Millbrook, Greater Manchester

Human settlement in England

Tameside

Greater Manchester

Region

North West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSTALYBRIDGEPostcode districtSK15Dialling code0161PoliceGreater ManchesterFire Greater Manchester Ambulance North West UK Parliament

Stalybridge and Hyde

List of places: UK; England; Greater Manchester

53°29′35″N 2°02′02″W / 53.493°N 2.034°W / 53.493; -2.034

Millbrook is a village near Stalybridge, northwest England. It is part of the Stalybridge South ward of Tameside metropolitan borough. It also played a huge part of the industrial revolution, as the name suggests, several cotton mills once existed, in and around the village, Bottomleys mill was in one of the first ever steam driven mills.

Millbrook suffered from the Storm Angus, 21 Nov 2016 when 3 inches (7.6 cm) of rain fell on Tameside in five hours.^[1]

History

Like most of Stalybridge, Millbrook lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire. Having previously been part of the Staley Local Board, it was included in the municipal borough of Stalybridge in 1881. The whole borough became part of the administrative county of Cheshire in 1888. Since 1974 Stalybridge has been in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.

References

^ Higgins, Adam (22 November 2016). "Tameside feels devastating impact of Storm Angus". Tameside Reporter. Quest Media Network Ltd. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.