Editing Timperley

{{about|the village|the surname|Timperley (surname)|other uses|Timperley (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.387|-2.328|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Timperley
| population               = 11,323
| population_ref           = ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]])
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Trafford]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Trafford Borough Council Website |url=https://www.trafford.gov.uk/Home.aspx |website = Trafford Borough Council |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> 
| metropolitan_county      = [[Greater Manchester]]
| region                   = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham and Sale West]]
| post_town                = ALTRINCHAM
| postcode_district        = WA15
| postcode_area            = WA
| dial_code                = 0161
| os_grid_reference        =
| static_image_name        = Timperley sports club 2006.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Timperley Sports Club
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'''Timperley''' is a suburban village in the borough of [[Trafford]], in [[Greater Manchester]], England.<ref>[http://www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/cme3170.htm Altrincham], www.trafford.gov.uk. URL accessed 6 January 2007.</ref> Within the boundaries of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Cheshire]], it is approximately six miles southwest of central [[Manchester]]. The population at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]] was 11,323.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689344&c=Timperley&d=14&e=62&g=6347210&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452338127112&enc=1|title=Village population 2011|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>

==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.

==Governance==
Timperley was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] and [[chapelry]] in the parish of [[Bowdon, Greater Manchester|Bowdon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4224|title=History of Timperley, in Trafford and Cheshire|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> in 1866 Timperley became a separate [[civil parish]], Timperley Parish Council was established in 1894 and it became part of [[Bucklow Rural District]], on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Altrincham, [[Hale, Greater Manchester|Hale]] and [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141059|title=Relationships and changes Timperley CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 7080.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141059/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Timperley CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref> and it became part of Altrincham Urban District.

In 1974, Altrincham UD was merged into the new [[Trafford]] Metropolitan Borough of [[Greater Manchester]]. The wards of [[Timperley Central]] and [[Timperley North]] have six out of sixty-three seats on [[Trafford Council]]; both wards returned three [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] each at the [[2023 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election|2023 local elections]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title=Your Councillors by Ward |publisher=Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref> Parts of Timperley are also in Broadheath and Hale Barns & Timperley South wards.

Since 1997, Timperley has formed part of the [[Altrincham and Sale West (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham and Sale West Constituency]],
before that it was encompassed by the Altrincham and Sale constituency. It has been represented, since 2024, in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour MP]], [[Connor Rand]].

==Geography==
Timperley lies to the north east of [[Altrincham]] and is bounded by Fairywell Brook to the east, Hale Moss and Well Green to the south, Timperley Brook to the west and Baguley Brook to the north.

It has borders with the areas of [[Altrincham]] to the South, [[Sale, Greater Manchester|Sale]] to the North and the City of [[Manchester]] suburb of [[Wythenshawe]] to the East.

Areas of Timperley include :
*Village (Main focal point of Timperley at the junction of Stockport Road/Thorley Lane/Park Road)
*West Timperley (North West from [[Timperley Metrolink station]] towards Manchester Road)
*Timperley Heyes (to North of Timperley Village and covering Grange Estate, Heyes Lane and Riddings)
*Timperley Brook (West of Timperley Village, towards Altrincham)
*Higher Timperley (Area to South West of Timperley Village bounded by Thorley Lane/Wood Lane)
*Broomwood estate (Estate to the South of Timperley Village)

Timperley was struck by [[1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak|an F0/T1 tornado]] on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi|title = European Severe Weather Database}}</ref>

==Demography==
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!colspan="3"|Timperley compared
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|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK Census]]'''<ref name="Census data">{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1 |title=Timperley ward Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>||'''Timperley'''||'''Trafford'''||'''England'''
|-
|Total population||11,049||210,145||49,138,831
|-
|White||97.2%||91.6%||90.9%
|-
|Asian||1.1%||4.1%||4.6%
|-
|Black||0.3%||2.0%||2.3%
|-
|Christian||80.6%||75.8%||71.7%
|-
|Muslim||0.9%||3.3%||3.1%
|-
|No religion||11.5%||12.0%||14.6%
|-
|Over 65 years old||14.5%||16.2%||15.9%
|}
At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]], the village of Timperley had a total population of 11,049.<ref name="Census data"/> The population density was 37.4 persons per hectare and for every 100 females, there were 98.8 males.<ref name="Census data"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |title=Timperley ward population density |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref> Of those aged 16–74 in Timperley, 19.6% had no academic qualifications, lower than the 24.7% all of Trafford and 28.9% in England. Of the 4,473 households in Timperley, 46.8% were married couples living together, 24.9% were one-person households, 7.3% were [[cohabitation|co-habiting]] couples and 7.2% were lone parents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=165 |title=Timperley ward household data |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>

