Stockport Heritage

Its main work focussed on Staircase House, a 15th-century merchants' warehouse and home with later additions, which had been semi-derelict for a number of years on Stockport's 750-year-old Market Place.

Members of the Dodge Family Association (DFA) regularly visit their ancestral homes in Stockport, one of which is Staircase House (however DFA now considers East Coker, Somerset, to be the ancestral home of the Dodges in the United States).

[citation needed] Starting in 1992, Stockport Heritage Trust initiated a blue plaque programme commemorating various sites in the town including the birthplace of John Bradshaw, the republican regicide and Lord President of the Council of State of the puritan Commonwealth of 1649–53.

Alongside their changing exhibitions the Heritage Trust have an archive of several thousand local images accessible to visitors and trust members produce books, videos, pamphlets and a local Stockport Heritage Magazine.

They are also involved in events,[5] giving walks, talks and outreach on local heritage, including civic award schemes and committees on tourism and conservation.

Staircase House was the group's initial focus of activity