Editing Disley (section)

==History==
Its Anglo-Saxon name was ''Dystiglegh'', meaning "wood or clearing by a mound" or possibly "windy settlement".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Disley | title = Disley | work = The Key To English Place Names | publisher = [[English Place Name Society]] | access-date = 9 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016211626/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Disley | archive-date = 16 October 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the 13th century, in the time of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], there are references to confirmatory grants of land made to Jordan de Dystelegh of Disley Hall and Roger de Stanley-de-Dystelegh of Stanley Hall in the district, pointing to even older local settlements. It later had the name ''Dystelegh''.<ref name=parishguide />

Disley was the home of several farmsteads, including one at Stanley, where the golf club is now located. The barn, erected sometime around the 15th or 16th-century, still stands.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://disleyparishcouncil.org.uk/discover-disley/history-of-disley/|title=History of Disley|date=2013-05-28|website=Disley Parish Council|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-12}}</ref>

Sir Piers Legh of [[Lyme Park|Lyme]] founded [[St Mary's Church, Disley|St Mary's Church]], completed in 1524 and consecrated as [[parish church]] in 1558. The earliest parish register is from 1591.<ref name=":0" />

In 1724, the road from Manchester to [[Buxton]] became a turnpike road and in the early 1800s the road was rerouted from its original route along Jackson's Edge road to the current line of the [[A6 road (England)|A6]].<ref name=":0" />

At the time of the first census, Disley had a population of 995 residents. By 1881, this had increased to 3,312 and, as of 2019, the population is now in the region of 4,600.

The fountain in Fountain Square was donated by the Orfords in 1837 to provide the village with clean water, the stone coming from the Jacksons Edge Quarry. It was used until the 1920s.

The village had at least one [[cotton mill]] by the mid-19th century. As the cotton industry declined, more varied employment became the norm. As of 2005, there is a paper mill and some light engineering works, but most people travel out to work.