Editing Mottram in Longdendale (section)

==Governance==
There is one main tier of local government covering Mottram, at [[metropolitan borough]] level: [[Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]]. The council is a member of the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]], which is led by the directly-elected [[Mayor of Greater Manchester]]. Mottram forms part of the [[Longdendale (ward)|Longdendale ward]] of Tameside.<ref name=electionmaps>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>

===Administrative history===
[[File:St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram - geograph.org.uk - 6862795.jpg|thumb|[[St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram|St Michael and All Angels Church]] at the centre of the parish]]
Mottram in Longdendale was an [[ancient parish]] within the [[Macclesfield Hundred]] of Cheshire. The parish was subdivided into eight [[Township (England)|townships]]: [[Godley, Greater Manchester|Godley]], [[Hattersley]], [[Hollingworth]], [[Matley]], [[Newton, Greater Manchester|Newton]], [[Stalybridge|Stayley]], [[Tintwistle]], and a Mottram township which covered the area around the village itself and [[Broadbottom]] to the south.<ref name=VoB>{{cite web |title=Mottram Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10113982 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale |date=1874 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Book_of_Reference_to_the_Plan_of_the_Par/hNMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA8-PP9&printsec=frontcover |access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref> From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the [[poor laws]], in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Mottram in Longdendale, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so the townships also became separate [[civil parish]]es.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume II, Northern England |date=1991 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0861931270 |page=xv}}</ref>

A Mottram in Longdendale [[Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] was established in 1873, just covering the Mottram township, administered by an elected local board.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23970|page=2087|date=25 April 1873}}</ref> Such districts were converted into [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Cheshire |date=1914 |page=476 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/235673/rec/3 |access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref>

Mottram in Longdendale Urban District was abolished in 1936 to become part of the new [[Longdendale Urban District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mottram in Longendale [sic] Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10109656 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/ashton%20under%20lyne.html|title=Ashton under Lyne Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=19 November 2024}}</ref> In 1931 (the last census before the abolition of the urban district), Mottram in Longdendale had a population of 2,636.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10109656/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Mottram CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=18 February 2025}}</ref> Longdendale Urban District was in turn abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]. The area became part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Tameside]] in [[Greater Manchester]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|schedule=1|access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>