Editing Timperley (section)

==History==
The name Timperley derives from ''Timber Leah'', the Anglo-Saxon ([[Old English]]) for a "clearing in the forest". This can be used to roughly date the settlement of Timperley to between the 7th and 8th centuries. Timperley was a predominantly agricultural settlement before the [[Industrial Revolution]], focusing mainly on [[agronomy|arable]] crops.<ref name="Archaeology of Trafford">{{cite book |author=Mike Nevell |year=1997 |title=The Archaeology of Trafford |publisher=Trafford Metropolitan Borough with [[Manchester University|University of Manchester Archaeological Unit]] |pages=15, 18, 39 |isbn=1-870695-25-9}}</ref>

[[File:Bridgewater Canal and Timperley Station - geograph.org.uk - 1749673.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Bridgewater Canal]] with [[Timperley Metrolink station]] in the background]]
The [[Bridgewater Canal]] branch from [[Stretford]] to [[Runcorn]] was built through Timperley and opened in 1776. This improvement in transport encouraged the development of market gardening in the area to serve the growing city of [[Manchester]]. The city also provided a source of [[night soil]] which was unloaded from the canal by Deansgate Lane to provide manure for farms and market gardens.

===Railways===
During the mid-19th century four railways were built in Timperley. The [[Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway|Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway]] (MSJAR) opened in 1849 with a station in Timperley on Wash Lane (now Park Road). The [[Warrington and Stockport Railway]] (W&SR) opened in 1854 from Timperley Junction just south of Timperley station on the MSJAR. It became part of the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNWR) in 1859. The [[Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway]] was built through Timperley to link with the now LNWR W&S at Broadheath Junction opening in February 1866 and, from [[Skelton Junction]], to link with the MSJAR at Deansgate Junction opening in December 1865. This became part of the [[Cheshire Lines Committee]] (CLC).

[[Baguley railway station|Baguley]] station on the CLC line also served Timperley village. Timperley curve was built in 1879 by the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]] (MS&LR) linking Skelton Junction with Timperley Junction. The CLC line (often referred to as the West Timperley line) from Skelton Junction to [[Glazebrook railway station|Glazebrook]] was opened in 1873. [[West Timperley railway station]] on this line was actually in Broadheath. The arrival of the railways in Timperley brought the middle classes from the centre of Manchester, and this is reflected by the increase of numbers in domestic services in Timperley at the same time. The impact of the railway can be seen in Timperley's growth between 1851 and 1871, more than doubling from 1,008 to 2,112.<ref name="Archaeology of Trafford"/>

In 1931, the MSJAR line was electrified, one of the first railway lines in Great Britain to use supply by overhead cables.<ref>{{cite book |author=Frank Dixon |year=1994 |title=The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway |publisher=The Oakwood Press }}</ref> A large electrical sub-station was built in connection with this just south of Timperley station. The line was converted to be part of [[Manchester Metrolink]] in 1992.