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
Woodford, London moneyed people who had business in London. As part of the suburban growth of London at the turn of the 20th century, Woodford significantly increased in population, becoming a municipal borough with neighbouring Wanstead in 1937 and forming part of Greater London since 1965. Woodford appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Wdefort", although its earliest recorded use is earlier in 1062 as "Wudeford". The name is Old English and means 'ford in or by the wood'. The ford refers to a crossing of the River Roding, which was replaced with a bridge by 1238; this led to the renaming