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Strines railway station serves the village of Strines, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, England. Until boundary changes in 1994, the station itself lay over the border in Derbyshire.

Turf Lea is a hamlet located at the end of The Ridge, above Marple, in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK. Nearby is Wybersley Hall, where the author Christopher Isherwood was born.

Disley railway station serves the village of Disley in Cheshire, England. It is 12+1⁄3 miles (19.8 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line, built by the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.

St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Chadkirk. It is on a hill overlooking the village of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Its benefice is combined with that of St John, Furness Vale.

Hague Bar is a hamlet in New Mills, Derbyshire, near Marple and Stockport. The Manchester to Sheffield railway passes through the Goyt valley at this point. Its population is included in the figures shown for New Mills. Hague Bar is the most westerly settlement in Derbyshire. The Goyt Way, part of the Midshires Way and the E2 European long-distance path, passes through the village on its 10-mile (16 km) route from Etherow Country Park to Whaley Bridge.

Brookbottom is a hamlet about a mile outside New Mills in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It has one pub, the Fox Inn, one phone box but two street lights. The Goyt Way (part of the Midshires Way) runs through it. The Fox Inn and most of the cottages date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are Grade II listed.

Mellor Mill, also known as Bottom's Mill, was a six-story cotton mill in Marple, Greater Manchester built by Samuel Oldknow in 1793. This was a six-storey, 42-foot (13 m) wide and 210-foot (64 m) long mill with additional three-storey wings making it 400 feet (120 m) in all. The mill was built for Samuel Oldknow and used to spin coarse counts. It was originally driven by the Wellington water wheel. The River Goyt, and with it the then county boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire was diverted and a weir built, the leat fed a millpond that in later times was named the Roman Lakes. This in turn fed a second mill pond along with water from reservoir in Linnet Clough. Supplementary power was provided by a second exterior wheel known as the Waterloo wheel. The Mill reached its peak production in 1804, when 10,080 spindles were operating and around 550 people were employed. It was destroyed by fire in 1892.

Disley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The population at the 2011 Census was 4,294. To the north, the River Goyt and the Peak Forest Canal, which opened in 1800, pass along the edge of the village. Today, it is a dormitory village retaining a semi-rural character. The parish includes part of the neighbouring village of Newtown, the bulk of which is in Derbyshire.

Wyberslegh Hall (sometimes spelled Wybersley Hall) is a large house dating from the 16th century, on the edge of the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester, England. Now in private ownership, Wyberslegh Hall was formerly the home of eldest sons of the Bradshaw family. Of unusual design, it has castellated gables. The author Christopher Isherwood was born there.The hall was designated a Grade II listed building in 1967.

The Bollinhurst Reservoir was constructed in Lyme Park in 1872 for the Stockport District Waterworks Company. At the time of the First World War, it had a capacity of 84.46 million gallons.

Mellor is a village in Greater Manchester, England, lying between Marple Bridge and New Mills, Derbyshire.Buildings in the village include St. Thomas' Church, a primary school, golf course, sports club, a riding school, three pubs (the Royal Oak, The Devonshire Arms and The Oddfellows Arms) and the late-17th-century Mellor Hall. The village was a civil parish in the county of Derbyshire until 1936, when it was transferred to Marple Urban District in Cheshire. In 1974, it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

All Saints Church is in Church Lane, Marple, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. In the churchyard is the tower of an earlier church, which is also listed at Grade II. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Chadkirk.