Place:Brooklands, Cheshire, England

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NameBrooklands
TypeSuburb
Coordinates53.411°N 2.314°W
Located inCheshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inGreater Manchester, England     (1974 - )
See alsoBucklow Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was situated
Bucklow Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part
Sale, Cheshire, Englandborough in which it is located
Trafford (metropolitan borough), Greater Manchester, Englandmetropolitan borough in which it has been situated since 1974
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Brooklands has been since 1974 an area and electoral ward within Sale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is 5.7 miles (9.2 km) to the south-southwest of Manchester city centre and has a total resident population of 9,773.

James Joule a notable English physicist, who lent his name to the standard unit of energy, is buried in Brooklands cemetery.

Richard Pankhurst, barrister, husband of Emmeline Pankhurst and father to Adela Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst and Sylvia Pankhurst is buried alongside his parents in Brooklands cemetery.

The area is named after Samuel Brooks, a Manchester banker and businessman who, in 1856, bought a parcel of land in this area from the Earl of Stamford; he also made further purchases later. The area was crossed by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway, which opened in 1849.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Brooklands.

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