St Mary’s Church, Stockport

St Mary's Church is the oldest parish church in Stockport, a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on Churchgate overlooking the market place.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: Grade I listed parish church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known as: “Saint Mary’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Staircase House and St Joseph’s Church, Stockport.

Staircase House

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Staircase House, also known as Stockport Museum, is a Grade II* listed medieval building dating from around 1460 in Stockport, historically in Cheshire and now within Greater Manchester, England. The house is notable for its rare Jacobean cage newel staircase.

St Joseph’s Church, Stockport

Church

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St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was built from 1861 to 1862 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield. St Joseph’s Church, Stockport is situated 830 feet southwest of St Mary’s Church, Stockport.

Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Museum

The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, 6 miles south of Manchester, to protect local inhabitants during World War II air raids. Stockport Air Raid Shelters is situated 1,000 feet west of St Mary’s Church, Stockport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockport and Edgeley.

Stockport

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Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.

Edgeley

Suburb

Edgeley is a suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is characterised largely by Victorian terraced housing around Alexandra Park. The population in 2021 was 14,182.