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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-and-greater-manchester-county-and-district-boundaries-no-2-order-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2091",
  "legislation_title": "The Cheshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-and-greater-manchester-county-and-district-boundaries-no-2-order-1992",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes changes in the boundary between the county of Cheshire and the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, affecting the Cheshire borough of Macclesfield and the city of Manchester. It also affects district boundaries within Greater Manchester by transferring areas between the city of Manchester and each of the following—\nthe city of Salford, the metropolitan borough of Stockport, the metropolitan borough of Tameside.\nConsequential changes to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts are made.\nThe map and table forming part of this Note are a general guide only to the areas affected. The table gives in approximate terms the total area of land and the population affected by each set of transfers. The maps described in article 2 should be inspected for full details of the transfers. Any person may inspect the maps at any reasonable time at the offices of each borough or city whose area is affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.\nThe Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.\nTable\nTransfers between—\nGeneral description of main changes\nCheshire (Macclesfield) and Greater Manchester (Manchester)\nArticles 3 and 4\nTotal area: 4 hectares\nPopulation: 1\nChanges in the vicinity of Manchester Airport to unite its operational area and land at the south west end of the runway in Manchester.\nTransfer to Macclesfield of land at Boundary Farm, Moss Nook.\nRealignment of boundary to centre of the River Bollin in area stretching from the Airport to Sunbank Wood.\nManchester and Salford\nArticle 5\nTotal area: 2 hectares\nPopulation: 400\nTransfer to Salford in vicinity of Ramsgate Street, Rugby Street and Cambridge Street, including part of Broughton Lane.\nTransfer to Salford of area off Bury Old Road, running south west along St. Mark’s Lane to Tetlow Lane.\nTransfer to Manchester of residential area bounded in the north by north Clifden Lane, Pembroke Street, James Road and Marlborough Road.\nTransfer to Manchester of area located north of Bury Old Road and south of Catherine Road, including part of Berkeley Court.\nRealignments in the following areas — Edward Street/Overbridge Road, Bury New Road/Appian Way, Highclere Avenue/Dudley Street, Great Cheetham Street East/Orient Street, Dorothy Street/Marsland Street/Winterford Avenue.\nManchester and Stockport\nArticle 6\nTotal area: 45 hectares\nPopulation: 2,240\nTransfer to Stockport of part of Marbury Road and area including Simon Freeman Close.\nTransfer to Stockport of part of Green Pastures in the Didsbury Road area.\nTransfer to Stockport of large residential area at Gatley, bounded by the M56 in the north, Hollyhedge Park in the west, Gatley Brook in the east, and terminating in the south on Styal Road in the vicinity of South Drive.\nTransfer to Stockport of area east of railway line near Moss Nook, including Wood Farm.\nTransfer to Manchester of area west of railway line and north of Sandfold Lane, including parts of school sites and railway depot.\nTransfer to Manchester of part of Cringle Fields Park north of Crossley Road.\nTransfer to Manchester of area south of Kingsleigh Road.\nTransfer to Manchester of part of playing fields south of Royal Ford Hall, East Didsbury.\nManchester and Tameside\nArticle 7\nArea: 1 hectare\nPopulation: 90\nTransfer to Tameside of—\n(i) residential area lying to the west of Edge Lane and to the north of the Ashton Canal, including parts of Arbroath Street and Bailey Street;\n(ii) residential area to the north of Edge Lane and on the western side of Repton Avenue, including Astan Avenue;\n(iii) area to west of Edge Lane in the vicinity of Hamnett Street, including Ronald Street; and\n(iv) open area lying to the north-east of Elford Grove and to the south of Gorton Upper Reservoir, so that the boundary follows the southern edge of Debdale Lane.\nTransfer to Manchester of—\n(i) parts of Numbers 6 to 32, Kingsdale Road to unite the properties on the eastern side of that Road in Manchester;\n(ii) area of the western side of Edge Lane at Edge Lane Bridge to unite works site in Manchester;\n(iii) area immediately to the south of Fairfield Road, running west to the vicinity of Peel Street Telephone Exchange; and\n(iv) open area east of Edge Lane and immediately south of Tayton Mill Bridge.\nMinor realignments in the following areas—\nEdge Lane/Salcombe Road;\nPeel Street Telephone Exchange;\njunction of Kingsdale Road with Manchester Road; and\nBristowe Road, in vicinity of North road and Trenchard Court.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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