Godley

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Godley
Cheshire
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Church of St John the Baptist, Godley
Location
Location: 53°27’13"N, 2°3’49"W
Data
Post town: Hyde
Postcode: SK14
Dialling code: 0161
Local Government
Council: Tameside
Parliamentary
constituency:
Stalybridge and Hyde

Godley is a suburb of Hyde in Cheshire. It forms a township of the ancient parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale.

It is served by Godley railway station which replaced the nearby station which closed in 1995 following the closure of the Woodhead Line,

History

Agriculture in Godley dates from 1211–1249.[1] In 1851, the Godley Reservoir was completed.

Industry

During the early 1880s, John Broomer developed an early form of margarine called Butterine.[2] He established a factory in the Olive Tree works, a former hat factory on Mottram Road previously occupied by Henry Taylor Wrigley. In 1888, the Danish margarine manufacturer Otto Monsted acquired the Olive Tree works. The factory was sold to Maypole Dairies in 1902 and later used by Walls to manufacture ice-cream and meat products.

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