Ekwall (1922) allows either form, stating "red" is less probable; Mills (1991) and Arrowsmith (1997) only give the "reed" option.

[4][9][10] John Higson wrote in 1852[10] The neigh'ring trench is called the Nicker DitchFlowing with blood, it did the name conveyTo th' bordering hamlet, Red-Ditch.

Near here, Wherethe last 'tween the foes was fought,Where victory was won, that memorableEminence proudly was distinguishedBy the name of Winning Hill.

Canal Bridge Farm, close to Broadstone Mill, is dated to the mid to late 18th century (the name is later).

Hanover Mill was built in 1865 for cotton spinning, but in 1889 was converted to make silk, velvet, woven fur etc.

Craven Brothers, a manufacturer of machine tools and cranes, opened the Vauxhall Works on Greg Street, in 1900.

These major employers were accompanied by numerous smaller concerns, including dyeworks, bleachworks, wire ropeworks, brickworks, screw manufacturers, makers of surveying equipment, and a tobacco factory.

[25] A small number of closures of major industrial employers took place in the first half of the 20th century, due to the ebb and flow of trade.

A small number had been broken and removed by April 1959, when the government announced a compensation package for firms that agreed to scrap spinning capacity.

As the title in the mules had passed to the scrapman, it was decided that the company was not entitled to compensation amounting to over £60,000, despite the fact that the machinery was still on its premises.

[44][45] David Pollard's eponymous brewery opened in the former print works in Reddish Vale in 1975, moving out to Bredbury in 1978; the business went into liquidation in 1982.

[59] By 1901 the neighbouring County Borough of Stockport had effectively run out of land, and was overflowing into abutting districts.

The 2021 local election saw Reddish South's first independent candidate, Daniel Zieba, who came fourth, beating the Liberal Democrats.

[70] Reddish borders Heaton Chapel and Brinnington of Stockport; Denton of Tameside; and Gorton and Levenshulme of the City of Manchester.

Reddish continues to be an attraction to many people in the Greater Manchester area to work, live and relax.

Daytime highs are similar and predominately almost exacting to Woodford, though fluctuations due to localised weather patterns can produce variations.

Due to its suburban nature and geographical location, close to the municipal centres of Stockport and Manchester, it benefits from an 'urban heat island' effect.

Most of Reddish would be equivalent to Usda Zone 8B/9A in recent years and, with the influence of global warming, with typical annual minimum lows of around -5/-6C.

Weather data specifically for South Reddish can be found here : https://web.archive.org/web/20110710210003/http://www.everyoneweb.com/palmsnexotics/ White British is the predominant ethnicity.

For the South Reddish ward, just under 96% of the population of 13,935 were identified as White, 1.28% as mixed race, 1.28% as Asian, 0.86% as Black and 0.84% as Chinese.

Stockport MBC describes Reddish as one of the eight major district centres in the borough that offer "local history, modern convenient facilities and traditional high street retailing".

[82] On a narrower level, the estimated household weekly income for the period April 2001 to March 2002 for North and South Reddish wards was £440 and £400 respectively.

The branch was just under five miles (8 km) long; it left the Ashton Canal at Clayton, passed through Gorton & Reddish and terminated just over the boundary in Heaton Norris, adjacent to what was then the main turnpike between Manchester and Stockport.

The Beat Bank Branch Canal was planned as a sub-branch and was intended to cross Reddish Vale to a colliery at Denton, but the scheme was abandoned by 1798.

[90][93] Reddish North railway station lies on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield, New Mills Central and Manchester Piccadilly.

Reddish South railway station only has a weekly return parliamentary service on Saturday mornings, running between Stockport and Stalybridge.

The history of the development of rail infrastructure in the UK is complicated, with lines and stations being built by a myriad of railway companies and joint ventures.

By 1867, Midland trains were running from London to Piccadilly via this (considerably longer) route, providing competition to the LNWR.

[94] The Midland was given notice to leave Piccadilly in the same year that Reddish North opened and construction of Manchester Central railway station started.

[95][96] Shortly afterwards, BR adopted the 25 kV AC system for electrification, with the effect that the Woodhead Line "passed very quickly from ultra-modern to obsolescent".