Dukinfield Centenary Souvenir
Dukinfield Chronology
| 1265: | Robert de Dokenfeld is lord of the manor. |
| 1398: | Chapel at Dukinfield Hall licensed by Bishop of Lichfield. |
| 1500: | Gothic chapel built at Dukinfield Hall around this time. |
| 1619: | Birth of Colonel Robert Duckenfield. |
| 1640: | First Independent congregation in England established at Old Hall Chapel. |
| 1647: | George Fox preaches at Dukinfield. |
| 1651: | Troops under Col Duckenfield's command capture Isle of Man. |
| 1681: | John Fletcher dies in an accident at the Dukinfield Pit. |
| 1689: | Death of Col Duckenfield. |
| 1708: | First service held at Old Chapel. |
| 1751: | Foundation stone laid for first Moravian chapel, Old Road. |
| 1752: | Cotton spinning starts in Dukinfield. |
| 1755: | Dukinfield Moravian Congregation gains official recognition. |
| 1758: | Death of Sir William Dukinfield. |
| 1760: | Lady Dukinfield Daniel, Sir William's widow, marries John Astley. |
| 1762: | Lady Dukinfield Daniel dies, estates pass to John Astley. |
| 1770: | First Methodist chapel opened, at Dukinfield Hall. |
| 1775: | Dukinfield Lodge completed. |
| 1787: | John Astley dies aged 67. Buried at Old Chapel. |
| 1792: | Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham Canal Act gets royal assent. |
| First two cotton mills opened in Dukinfield: Old Mill, Park Road; and Furnace Mill, Bridge Eye. | |
| 1794: | Huddersfield Narrow Canal and Peak Forest Canal acts passed. |
| 1800: | Crescent Road opened. |
| 1807: | Hunters Tower and Old General pub opened. |
| First service at Providence Chapel, Crescent Road. |
| 1810: | Old Chapel School opened at corner of Pickford Lane and Town Lane. |
| 1812: | Luddite unrest reaches Dukinfield. |
| 1816: | First Primitive Methodist Meetings held in Dukinfield. |
| 1819: | Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. |
| Robert Moffat marries Mary Smith of Plantation Farm. Their daughter Mary Moffat was to marry David Livingstone. | |
| 1822: | William Kenyon born. |
| 1825: | New Providence Chapel opens. St Mary's R.C. Church opened on Astley Street. |
| 1826: | Handloom weavers' riots. |
| Second Moravian chapel opened. | |
| 1829: | Methodist Church and School opened on Wellington Parade. |
| 1830: | "General Strike" of cotton operatives. |
| 1833: | Dukinfield Library founded. |
| 1835: | Barn Meadow mill opened at Dukinfield Hall. |
| 1836: | Foundry Street Primitive Methodist Church opens. Foundry Street Wesleyan Methodist Church opens. |
| 1838: | Chartist troubles. |
| 1839: | Rebuilding of Old Chapel begins. |
| 1841: | St John's Church consecrated. |
| 1842: | Plug Riots in Dukinfield. |
| 1844: | Friedrich Engels writes about Dukinfield. |
| Dog Lane station closes and a new station opens on Ashton-Stalybridge branch line, near to Alma Street. | |
| 1845: | Viaduct collapses during construction of Ashton-Stalybridge line. Sixteen men killed. |
| 1846: | New station opens at Dog Lane. |
| 1849: | St Mark's Church consecrated. |
| 1853: | Library moves to Town Lane. |
| 1854: | Third Providence Chapel opens. |
| Dukinfield Gasworks built. |
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1855:
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Dukinfield Hall School opened. |
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Alma Bridge built at a cost of £4,900.
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| 1856: |
Ensign Andrew Moynihan wins Victoria Cross at Sebastopol.
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St Mary's R.C. Church opened on Zetland Street.
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| 1857: | Dukinfield Board of Health established. |
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1858:
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Death of Sir Henry Dukinfield, bringing the line to an end. |
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1859:
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Tame Valley Methodists admitted to Ashton New Connexion Circuit. |
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Magistrates' court opened on Russell Street.
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| 1860: |
Third Moravian chapel opens.
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1863:
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Cotton Famine riots. |
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1864:
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Dukinfield Central Station opened, Wharf Street. |
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Refuge Assurance Company establishes HQ at 59 Astley Street.
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1865:
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Crescent Road Church built on Providence Chapel site. |
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1866:
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First burial at Dukinfield Cemetery. |
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William Kenyon enters business as rope-maker.
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1867:
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Tame Valley mill opened. |
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1868:
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Murphy Riots. |
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1870:
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Foundation stone laid for St Mark's School. |
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Dukinfield Cricket Club founded.
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1872:
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Foundation stone laid for Old Hall Chapel extensions. |
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Astley Street Primitive Methodist Church opens.
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| 1873: | Old Hall Congregational Church opens. |
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1874:
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Astley pit disaster 54 men killed. |
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Eighteen cotton mills in Tame Valley.
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1875:
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Kenyons move to Chapel Field. |
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Dukinfield mining industry at its height. Six collieries employ 1,120 miners.
