Woodford, Greater Manchester George Best, both former wingers for Manchester United F.C.. Ivan Mauger Belle Vue Speedway team captain. Bibliography Woodford, Greater Manchester Woodford is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Stockport, north-northwest of Macclesfield, and south-southeast of Manchester. Woodford is the most southerly point of Greater Manchester and consists of a ribbon of properties along the A5102 road, around which is open countryside. Historically part of Cheshire, throughout the Middle Ages Woodford was a hamlet in the parish of Prestbury. It was incorporated into the Urban District of Hazel Grove and
Robert Woodford (17th-century diarist) Robert Woodford (17th-century diarist) Robert Woodford (1606–1654) was an English lawyer, best known as the author of an extensive diary that covers the period 1637–41. Robert Woodford was born at Old, Northamptonshire on 3 April 1606, a son of Robert Woodford and his wife Jane Dexter. He was educated at Brixworth and trained as an attorney by John Reading, a barrister at Inner Temple. In 1635, Robert married Hannah Haunch (1617–1699) at All Hallows, London Wall. She was the daughter of Robert Haunch and his wife Susanna Heighes. In due course, the couple were the parents of 14 children, many