed byBruntwood;it houses 150 science companies and commercial, residential and retail spaces.

In 1990s, several gold bars were found in Alderley, the first on Artists Lane.[10]An inquest was held in February 1993 and it was declared not to be atreasure trove.John Cherry from theBritish Museumalong with Adrian Tindall, the conservation officer forCheshire County Councilreported that the bar weighed 97.01 grams and was 73% gold. The publicity caused the public to search for more and five more gold bars were found.[citation needed]

Governance

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There are two tiers of local government covering Alderley Edge, at civil parish andunitary authoritylevel: Alderley Edge Parish Council andCheshire East Council.The parish council meets at Festival Hall on Talbot Road.[11]

Administrative history

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The settlement now known as Alderley Edge was historically called Chorley and was part of theancient parishofWilmslowin theMacclesfield Hundredof Cheshire. Wilmslow parish was divided into fourtownships:Bollin Fee, Chorley, Fulshaw, and Pownall Fee.[12][13]Alderleyparish, lying south of Chorley; consisted of three townships:Nether Alderley,Over Alderley,andGreat Warford.[14]From the 17th century, parishes gradually acquired civil functions under thepoor laws,in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Wilmslow and Alderley, 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 Chorley and all the other townships became separatecivil parishes,which therefore diverged from theecclesiastical parishes.[15][16]

In 1862, a Chorleylocal government districtwas established, governed by an elected local board, covering parts of Chorley, Bollin Fee and Fulshaw. The more rural western part of Chorley was excluded.[17][18]

In 1894, the board renamed the district to Alderley Edge to avoid postal confusion withChorley,Lancashire[19][20]and became anurban districtunder theLocal Government Act 1894.[21]The 1894 Act also directed that civil parishes could no longer straddle district boundaries, and so the part of Chorley within the urban district became a separate parish called Alderley Edge, and the parts of Bollin Fee and Fulshaw within the urban district became a parish called Bollinfee.[22]The reduced civil parish of Chorley outside the urban district kept the nameChorley,despite no longer including the village after which it was named.[19]

The urban district expanded in 1910, gaining area from Nether Alderley and 1936, taking small areas from Wilmslow and Chorley.[23]In 1974, Alderley Edge Urban District was abolished under theLocal Government Act 1972,with asuccessor parishestablished covering the same area.[24][25]District-level functions passed toMacclesfield Borough Council,and in 2009, Cheshire East Council took over as the Borough council andCheshire County Councilwere both abolished.[26]

Coat of arms of Alderley Edge Parish Council
Notes
Granted 5 September 1974
Crest
On a wreath of the colours upon a Red Sandstone Cliff Proper a griffin segreant Gules holding in the dexter forefoot acressetSable enflamed Proper.[27]
Motto
In Praecipiti Stantem (Steadfast At The Edge)
Badge
A Stag's Head caboshed Or between the attires a Cresset issuant Sable enflamed proper.

Economy

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London Road

At the2001 UK census,the ward had a possible workforce of approximately 2,157 people. The economic activity of residents in the Alderley Edge electoral ward was 36.9% in full-time employment, 10.2% in part-time employment, 29.3% self-employed, 1.7% unemployed, 1.4% students with jobs, 3.5% students without jobs, 19.3% retired, 7.5% looking after home or family, 2.8% permanently sick or disabled and 2.0% economically inactive for other reasons.

Alderley Edge has a very high rate of self-employment (29.3%) compared with rest of the Macclesfield borough (22.7%) and England (16.6%). It also has low rates of unemployment (1.7%) compared with the rest of the Macclesfield borough (2.0%) and England (3.3%).[28]TheOffice for National Statisticsestimated that, during the period of April 2001 to March 2002, the average gross weekly income of households in Alderley Edge was £720 (£37,440 per year).[29]

Landmarks

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The Edge

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See also:Geology of Alderley Edge
"To The Edge" sign
Aerial photograph of Alderley Edge showing escarpment overlooking the village
Woodland path on the Edge

The Edge is a widered sandstoneescarpmentsituated above the village of Alderley. Anedgeis used as a descriptive term for high land in Cheshire and adjacent counties. The Edge rises gradually from Macclesfield until, at a distance of 7 or 8 kilometres, it terminates abruptly, having reached a height of nearly 215 metres above sea level and 110 metres above theCheshire Plainbelow it.

