Partington History
Partington found its way into the history books in the 10th century when a Dane with the unlikely name of Cythric Silkybeard led an army of Vikings up the River Mersey and, according to Anglo-Saxon records, slayed about 20 Partington citizens.
In the 13th century there was a Norbertine monastery in nearby Warburton. The ghost of a monk is supposed to haunt the passages of the old Rectory. It is said that a burial site for the monks lies beneath a mound east of Bluebell Woods - hence its name, Coroner's Woods.
For hundreds of years, Partington was a farming community, but 19th-century industrialisation transformed the area, as it did much of the North West. In 1871 the population almost doubled, with most of the influx of newcomers being employed in trade rather than agriculture.
A paper mill was built on the bank of the River Bollin, using the river flow to power its waterwheels. The area around the mill became the centre of local industry.
Change on a big scale arrived again in the 20th century, which saw the country village transformed into a modern township.
Partington is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.
Partington sits on the southern bank of the Manchester Ship Canal near Cadishead, and is about seven miles south-west of the Trafford Park area (ten miles south-west of Manchester City Centre). In the north eastern corner of the village is a gas storage facility that used to be a gasworks and provided employment for the area. The nearest village to the east is Carrington which used to be the site for Shell Petrochemicals. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 7,327.
On Wood Lane in Partington there is a paintworks. Partington was also the site of a paperworks more than 200 years ago.
It has an Anglican Church St Mary's, a Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, a Methodist Chapel, and there is a Pentecostal church called The People's Church, whose minister was affectionately known as Holy Joe Pennington.
The oldest school still standing in the village was opened in 1958 and used to be called Partington County Primary School. There are two other state primary schools at Moss View and Forestgate. Ortonbrook Primary school was off Oak Road but was demolished about three years ago. There is also a Roman Catholic school - Our Lady of Lourdes Primary on Lock Lane. There is a secondary school called Broad Oak.
Some language experts say the name comes from Anglo-Saxon and means the 'town of Paerta's people' (Paerta=given name and the suffixes -ing=people of and -ton=town)