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1877:
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Foundation stone laid for Primitive Methodist Schools, Foundry Street. |
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1878:
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Tower mill and River mill opened on Park Road. |
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1879:
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Death of Reyner Stephens. Buried in St John's churchyard. |
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1880:
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Gertrude Susan Astley marries Sir Arthur Nicholson. |
| 1881: | Baptists begin to meet on Town Lane. |
| 1884: | Dukinfield Liberal Club opens. |
| 1885: | Astley mill opens at junction King Street and Dewsnap Lane. |
| Daniel Adamson becomes chairman of Manchester Ship Canal Company. | |
| 1888: | Adamson's Military Band formed. |
| 1889: | St Luke's Church licensed. |
| 1890: | Daniel Adamson dies. |
| 1893: | Dukinfield and Ashton station opened on Cooper Street. |
| 1895: | Dukinfield Technical School opened, Town Lane. |
| Dukinfield Urban District Council established. | |
| 1897: | Public meeting held demanding that Dukinfield petition for Charter of Incorporation. |
| 1898: | Crescent Road Board Schools opened. |
| 1899: | Dukinfield receives Charter of Incorporation as a borough. |
| Henry Pratt becomes first mayor. | |
| Park Road Spinning Mill opened. | |
| 1900: | Sewerage works opened. |
| 1901: | Astley pit closes. |
| Queen mill opened last cotton mill built in Dukinfield. | |
| Town Hall opened. | |
| 1902: | Dukinfield Park opened. |
| Alma Bridge toll booth burned. | |
| 1903: | Reliance Rope Walk opened on Charles Street, longest in England. |
| County Bridge widened. | |
| Dukinfield Court and police station opened, Chapel Street. | |
| Dukinfield Post Office opened. | |
| 1904: | First tram passes through Dukinfield. |
| First domestic customer connected for electricity. | |
| 1905: | Construction of Great Central Railway Wagon and Carriage Works begins. |
| 1907: | Operatic Society founded. |
| 1910: | Wagon Works in full operation. |
| First cinema opens: Electric Palace, Crescent Road (later Palladium). | |
| 1913: | Golf course opens. |
| Princess Cinema opens on King Street. |
| 1914: | Pte Richard Furnival is first Dukinfield serviceman to die. |
| Lt Arthur Stuart Nicholson dies on the Aisne. | |
| Pte John Wilcock wins French Medaille Militaire. | |
| Dukinfield Volunteer Defence Corps founded. | |
| 1915: | Lt William Dukinfield Nicholson dies at Ypres. Astley line now without male heir. |
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1917:
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Newton Wood war memorial unveiled. |
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1918:
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Dukinfield becomes part of Stalybridge and Hyde constituency. |
| 1919: | First Labour councillors elected W. Dickinson, F.G. Temple and T. Benson. |
| 1920: | Lady Gertrude Nicholson dies. |
| Globe Square and Tame Valley war memorials unveiled. | |
| 1921: | Oxford cinema opens on corner of Oxford Road and Foundry Street. |
| 1922: | Chapel Hill war memorial unveiled. |
| 1926: | Cemetery war memorial unveiled. |
| 1927: | Dukinfield gets first motor bus service, to Audenshaw. |
| 1928: | Clarendon Fields housing estate opened. |
| 1930: | St Alban's Mission opened, Tame Valley. |
| 1931: | Traffic lights erected at King Street - Wharf Street junction. |
| Dukinfield Baptist Church opened. | |
| Lakes Road Girls School opened. | |
| 1936: | First tenants move into Barlow Road estate. |
| Jubilee Hall foundation stone laid. | |
| 1941: | Shaw's Brewery taken over by John Smith's. |
| 1944: | Astley Street Primitive Methodist Church closes. |
| 1946: | Memorial to Robert Moffat unveiled at Plantation Farm. |
| George VI passes through Dukinfield on visit to Manchester area. | |
| 1947: | Development of Yew Tree Lane area begins. |
| 1948: | Dukinfield Lodge demolished. |
| Dukinfield Town AFC founded. | |
| 1949: | Electric lighting installed on King Street and Victoria Road. |
| 1950: | Dukinfield Hall demolished. Dukinfield and Ashton station closes. |
| Tame Valley Methodist Church opens. | |
| 1951: | Second World War memorial tablet unveiled at Chapel Hill war memorial. |
| 1953: | Kenyon's provide ropes for Everest expedition. |
| The two Foundry Street Methodist chapels merge, the Wesleyan one being vacated. | |
| Dukinfield Crematorium opened. | |
| 1955: | Dukinfield estates pass to Margaret Becher. |
| 1956: | Moravians establish base on Yew Tree Lane. |
| Astley Grammar School opened. | |
| 1958: | Palladium cinema closes. |
| 1959: | Dukinfield Central Station closes. |
| 1960: | Princess and Oxford cinemas close. |
| 1961: | Charlotte Gertrude Astley Nicholson dies. |
| 1962: | St Peter and St Paul's (All Saints) R.C. School opens. |
| 1963: | Dukinfield Park boating pool war memorial opened. |
| 1964: | Prince Philip visits Kenyon's. |
| Swimming baths opened. | |
| 1965: | Oxford cinema reopens. |
| 1966: | Oxford cinema closes. |
| 1968: | Queen visits Dukinfield. |
| Foundry Street (Primitive) Methodist Church closes. | |
| 1972: | LNWR viaduct demolished. Crescent Road URC reopens. |
| 1973: | George Hatton becomes last Mayor of Dukinfield. |
| Moravian chapel opened on Yew Tree Lane. Old Road site sold. | |
| 1974: | Dukinfield becomes part of Tameside MBC. |
| 1978: | New Methodist Church opened on Wellington Parade. |
| 1984: | New central library opened on Concord Way. |
| 1995: | Last service held at St Alban's Mission. |
| 1996: | Miss Becher dies. |
| Last textile-producer, Bowker and Ball, Tame Valley, closes. | |
| 1997: | Dukinfield becomes part of Denton and Reddish Parliamentary constituency. |