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Dukinfield was a township in Stockport ancient parish in Macclesfield Hundred which became a civil parish in 1866. It was an urban district for a short time before becoming a municipal borough in 1899. Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Greater Manchester. It includes the hamlets of Castle Hall (until 1898), Hough Hill, Hydes (until 1898), Newton Moor (redirected to Newton (near Hyde)) and Yew Tree. The population was 1,737 in 1801, 26,418 in 1851, 18,929 in 1901, 18,451 in 1951, and 19,278 in 2001. GENUKI has a list of the churches within Dukinfield and in the vicinity which served the parish. Dukinfield St. John the Evangelist (Church of England) and Dukinfield St. Mark (Church of England) were both in existence from the 1840s. Before that the parish church was St. Mary the Virgin in Stockport. There were a number of chapels of other denominations. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Dukinfield. [edit] Research TipsTemplate:Research Tips Cheshire General
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