Partington
| Partington | |
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St Mary's Church | |
Partington Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 7,327 (2001 Census) |
| • Density | 5,348/sq mi (2,065/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SJ715915 |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M31 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Partington is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is sited ten miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester city centre.[2] Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it lies on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, opposite Cadishead on the northern bank. In 2001 it had a population of 7,327.[3]
The completion of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 transformed Partington into a major coal-exporting port and attracted other industries. Until 2007, Shell Chemicals UK operated a major petrochemicals manufacturing complex in Carrington, Partington's closest neighbour to the east.[4] The gas storage facility in the north-eastern corner of the town was once a gasworks and another significant employer.
Shortly after the Second World War, local authorities made an effort to rehouse people away from Victorian slums in inner-city Manchester. An area of Partington became an overspill estate and is now one of the most deprived parts of Greater Manchester.[5] The Cheshire Lines Committee opened a railway line through the town in 1873, but it closed in 1964.
- ^ "Partington Parish Council - Partington, Manchester". www.partingtonparishcouncil.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Trafford Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 August 2009
- ^ "Royal Dutch Shell plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2007". Royal Dutch Shell. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ Lab, Trafford Innovation and Intelligence. "Indices of Deprivation 2015 - Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab". www.infotrafford.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.