Stockport Etchells

Stockport Etchells covered the rural area that includes modern-day Gatley and Heald Green. Hamlets in Stockport Etchells included Gatley Green, High Grove, Long Lane, Bolshaw and Outwood.^[1]

Stockport Etchells existed as a township in the parish of Stockport from the Middle Ages.^[2] In 1866, Stockport Etchells became a separate civil parish,^[3] and in 1910 merged with Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley to form the Cheadle and Gatley Urban District and parish.^[1][4] In 1921, the parish had a population of 2,191.^[5]

Stockport Etchells and Northen Etchells were collectively called Etchells and often administered together from the 16th to 18th centuries.