Founded in 1832 as a chapel to Stockport: St. Mary the Virgin,
becoming the district church for the township of Hyde in 1843. The boundaries of
"The Chapelry District of Saint George, Hyde" were described in the London Gazette
on 10 January 1843:
"The chapelry district of Saint George, Hyde, is to consist of the township
of Hyde, being bounded on or towards the north and east by the parish of Mottram
in Longdendale; on the south by the township of Werneth, in the parish of
Stockport; and on the west by the river Mersey, which divides it from the parish
of Manchester"
The district was affected by the following boundary changes:
1846 September 8 — reduced when part of the township of Hyde was
transferred to
Hyde: St. Thomas.
1880 February 27 — reduced when part of the township of Hyde was
transferred to Gee Cross: Holy Trinity.
1881 December 9 — reduced when the following part of the township of Hyde
was transferred to the Lancashire church of Haughton: St. Anne (in the diocese
of Manchester): "All that contiguous portion of the said new parish of Saint
George Hyde which is bounded on the south-east and on the east by an imaginary
line commencing upon the boundary which divides the new parish of Saint Mary
the Virgin Haugbton within the original limits of the parish of Manchester
aforesaid from the new parish of Saint George Hyde aforesaid at a point in the
centre of Clarke's Bridge over the River Tame at the southern end of Mill-lane
and expending thence north-eastward to and along the middle of the said lane
for a distance of twelve chains and a halt, or.thereabouts to its junctionwith
Bead-street „ and extending thence south-eastward along the middle of the
last-named street for a distance of seven chains or thereabouts to its
junction with Alfred-street and with Alma-street and continuing thence still
in precisely the same direction and in a straight line for a distance of six
chains or thereabouts across the open
space in front of Barnfield Mill to a point on the middle of the Peak Forest
Canal and extending thence first northward and then north-westward along the
middle of the said canal for a distance of thirty-four chains and a half or
thereabouts to the boundary which divides the new parish of Saint George Hyde
aforesaid from the new parish of Saint Mary Newton in Mottram aforesaid all
which above described portion of the new parish of Saint George Hyde aforesaid
is bounded on the remaining sides other than the south-east and east, that is
to say upon the north upon the west and upon the south as follows, upon the
north by the new parish of Saint Mary Newton in Mottram aforesaid, upon the
west partly by thehereinbefore described portion of the new parish of Christ
Church Denton aforesaid, and partly by the new parish of Saint Laurence Denton
aforesaid, and on the south by the new parish of Saint Mary the Virgin
Haughton aforesaid or in other words upon, the west and upon the.south by the
River Tame aforesaid".
