Editing Mottram in Longdendale (section)

==Notable people==
*Sir [[Edmund Shaa]] was a goldsmith, and [[Lord Mayor of London]] in 1482, dying there 20 April 1488. He appeared as a character in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play [[Richard III (play)|''Richard III'']], and a bequest was used to found [[Stockport Grammar School]].
*Lawrence Earnshaw (c.1707–12 May 1767) was an inventor and machine-maker, who made an [[astronomical clock]], and a machine to spin and reel cotton in one operation.<ref name=2002-uk>*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100809145051/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/scientists4.html Lawrence Earnshaw-Manchester2002 Website]}}</ref><ref name=tameside>*[http://www.tameside.gov.uk/leisure/new/bp_09.htm Lawrence Earnshaw-Tameside Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223731/http://www.tameside.gov.uk/leisure/new/bp_09.htm |date=26 September 2007 }}</ref>

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File:Earnshaw Memorial.jpg|Earnshaw Memorial
Image:Earnshaw Memorial 01.JPG
Image:Earnshaw Memorial 02.JPG
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*[[John Chapman (1810–1877)]] was MP for [[Grimsby]], High Sheriff of Cheshire, JP and Chairman of the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]. He lived in Broadbottom.
*The [[Stretford]]-born artist [[L.S. Lowry]] lived in Mottram from 1948 until his death in 1976. A bronze statue of him seated on a bench is located next to the junction of Hyde Road and Stalybridge Road, and there is a commemorative plaque on his former home, "The Elms" on Stalybridge Road.

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Image:L.S. Lowry 01.JPG|L.S. Lowry Memorial
File:Home of L S Lowry - geograph.org.uk - 2258803.jpg|Lowry's former home, The Elms
File:Lowry's Blue Plaque - geograph.org.uk - 4086303.jpg|Lowry's Blue Plaque
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Famous former residents also include [[Kathy Staff]] (aka Nora Batty from the sitcom ''Last of the Summer Wine'') and [[Harold Shipman]], the UK's most prolific serial killer.