Woodford, Greater Manchester 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 Bramhall in 1939 and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in 1974. Woodford Aerodrome was opened in 1924
Woodford, Wiltshire who resided at Lake House, Wilsford. Woodford Church of England Primary School was erected between 1833 and 1836, and increased in size in 1854. In 1880 the chief landowners were Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and Robert Loder. Woodford is approximately in size. On a hill slope southwest of Druid's Head, there is a large and old enclosure that was formed by a bank. Lower Woodford Water Meadows is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lower Woodford, notified in 1971. Of the working water-meadows in southern England that are associated with chalk streams, the best is situated at Lower Woodford. Heale