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Norman Castle, Stockport

Photograph at the Norman Castle, Stockport blue plaque

Castle Yard. Site of Norman Castle first mentioned during the rebellion against Henry II in 1173. Mound levelled in 1770 for town's first water-powered muslin mill which was demolished mid-nineteenth century for a cattle market and extension to the market place.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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