Area of Hyde, Greater Manchester, England
For the former township named Newton in north Manchester, see
Newton Heath .
Human settlement in England
Newton is an area of Hyde , in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester , England; it occupies a narrow strip of land from the River Tame , near Newton Hall, to Matley , between Hyde and Dukinfield .
Newton can be divided into four separate parts:
The former site of Shaw Hall factory lies on Matley Lane.
Governance
Newton is part of the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency, whose Member of Parliament is currently Jonathan Reynolds [ 1] of the Labour Co-operative party. Newton was previously in the North West England European Parliament constituency.
Newton was formerly a township in the parish of Mottram-in-Langdendale and a chapelry ,[ 2] in 1866 Newton became a separate civil parish ,[ 3] on 1 October 1923 the parish was abolished and merged with Hyde.[ 4] In 1921 the parish had a population of 7715.[ 5]
In 1974 it became part of Tameside district in Greater Manchester.
Transport
Newton for Hyde station
The area is served by two railway stations: Newton for Hyde and Flowery Field ; both are stops on the Glossop Line between Manchester Piccadilly , Glossop and Hadfield . Services are operated by Northern Trains .[ 6]
The main bus route in the area is the 346, which links Hyde with Ashton-Under-Lyne ; it is operated by Stagecoach Manchester .[ 7]
Education
Newton is served by the following primary and secondary schools:
Notable People
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