It was formed by weathering of resistant sandstone over layers and faulting. The northern side, shaped like ahorse shoeorhough,gives its name to The Hough, a hamlet of scattered houses descending towards Alderley village.

Owned by theNational Trust,it is a public access wooded area attracting 300,000 visitors annually from Manchester and the nearby towns ofWilmslowand Macclesfield.[30]It features a car park, toilet facilities and is designated aSite of Special Scientific Interestfor its unique geology.[31][32]The woodland contains remnants of the oldAlderley Edge Mines.

Views

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The view from Stormy Point over to the Pennines

The Edge offers views across Cheshire and thePeak District.TheCheshire Plainis visible, stretching fromMacclesfield Forestin the south-east towards theDerbyshirepeaks in the east, and north toManchesterand theBlackstone Edgein Yorkshire.

Hundreds ofScots pineswere planted on the Edges bySir Jamesand Sir Edward Stanley, between 1745 and 1755. Before trees were planted, the Edge provided a full 360° panorama. Today, views are limited to the northerly and easterly directions. Trees obscure views of landmarks like theWrekinin Shropshire;The CloudnearBosley,Mow Copand the mountains ofNorth Wales.

Alderley Edge mines

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Passage in West Mine

The Edge has a long history ofcopper mining,with activity dating back to theBronze AgeandRomantimes. Mining continued from the 1690s to the 1920s. The National Trust now owns many of the mines, leasing them to the Derbyshire Caving Club, which maintains access and explores long-sealed areas.

Since the 1860s, the mines have attracted thousands of visitors. However, between 1940 and 1960, many were unprepared, leading to accidents that gave the mines a lasting notoriety. The West and Wood Mines were blocked in the early 1960s but, in 1969, the Derbyshire Caving Club reopened Wood Mine with the National Trust's permission. Since then, supervised group visits and excavations have uncovered much of interest.

Historic buildings

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Chorley Old Hall

There are many historic buildings includingChorley Old Hall,which is the oldest surviving manor house in Cheshire.

To the south of the village is theAlderley Parkestate, former ancestral home of theStanleys.

The village is notable for itsVictorianvillas. The first villa was constructed in the early 1840s and by 1850 thirty "handsome residences" had been erected, mainly by the cotton barons from Manchester who moved out of the city as the railway was built. The buildings are varied in style with examples of mockTudor,Italian,neo-GeorgianandArts and Crafts Movementdesigns. The wide range of materials used reflects this somewhat eclectic mix of styles, and includes stone, brick, smooth render orroughcastfor the walls, and Welsh slate or clay tiles for the roofs.

Local legend

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The Wizard of the Edge

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The Wizardpub (currently closed)[30]

Legend tells of aMobberleyfarmer leading a milk-whitemareto market in Macclesfield. Along the Edge, at a spot calledThieves Hole,an old man in grey stopped him and offered to buy the horse. The farmer declined, confident of a better price at market. The old man predicted that he would return that evening, unsold, to the same spot.

Failing to sell the horse, the farmer retraced his steps. The old man reappeared and repeated his offer, which was now accepted. Leading the farmer to a spot near Stormy Point, the old man waved a wand, uttered a spell, and revealed iron gates in the rock. Inside was a cavern filled with sleeping men and white horses. The old man, a wizard, paid the farmer from a chest and explained the sleepers would rise if England faced peril. He then sent the astonished farmer home.

Several versions of the legend exist. It first appeared in print in 1805 when a letter from "A Perambulator" was published in theManchester Mail.[33]The author claimed the story came from an old servant of theStanley familyand was often told by Parson Shrigley, Clerk and Curate of Alderley (1753–1776).

