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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Hyde.-- mun.bor., market town, and township, Stockport par., E. Cheshire, on river Tame, 7½ miles E. of Manchester and 180 miles from London - bor., 3412 ac., pop. 28,630; township, 897 ac., pop. 17,876; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Saturday. Hyde owes its rise entirely to the cotton mfrs., which were here greatly stimulated by the convenience of the water power and coal supply of the locality. The town has arge factories for weaving and spinning; it also has ironfoundries and engineering works. A considerable trade is done in the mfr. of felt hats.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "municipal borough, market town, and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Hyde Ch/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Hyde |
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