[1][2] Built in the seventeenth century, the hall was originally inhabited by the Hirst family.

[3] On Christmas Eve morning 1944, a German V1 bomb landed in a resident’s garden in Garners Lane, Adswood.

The company was an important supplier for the local Manchester area, mainly in its provision of common bricks used for internal wall eaves.

[6] Council housing in Adswood began in the 1920s with the building of Culver Road at the back of the estate towards neighbouring Cale Green.

[citation needed] A significant portion of Stockport borough’s council housing is still based in Adswood and the Bridgehall estate.