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
Edith Woodford-Grimes Edith Woodford-Grimes Edith Rose Woodford-Grimes (1887–1975) was an English Wiccan who achieved recognition as one of the faith's earliest known adherents. She had been a member of the New Forest coven which met during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and through this became a friend and working partner of Gerald Gardner, who would go on to found the Gardnerian tradition with her help. Widely known under the nickname of Dafo, Woodford-Grimes' involvement in the Craft had largely been kept a secret until it was revealed in the late 1990s, and her role in the history of Wicca was subsequently