Carrington, Greater Manchester

Carrington
St George's Church, a Grade II* listed building
Carrington  Carrington shown within Greater Manchester
Population	396 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ737921
Metropolitan borough	Trafford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M31
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Stretford and Urmston
List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°25′52″N 2°23′31″W / 53.431°N 2.392°W

Carrington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.^[1] Historically a part of Cheshire, the village is west of Greater Manchester Urban Area, 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.^[2] 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,^[3] 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 880Mw 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 via the Manchester ship canal^[4][5]

Manchester United (Trafford Training Centre) and Bury (Carrington Training Centre) Football Clubs have training complexes on Carrington Moss, as does Sale Sharks Rugby Club.

The village is better known to motorists as the location of the former A6144(M), the Carrington Spur.

History

Several derivations of the name Carrington have been suggested, all from Old English. The name may mean "estate associated with a man called Cara"; 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 known as Carrintona.^[6]

Geography

Demography

At the 2001 UK census, Carrington had a total population of 396. For every 100 females, there were 110.6 males. The average household size was 2.62.^[7] Of those aged 16–74 in Carrington, 53.3% had no academic qualifications or one GCSE, higher than the figures for all of Trafford (40.8%) and in England (45.5%).^[8] According to the census, 1.75% were unemployed and 34.39% were economically inactive.^[9] 21.72% of the population were under the age of 16 and 6.31% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of Carrington was 37.24. 66.41% of residents described their health as "good".^[10]

Population change

Population growth in Carrington since 1801
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	2001
Population	435	480	531	552	559	536	521	469	438	568	514	522	531	504	627	642	488	396
Source: A Vision of Britain through Time[11]

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References

Notes

1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
2. "Power Stations in Greater Manchester" (PDF). The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
3. "Station Name: PARTINGTON (2nd site)". Disused Stations Site Record. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
4. "Victorian Engineering Key to cutting-edge power project". Manchester Evening News. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
5. "Carrington Power, Trafford". Carrington Power. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
6. Mills, A. D. (2003). "Carrington". A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852758-6. Retrieved 23 March 2010.(subscription required)
7. "Carrington civil parish Neighbourhood Statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
8. "Trafford Metropolitan Borough key statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
9. "Carrington civil parish work and qualifications". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
10. "Carrington civil parish census data". Statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
11. Nevell (1997), p. 87.

Bibliography

• Nevell, Mike (1997). The Archaeology of Trafford. Trafford Metropolitan Borough with University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. ISBN 1-870695-25-9. OCLC 53181537.

External links

• Carrington Power Station