Stockport Armoury

Military installation in Greater Manchester, England

Stockport Armoury

Stockport Armoury

Location in Greater Manchester

General information
Status| Army Reserve Centre
Type| Drill hall
Location| Stockport
Coordinates| 53°24′10″N 2°09′42″W﻿ / ﻿53.40266°N 2.16165°W﻿ / 53.40266; -2.16165
Year(s) built| 1862
Owner| War Office

Listed Building – Grade II

Official name| The Armoury of the Cheshire Regiment
Designated| 10 March 1975
Reference no.| 1067207

Stockport Armoury is a military installation in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

## History

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The building was designed by Henry Bowman as the headquarters of the 4th Administrative Battalion, Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1862.[2] The unit evolved to become the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1883 and the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in 1908.[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front[4] and then being disbanded in 1920.[3]

After the war, a new 6th (Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, was formed at the Armoury from the Cheshire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, incorporating the former 6th Bn Cheshire Regiment and the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery. In 1921, the new unit was redesignated 60th (6th Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade, RGA.[5][6][7] In the late 1930s, the unit was converted into 81st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, which saw service in The Blitz, in the Orkney and Shetland Defences, and in the Middle East during World War II. After the war it became 360th (Mobile) Heavy AA Regiment, but was amalgamated with other regiments in Manchester when Anti-Aircraft Command was disbanded in 1955.[6]

"A" Company, the Mercian Volunteers was formed at the Armoury in 1967 and evolved to become the "A" Company, the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1988 and Salerno Company, the Fire Support Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1995.[8] The presence at the Armoury was reduced to a mortar platoon of "B" (Cheshire) Company, The King's and Cheshire Regiment in 1999, of "A" (Cheshire) Company, The West Midlands Regiment in 2006 and of "A" (Cheshire) Company, 4th Battalion, The Mercian Regiment in 2007.[8] The Armoury is still an active Army Reserve Centre.[9]

## See also

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* Greater Manchester portal

* Listed buildings in Stockport

## References

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1. ^ "The Armoury of the Cheshire Regiment". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
2. ^ "Stockport". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
3. ^ a b "The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ "Cheshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
5. ^ Army List.
6. ^ a b Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0, pp. 31, 205.
7. ^ "Shropshire RHA at Shropshire Regimental Museum". Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
8. ^ a b "3rd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
9. ^ "4th Battalion, The Mercian Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, England

Buildings|

* Abney Hall
* Barnes Hospital, Cheadle
* Bramall Hall
* Broadstone Mill, Reddish
* Cheadle Hulme School
* Elder Mill, Romiley
* Hat Works
* Houldsworth Mill, Reddish
* Houldsworth Working Men's Club
* Kingston Mill
* Mauldeth Hall
* Meadow Mill
* Mellor Hall
* Millennium House
* Moseley Old Hall, Cheadle
* New Hall, Woodford
* Old Manor Farm, Marple
* Nelstrops Albion Flour Mills
* Pear New Mill
* Plaza Cinema
* Staircase House
* Stockport Armoury
* Stockport Central Library
* Stockport College
* Stockport Town Hall
* Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery
* Strawberry Studios
* Underbank Hall
* Vernon Mill
* Wear Mill
* Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury
* Woodbank

Places of worship|

* All Saints Church, Marple
* Christ Church, Heaton Norris
* St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish
* St George's Church, Heaviley
* St Joseph's Church, Stockport
* St Martin's Church, Marple
* St Mary's Church, Cheadle
* St Mary's Church, Stockport
* Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport
* St Peter's Church, Stockport
* St. Thomas' Church, Mellor
* St Thomas' Church, Stockport

Education|

* Aquinas College
* Bramhall High School
* Castle Hill High School, Offerton
* Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College
* Cheadle Hulme High School
* Harrytown Catholic High School
* Hazel Grove High School
* The Kingsway School
* Marple Hall School
* Priestnall School
* Reddish Vale High School
* St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy
* St James' Catholic High School
* Seashell Trust
* Stella Maris School
* Stockport Academy
* Stockport College
* Stockport Grammar School
* Stockport School
* Werneth School

Transportation|

* Bramhall railway station
* Bredbury railway station
* Brinnington railway station
* Cheadle Hulme railway station
* Davenport railway station
* Gatley railway station
* Hazel Grove railway station
* Heald Green railway station
* Heaton Chapel railway station
* Marple railway station
* Middlewood railway station
* Reddish North railway station
* Reddish South railway station
* Romiley railway station
* Rose Hill Marple railway station
* Stockport bus station
* Stockport Interchange
* Stockport railway station
* Strines railway station
* Woodley railway station
* Woodsmoor railway station

Shopping complexes|

* Grand Central Stockport
* Merseyway Shopping Centre
* The Peel Centre

Sport and entertainment|

* Avro Heritage Museum
* Edgeley Park
* Garrick Theatre
* Plaza Cinema, Stockport
* Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Bridges|

* Marple Aqueduct
* Stockport Viaduct

Others|

* Stepping Hill Hospital
* Stockport Sunday School

Demolished|

* Cheadle Heath railway station
* Cheadle Lower Mill
* Cheadle LNW railway station
* Cheadle North railway station
* Green Lane
* Hazel Grove (Midland) railway station
* Heaton Mersey railway station
* Heaton Norris railway station
* Mellor Mill
* Palmer Mills, Stockport
* Portwood railway station
* Stockport Castle
* Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station
* Wood Mill, Woodley

Lists|

* List of schools in Stockport
* List of mills in Stockport

Listed buildings in|

* Bredbury and Romiley
* Cheadle and Gatley
* Hazel Grove and Bramhall
* Marple
* Stockport

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