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| | Stockport Poor Law Union and Workhouse |
 | | County of Chester: Bramhall, Bredbury, Brinnington, Cheadle Bulkley, Cheadle Mosley, Hyde (2), Marple, Norbury, Offerton, Romilly, Stockport (4), Stockport Etchells, Torkington, Werneth. |
 | | In August 1842, Stockport's workhouse was the subject of an attack by a mob of unemployed workers as described in a contemporary news report. |
 | | Owing, however, to the presence of the Altrincham, Dunham Massey, Tabley, and Stockport troops of the Cheshire Yeomanry, the peace was fortunately preserved. |
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