Godley, Greater Manchester
Godley is a suburb of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England.
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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.
Industry
[edit]In the early 1880s, John Broomer developed an early form of margarine called Butterine.[4] 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.[5] The factory was sold to Maypole Dairies in 1902 and later used by Walls to manufacture ice cream and meat products.
Transport
[edit]Godley is served by Godley railway station, which replaced the nearby Godley East railway station.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Godley parish
- ^ Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Hyde MB
- ^ Nevell (1991), p. 52.
- ^ Hydonian
- ^ 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