13 Facts About Handforth

Handforth is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England, 9 miles south of Manchester city centre.

The name "Handforth" is believed to originate from the Saxon name for a crossing on the River Dean, "Hanna's Ford".

The first mention of Handforth is found in a charter dated between 1233 and 1236 CE, with a later mention found in a deed of transfer between Lord Edmund Phitoun and Henry de Honeford, dated to 1291.

Oldest building in Handforth is Handforth Hall, a typical Tudor-styled black and white timber building built by Sir Urian Brereton in 1562, originally named "Honford Hall" after the de Honfords.

The most famous resident of Handforth is Sir Urian's great grandson, the Parliamentary General Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, who fought in the English Civil War.

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The only surviving buildings of RAF Handforth are the government pay offices, now found on Dairyhouse Lane; these buildings, used as the headquarters of the depot, have survived in Ministry of Defence use to this day.

Handforth-cum-Bosden was part of the Stockport Registration District between 1837 and 1877, until it was divided onto the separate parishes of Handforth and Bosden.

Handforth continued to be part of the Stockport Registration District from 1877 to 1936, when it was then incorporated into the parishes of Wilmslow and Cheadle and Gatley.

From 1974 until the changes in local government, which occurred in 2009, Handforth was administered by both the Macclesfield Borough Council and the Cheshire County Council.

Eastern half of Cheshire, in which Handforth is located, is Upper Triassic Mercia Mudstone laid down with large salt deposits, which were mined for hundreds of years around Northwich.

Handforth is in Cheshire East, a unitary authority area with borough status in the county of Cheshire, and the constituency of Tatton, a strongly Conservative seat represented by Esther McVey.

Handforth is served by three primary schools: Handforth Grange, Dean Oaks Primary and St Benedict's RC Primary.

Handforth is served by Cheshire Constabulary, with the closest branch being based in Wilmslow.