With 94.9% being born in United Kingdom there is a low proportion of foreign-born residents. There is also a low proportion of non-white people as 97.2% of residents were recorded as white. The largest minority group was recorded as Asian at 1.1% of the population.<ref name="Census data"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=85 |title=Timperley ward country of birth data |publisher=Statistics.gov.uk |year=2001 |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>

==Economy==
At the 2001 UK census, Timperley had a possible workforce of approximately 8,092 people. The town also has a low rate of unemployment (1.7%) compared with Trafford (2.7%) and England (3.3%).<ref>{{cite web  | title =Economic activity for the Timperley ward | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=107 | access-date = 20 July 2007 }}</ref> The [[Office for National Statistics]] estimated that during the period of April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households in Timperley was £640 (£33,280 per year).<ref>{{cite web  | title =Model-Based Estimates of Income for the Timperley ward | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=4&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=266 | access-date = 11 July 2007 }}</ref>

According to the 2001 UK census, the industry of employment of residents in Timperley was 17.8% property and business services, 16.2% retail and wholesale, 11.9% manufacturing, 11.2% health and social work, 8.6% education, 8.0% transport and communications, 6.4% finance, 6.0% construction, 4.3% public administration and defence, 3.6% hotels and restaurants, 0.9% energy and water supply, 0.6% agriculture, and 4.2% other.<ref>{{cite web  | title =Timperley ward industry of employment | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941508&c=Timperley&d=14&e=16&g=356629&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=119 | access-date = 13 July 2007 }}</ref>

==Education==
Primary schools in Timperley include Broomwood Primary School, Cloverlea Primary School, Heyes Lane Primary School, Park Road Primary School, St Hugh's Catholic Primary School and Willows Primary School. Secondary schools include [[Altrincham College]] and [[Wellington School, Timperley|Wellington School]].

Brentwood School and Pictor School are [[special school]]s in Timperley, while Forest School is a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private school]]. [[Trafford College]] has a campus in West Timperley, offering [[further education]] to students from across Trafford.

==Culture==
===Events and venues===
The Altrincham and District Astronomical Society meets 10 times a year.

The [[South Trafford Archaeological Group]] (STAG) was formed in 1979 and provides facilities for volunteer archaeologists from south Manchester and north east Cheshire. The group is based near Timperley Old Hall and the clubhouse of the Altrincham Municipal Golf Course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bryan.burtonbj/ |title=South Trafford Archaeological Group |date=29 May 2007 |access-date=30 July 2007}}</ref> STAG have been involved with sites such as Carrs Mill in [[Stalybridge]]; Moss Brow farm in [[Warburton, Greater Manchester|Warburton]]; Moore's hat factory in [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton]]; the medieval hall in [[Urmston]]; and the medieval moated site of Timperley Old Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bryan.burtonbj/projects.htm |title=S.T.A.G. projects |date=29 May 2007 |access-date=30 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222912/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bryan.burtonbj/projects.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Since 1984 Timperley has held a country fair on the open ground of Lark Hill by Thorley Lane. The fair, held every September (usually the second Saturday), has a variety of art, craft and charity stalls. It is organised by a small committee of local residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.partridge.dsl.pipex.com/tcf/about.htm |title=Timperley Country Fair |date=13 September 2008 |access-date=25 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509073412/http://www.partridge.dsl.pipex.com/tcf/about.htm |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref>

===Sport===
Timperley Cricket Club was founded in 1877; the club moved to its present site, near Altrincham Municipal Golf Club, in 1883. Timperley Hockey Club was formed in 1886 and became the first club in the north of England. Today Timperley Sports Club provides facilities for cricket, hockey, football and lacrosse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timperley-sports.com/frames.htm |title=History of Timperley Sports Club |access-date=31 August 2007}}</ref> In 2006 the club was named Trafford Sports Club of the Year and Greater Manchester Sports Club of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timperley-sports.com/frames.htm |title=Timperley Sports Club – Sports Club of the Year |date=7 April 2006 |access-date=31 August 2007}}</ref>

Golf has been played on the site of Altrincham municipal golf course since 1893 when Timperley Golf Club was founded. Altrincham Golf Club offers competitive golf on a large scale. There are major competitions most weekends from April to October, and there are some major competitions during the winter months. If there are no major competitions over a weekend there is normally
a social competition.

In 1934 the owner died and the members were unable to buy the course for their own use, being outbid by Altrincham Urban Council. The course then became municipal, and the members of Timperley Golf Club decided to find a new home, moved to Baguley and built a new course. After a short stay at Baguley the club moved again and founded Mere Golf Club.

