Carrington, Cheshire
| Carrington | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 St George's Church, Carrington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ737921 |
| Location: | 53°25’52"N, 2°23’31"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 396 (2001) |
| Post town: | Manchester |
| Postcode: | M31 |
| Dialling code: | 0161 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Trafford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stretford and Urmston |
Carrington is a village in northern Cheshire, and although it is outside the swollen conurbation spreading out from Manchester, it is at the edge and profoundly affected by the townscape.
At the 2001 census, Carrington had a total population of 396.
Name
Several derivations of the name Carrington have been suggested, all from Old English. The name may mean "Cara's peoples estate"; alternatively, the first part of the name may be derived from caring, meaning "tending or herding" or cring, which means "river bend", so either "place associated with herding", or "settlement by a river bend". In the 12th century, Carrington was recorded as Carrintona.[1]
Site and history
The village is just to the west of main conurbation and is the site of a large gas and chemical works, which produce gases by fractional distillation of liquid air. It used to be the site of a Shell Chemicals refinery, which produced polythene and polystyrene.
Until recent years there was a Carrington Power Station located on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. The building work commenced in 1947, although the land for the site was acquired in 1916. The station opened in 1956, and was decommissioned during the late 1980s. It was demolished using explosives in 1991, having stood empty for several years. All that remains today is a large 400 kV switching station.
The station had its own railway spur from the Glazebrook to Stockport Tiviot Dale line,[2] evidence of which can still be seen today from the gates where the line crossed Manchester Road.
In July 2007, Bridestones Developments acquired planning permission for a new CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbine) power station, to be built on the same site as the old power station. Construction of the new power station began in 2013 and is due to complete in 2016. The new power station will generate three times the energy as the old coal-fired power station, will occupy only half of the space of the old site and will emit only half of the carbon dioxide. Around 600 people have been involved in its construction and when it is finally operation there will be around 40 staff employed at the power station. The new power station will generate up to 880 MW of electricity which is enough to supply approximately one million homes. Some of the parts for the new plant were so large that they were transported to the site on the Manchester Ship Canal[3][4]
Manchester United (Trafford Training Centre) and Bury (Carrington Training Centre) Football Clubs have training complexes on Carrington Moss, as does Sale Sharks Rugby Club.
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References
- ↑ Mills, A. D. (2003). "Carrington". A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852758-6. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e2854. Retrieved 23 March 2010(subscription required)
- ↑ "Station Name: PARTINGTON (2nd site)". Disused Stations Site Record. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/p/partington/index1.shtml. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ↑ "Victorian Engineering Key to cutting-edge power project". Manchester Evening News. 3 January 2014. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-ship-canal-helps-alstoms-6467210. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Carrington Power, Trafford". Carrington Power. http://www.carringtonpower.co.uk/. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford. Trafford Metropolitan Borough with University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN 1-870695-25-9. OCLC 53181537.