The tale later appeared in a tourist pamphlet asThe Cheshire Enchanter(prose) andThe Legend of the Iron Gates(verse).[34]Some versions include prophecies attributed toRobert Nixon,with the wizard foretelling that the sleeping men and horses would awaken to save the country during George the son of George’s reign.[35]Later adaptations, such as James Roscoe's poem, suggest the wizard wasMerlinand the sleepers wereKing Arthur’s army.[36]

There are a number of similar British legends which closely resemble the Alderley one, though since they are all founded in oral tradition it is not possible to know which came first. A very similar one was made into a ballad calledSir Guy the SeekerbyMatthew 'Monk' Lewis,[37]and is based on a legend ofDunstanburgh Castle.In his preface toSir Guy the SeekerLewis pointed out the similarity to the Alderley legend.

Alan Garnerused the legend of The Wizard of the Edge, and other local legends, in his novelsThe Weirdstone of BrisingamenandThe Moon of Gomrath.Garner, born in Congleton, was raised in Alderley Edge.

Transport

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Roads

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New bridge over the bypass at Brook Lane, September 2010

After several decades of discussion, a 5 km, north-to-southA34Alderley Edgebypasswas constructed (officially namedMelrose Way[38]) to the west of Alderley Edge to relieve the congestion in the village. It starts at the Harden roundabout at the end of theWilmslowbypass and goes west of Alderley Edge, then rejoins the A34 close to the entrance ofAlderley Park.

The £56 million project was carried out byBirse Civilsand was officially opened by theChancellor of the Exchequerand MP for Alderley Edge,George Osborne,on 19 November 2010.[39]

Railway

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Alderley Edge station

Alderley Edge railway stationis situated on theCrewe to Manchester line,which is a spur of theWest Coast Main Line.There are generally two trains per hour toCrewe,two toManchester PiccadillyviaStockportand one to Manchester Piccadilly viaManchester Airport;on Sundays, there is an hourly service each way between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport. The station is managed byNorthern,which also operates all services that stop here.[40]

Buses

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Alderley Edge is served by the 130 bus route, which is operated byD&G Bus;it runs hourly during the daytime (except Sundays) betweenMacclesfield,WilmslowandManchester Airport.[41][42]

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A cottage in the village

Alderley Edge has been used as a major setting in various books and television shows:

Notable residents

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After the death of their father in 1870,George Gissingand his two younger brothers were sent to Lindow Grove, a Quaker boarding school in Alderley Edge, whose headmaster James Wood was often parodied by the novelist.[45]

The Pilkington family (ofPilkington's Glass) owned all of the woodland now known as The Edge until 1948, when their daughters donated the land to the National Trust. The Pilkington company developed the toughened safety glass necessary when motor cars and very tall buildings became popular. They became hugely wealthy. On Woodbrook Road they built The Cedars as the family home, which has a distinctive large tower and is built from white stone. The house is now sub-divided into four luxury dwellings.[citation needed]The architect and furniture designerJ. Henry Sellers(1861–1954) spent the latter part of his life at Bollin Tower.[46]

The authorAlan Garner,who wrote the children's fantasy novelThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen,which is set on Alderley Edge, lived on Trafford Road at the corner with Stevens Street and Moss Lane.[47][page needed]

Former footballers who live in Alderley Edge includeJoleon LescottandManchester UnitedplayersDwight Yorke,Rio Ferdinand,Michael CarrickandAndy Cole.[48]David Beckhamand his wifeVictoria Beckhampreviously resided in Alderley Edge.[3][49][50]A number ofCoronation Streetactors, includingHelen FlanaganandRichard Fleeshman,live in the village, as do musiciansBernard SumnerandPeter Hook.[citation needed]The singer-songwriterMatty Healyspent his formative years in Alderley Edge together with actor parentsDenise WelchandTim Healy.[51]

See also

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References

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Citations

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