Newton, Greater Manchester
| Newton | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Newton | |
  Newton Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 12,000 (2001) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HYDE |
| Postcode district | SK14 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Newton is an area of Hyde, in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England; it occupies a narrow strip of land from the River Tame, near Newton Hall, to Matley, between Hyde and Dukinfield.
Newton can be divided into four separate parts:
- Newton Green
- Flowery Field
- Newton Moor
- Newton
The former site of Shaw Hall factory lies on Matley Lane.
Governance
[edit]Newton is part of the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency, whose Member of Parliament is currently Jonathan Reynolds[1] of the Labour Co-operative party. Newton was previously in the North West England European Parliament constituency.
Newton was formerly a township in the parish of Mottram-in-Langdendale and a chapelry,[2] in 1866 Newton became a separate civil parish,[3] on 1 October 1923 the parish was abolished and merged with Hyde.[4] In 1921 the parish had a population of 7715.[5]
In 1974 it became part of Tameside district in Greater Manchester.
Transport
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The area is served by two railway stations: Newton for Hyde and Flowery Field; both are stops on the Glossop Line between Manchester Piccadilly, Glossop and Hadfield. Services are operated by Northern Trains.[6]
The main bus route in the area is the 346, which links Hyde with Ashton-Under-Lyne; it is operated by Stagecoach Manchester.[7]
Education
[edit]Newton is served by the following primary and secondary schools:
- Bradley Green Primary School
- Flowery Field Primary School
- Oakfield Primary School
- St Paul's Catholic Primary & Nursery School
- Hyde Community College
Notable People
[edit]- Michael Barber (1934 - 1991), chemist and mass spectrometrist, best known for his invention of fast atom bombardment ionisation; born at 166 Lodge Lane in Newton
References
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- ^ News, Manchester Evening (7 May 2010). "Stalybridge and Hyde result". Manchester Evening News.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "History of Newton, in Tameside and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Newton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Stockport Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Population statistics Newton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Newton Bus Services". Bus Times. 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.