Dukinfield

Dukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester. It has been twinned with Champagnole in France since 1958.

## History

Dukinfield was part of the parish of Stockport in the middle-ages. Between the 13th century and the 18th century, the Duckenfield family were the lords of Dukinfield. Dukinfield was predominantly woodland and meadows and was most known for its agriculture until the 17th century, when coal mining began, and the in the 18th century, the cotton industry in Dukinfield expanded. The Astley Deep Pit Disaster, where there was an explosion in a coal mine, occured in 1873, in which 54 people were killed. The Chartist Joseph Rayner Stephens, who died in 1879, is burried in St. John's Church in Dukinfield. Dukinfield became part of the then newly-formed Tameside council in 1974.

## Demography

The 2011 census found that there were 20,909 residents of Dukinfield.
Most people in Dukinfield were born in the UK and are of white ethnicity.

Ethnicity of Residents of Dukinfield in 2011
 Other Ethnicity

In terms of socio-economic status of residents, the biggest social class that residents belong to is the semi-routine occupation class.

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification of Residents of Dukinfield in 2011
 2. Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations
 3. Intermediate occupations
 4. Small employers and own account workers
 5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations
 6. Semi-routine occupations
 7. Routine occupations
 8. Never worked and long-term unemployed
 Not classified

## Politics

### National politics

Dukinfield is in the Denton and Reddish parliamentary constituency. Andrew Gwynne is the Member of Parliament for the Denton and Reddish constituency. He is a member of the Labour Party.

### Local politics

Dukinfield is split into two council wards: Dukinfield and Dukinfield and Stalybridge. The counsellors for the Dukinfield ward are Jackie Lane, John Taylor and Brian Wild, who are all members of the Labour Party. The counsellors for the Dukinfield and Stalybridge ward are Leanne Feeley, David Sweeton and Eleanor Wills, who are all Labour Party members.

## Facilities and Amenities

The local amenities in Dukinfield include the library,council youth services, the town hall, which has function rooms and a registry office,  and a park.Tameside's crematorium is also located in Dukinfield.

## Religion

Religion in Dukinfield in 2011
 Other religion
 Did not answer

The biggest religion in Dukinfield is Christianity. Some noteable churches in Dukinfield include the Moravian church, which was built in 1751, St. John's Church, and St. Mark's Church (both Church of England), and Old Chapel (Unitarian).

## Education

There are six primary schools in Dukinfield. There are two secondary schools in Dukinfield: All Saints Catholic College  and Raynar Stephens High School.  There are also two special schools: Oakdale School, for children aged 2-11,
and Cromwell High School.

## Economics

In 2011, 69.4% of Dukinfield's residents were economically active.The biggest industries which people in Dukinfield work in are wholesale and retail (18.3% of residents in employment), manufacturing (16.9% of residents in employment) and human health and social work (12.7%). Dukinfield is ranked in the bottom 20% of the Indices of Deprivation 2015.

## Geography

Dukinfield is 621.5 hectacres in size and has a population density of 33.6 people per hectacre.

## Notable people from Dukinfield

* Tony Brooks- Grand Prix racing driver
* Ronnie Hazlehurst- composer notable for composing television theme tunes
* Daniel Kokotajlo- director of the BAFTA-nominated film Apostacy
* John Normington- actor
* Shirley Stelfox- actress who was in the soap opera Emmerdale
* Dennis Walsh- astronomer

## External links

Dukinfield page on Tameside Council's website

## References

1. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/Towns/Dukinfield-Home-Page/Township-Information-Dukinfield
2. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/towntwinning
3. ↑ http://www.champagnole.fr/vivre-a-champa/jumelage/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.tameside.gov.uk/Towns/Dukinfield-Home-Page/Township-Information-Dukinfield
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.tameside.gov.uk/dukinfield/facts
6. ↑ https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1874-07-27/debates/a9952b06-fb44-4734-9aff-15092bcb05d4/CoalMines%E2%80%94AstleyDeepPit(Dukinfield)Explosion
7. ↑ https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1874-07-27/debates/a9952b06-fb44-4734-9aff-15092bcb05d4/CoalMines%E2%80%94AstleyDeepPit(Dukinfield)Explosion
8. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/TouristInformationCentre/Blue-Plaque-Joseph-Rayner-Stephens
9. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/the-1970s-1153143
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=1119884171/
11. ↑ https://andrewgwynne.co.uk/constituency/
12. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/CouncillorsandDemocracy/DemocraticServices/Tameside-MPs-Surgeries
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://tameside.moderngov.co.uk/mgFindMember.aspx?XXR=0&AC=WARD&WID=13060
14. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/youthservices
15. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/libraries/openingtimes
16. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/dukinfield/townhall
17. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/parks
18. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/free-things-stalybridge-dukinfield-5-7336244
19. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/bereavement
20. ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/vicar-refuses-baptise-child-because-5775351
21. ↑ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12821/
22. ↑ http://www.stmarksdukinfield.org.uk/
23. ↑ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12824/more-information/
24. ↑ http://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/dukinfield/
25. ↑ https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/23005
26. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/schools/primary/area
27. ↑ http://allsaintscatholiccollege.com/
28. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/gcse-exam-results-2018-saints-15066140
29. ↑ http://raynerstephens.org.uk/
30. ↑ https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/144622/rayner-stephens-high-school
31. ↑ https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/106281
32. ↑ http://oakdale.tameside.sch.uk/
33. ↑ http://www.cromwell.tameside.sch.uk/
34. ↑ https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/106279
35. ↑ http://dclgapps.communities.gov.uk/imd/idmap.html
36. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-of-love-revives-60s-car-990751
37. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronnie-hazlehurst-395793.html
38. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview
39. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794243
40. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/08/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
41. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/shirley-stelfox-character-actress-who-was-best-known-as-the-prudish-spinster-busybody-edna-birch-in-a6910886.html
42. ↑ https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/48/4/4.39/240969