Godley, Greater Manchester

Godley
Godley is located in Greater Manchester
Godley
Godley
Location within Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHYDE
Postcode districtSK14
Dialling code0161
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53°27′13″N 2°03′49″W / 53.4536°N 2.0635°W / 53.4536; -2.0635

Godley is a suburb of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.

Mottram Road in Godley, with a viaduct of the Glossop Line

The area formed part of the municipal borough of Hyde in Cheshire from 1881 to 1974, when it became part of the metropolitan borough of Tameside.[1][2]

The earliest recorded agriculture in Tameside east of the River Tame was in Godley, from 1211–1249.[3]

In 1851, Godley Reservoir was completed.

In 2023, Tameside Council granted planning permission for Godley Green Garden Village which includes 2,150 dwellings on land between the A560 road and the Manchester-Glossop railway line. This will be developed by MADE Partnership, a consortium of Barratt Redrow, Homes England and Lloyds Banking Group.[4]

Industry

In the early 1880s, John Broomer developed an early form of margarine called Butterine.[5] He established a factory in the Olive Tree works, a former hat factory on Mottram Road previously occupied by Henry Taylor Wrigley. In 1888, the Danish margarine manufacturer Otto Monsted acquired the Olive Tree works.[6] The factory was sold to Maypole Dairies in 1902 and later used by Walls to manufacture ice cream and meat products.

Transport

Godley is served by Godley railway station, which replaced the nearby Godley East railway station.

References

Notes
  1. ^ Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Godley parish
  2. ^ Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Hyde MB
  3. ^ Nevell (1991), p. 52.
  4. ^ Place North West https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/developer-on-board-for-2150-home-godley-green-garden-village/
  5. ^ Hydonian
  6. ^ IST Journal Archived 29 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Summer 2012
Bibliography
  • Nevell, Mike (1991), Tameside 1066–1700, Tameside Metropolitan Borough and University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, ISBN 1-871324-02-5


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