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Stalybridge is now a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 22,568. The town is 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Manchester city centre and 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Glossop. From 1889 until 1974 it was a part of the county of Cheshire. The Municipal Borough of Stalybridge received its charter of incorporation on 5 March 1857, having been formed from part of Ashton under Lyne parish in Lancashire and parts of Dukinfield and Stayley parishes in Cheshire. The borough, both on the Lancashire and Cheshire sides of the river, was placed wholly within the administrative county of Cheshire in 1889, under the Local Government Act 1888, and Cheshire was adopted as the postal county for the entire town. The Arms of Stalybridge were granted by the College of Arms after the town received its charter of incorporation. The arms incorporated features from the coat of arms of the Stayley, Assheton, Dukinfield and Astley families who had all been land owners in the town. The motto, absque labore nihil, means "nothing without labour". On 1 April 1936 Stalybridge was enlarged by gaining part of Matley civil parish, which had previously been part of Tintwistle Rural District. With the construction of a cotton mill in 1776, Stalybridge became one of the first centres of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. The wealth created in the 19th century from the factory-based cotton industry transformed an area of scattered farms and homesteads into a self-confident town. Due to the decline of the cotton industry in the first quarter of the 20th century and the development of modern low-density housing in the post-war period, the town is now semi-rural in character. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Stalybridge. The History section is very extensive. [edit] Research Tips
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