Altrincham Council continued to run the Old Hall as a clubhouse until 1955, when it was sold to Chester's Brewery and became the Old Hall Hotel. In May 2003 The Old Hall was bought by Hydes Brewery and has been converted into a Heritage Inn.

The course has remained in its original layout with only minor alterations. During World War 2 the club continued to operate, but lost the second and third holes for the production of potatoes. The present club was founded in 1935, and although the course is municipal, the club is private.

==Religion==
{{See also|List of churches in Greater Manchester}}
According to the 2011 UK census, the religious make up of Trafford is 63.4% Christian, 5.70% [[Muslim]], 1.0% [[Hindu]], 1.10% [[Jewish]] and 0.3% [[Buddhist]]. 21.2% were recorded as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 6.3% did not state their religion.<ref name="Census data"/> Timperley is in the [[Church of England]] [[Diocese of Chester]] with Christ Church as the parish church and Holy Cross Church as a second place of worship. Timperley is in the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Diocese of Shrewsbury]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury |url=http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org | access-date = 7 May 2007}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Timperley metrolink station 1993.jpg|thumb|right|Timperley Metrolink station]]
The [[Manchester Metrolink]] tram network passes about 3/4-mile west of the village centre; [[Timperley Metrolink station]] is on Park Road and lies on the route between [[Manchester city centre]] and [[Altrincham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/stationinfo/results/index.asp?station=Timperley |title=Timperley station information |publisher=Manchester Metrolink |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>

[[Navigation Road station]] is located just outside Timperley in East [[Altrincham]]. It is a [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]-operated [[heavy rail]] station on the [[Mid-Cheshire Line]] with an adjoining light rail station served by the [[Altrincham line]] of the [[Manchester Metrolink]] tram network.

==Present day==
Today Timperley is a suburban area extending from the [[A56 road]] in the west to the main Stockport Road roundabout on the A560 in the east. Much of the housing stock dates from the 1930s and later. Typically houses are slightly larger than the traditional "northern terraces". Older houses tend to be in the red brick cottage style of north Cheshire.

==Notable residents== 
[[File:Frank Sidebottom statue Timperley Manchester .jpg|thumb|upright|The Frank Sidebottom statue in Timperley town centre]]
* [[Ian Brown]] and [[John Squire]], founders of [[the Stone Roses]]
* [[Caroline Aherne]], comedy writer and actress (''[[The Royle Family]]'', ''[[The Fast Show]]'', ''[[The Mrs Merton Show]]''), died 2016.
* [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]], film actor (''[[Gangs of New York]]'', ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'', ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]''), grew up in Timperley
* Paul Hanley, member of [[Tom Hingley and the Lovers|the Lovers]] and former member of [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]]
* [[John Noel Nichols]], wholesaler of spices and medicines and inventor of [[Vimto]], died 1966
* [[Louis Oosthuizen]], professional golfer and winner of the [[2010 Open Championship|2010 British Open]] (one of Golf's "[[Men's major golf championships|Majors]]") based in Timperley during the European season
* [[Benny Rothman]], political activist, most famous for his leading role in the [[mass trespass of Kinder Scout]] in 1932, died 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1382589/Benny-Rothman.html|title=Benny Rothman Obituary|date=25 January 2002 |publisher=The Telegraph |access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>
* [[Chris Sievey]] (more popularly known as his comic character [[Frank Sidebottom]]), comedian and musician, died 2010. A statue of Sievey in his Frank Sidebottom guise was unveiled in Timperley town centre on 20 October 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24601038|title=Frank Sidebottom statue unveiled in Timperley|work=BBC News |date=20 October 2013 |access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref>
* [[Cyril Washbrook]], cricketer [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] and [[England cricket team|England]], died 1999
* [[Keith Skues]], BBC radio presenter and producer, born 1939, Timperley Lodge.
* [[John Thompson (Canadian poet)|John Thompson]], English-born, Canadian poet, born in Timperley, 1938, died in [[Sackville, New Brunswick]], 1976.

==See also==
{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
* [[Listed buildings in Altrincham]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.trafford.gov.uk/roadshows/pdfs/Timperley.pdf Timperley Ward Profile]
* Local records are kept in the [http://www.trafford.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/RecordsAndArchives-LocalStudies Local Studies Archive of Trafford MBC]
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bryan.burtonbj/ South Trafford Archaeological Group]
* [https://www.timperleychildcare.co.uk/ Childminder Timperley]
* [http://www.timperley-village.uk/ Timperley village site]

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