Gorsey Bank

Gorsey Bank is a former housing estate in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, to the west of the town centre between the River Mersey, the M60 motorway and the A560 Stockport Road.[1]

History

The area was populated by a cotton mill in the 19th century, which had easy access to both the Mersey and the London North Western Railway.[2] A sand pit was dug in 1899, and used in the early 20th century before being filled in 1923.[3]

A housing estate was built in the mid to late 1930s, including a number of terraced houses and a recreation ground.[4] By the 1970s, the estate had become one of the worst in Greater Manchester, with a fearsome reputation for vandalism, burgalry and arson.[5] A 1978 report in the Stockport Advertiser suggested the estate should be razed to the ground and turned into industrial units.[6] By the 1990s, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council had decided to demolish the estate for redevelopment after 200 homes on the estate had become vacant and half the council-housed residents were on a transfer list. In 1999, the last remaining residents moved out and all buildings were demolished.[5] The land sat unused for some years afterwards, and continued to attract antisocial behaviour from youths and fly tipping.[6]

Redevelopment

In 2007, the site was cleared in order to create a new business park.[5] In 2015, Stockport MBC planned to invest £10m to regenerate the area with a 145,000 square feet (13,500 m2) light-industrial park, creating a potential 240 new jobs.[7][8]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Gorsey Bank Rd, Stockport". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ TPS 2014, pp. 11,22.
  3. ↑ TPS 2014, p. 22.
  4. ↑ TPS 2014, p. 12.
  5. 1 2 3 "It's the end of an era for borough's worst housing estate". Manchester Evening News. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Residents of lost estate get wish – 30 years on". Manchester Evening News. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Stockport town centre cinema and leisure scheme granted planning permission". Manchester Evening News. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Aurora Stockport Overview". Stockport MBC. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

Sources

  • Gorsey Bank : Contaminated Land Desk Study Report (Report). TPS / Carillion Stockport Property Services. November 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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