Cemeteries · West Midlands
Droylsden Cemetery
Also known as: Droylsden
Droylsden Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Fairfield · 1.6 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Droylsden Cemetery is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 53.4843°, -2.1540°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Manchester and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th century Droylsden grew as a mill town on the Ashton canal. Beginning in the early 1930s, Droylsden's population expanded rapidly as it became a housing overflow area for neighbouring Manchester. Since 1785, the Fairfield area of Droylsden has been home to a Moravian Church.
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Background
History
through Droylsden]] Droylsden was settled around AD 900. Before Droylsden became a part of Greater Manchester, it was popularly referred to by Mancunians as "The Silly Country". One suggestion as to the source of that nickname is that once a year, some of the townsfolk used to watch an annual carnival by bringing a pig and sitting it on a wall to watch the passing entertainment with them. The Pig on the Wall public house, converted from a farm in 1978, takes its name from that story. The first machine woven towel in the world – the terry towel – was produced by W. M. Christy and Sons of Fairfield Mills, in Droylsden, in 1851. William Miller Christy's son, Henry Christy, had brought back a…
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- Coordinates
- 53.4843, -2.1540
- District
- Tameside
- Parish
- Tameside, unparished area
- Postcode
- M43 6GB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Nearest railway station
- Fairfield — 1.6 km
- Official site
- www.tameside.gov.uk
Sources
- osm: w199364432 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Droylsden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Droylsden Cemetery?
- Droylsden Cemetery is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4843°, -2.1540°. The nearest railway station is Fairfield, around 1.6 km away.
- Is Droylsden Cemetery free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Droylsden Cemetery is free.