II*House · listed 1969Apethorn FarmhousePhoto: Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hyde Town Hall · Photo: Mikey · CC BY 2.0B−History Grade
History of Hyde · Historic England
28 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade II*
On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Hyde’s built-up area, 7.8 for every 10,000 residents. Grade II covers 27 of Hyde’s listed buildings. 29% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings. Hyde grades B− for history: #21 of 81 in Greater Manchester.
Listed buildings
28
7.8 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
29%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Hyde in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Apethorn FarmhouseGrade II* listed
Former Theatre RoyalGrade II listed
Church of St StephenGrade II listed
Peak Forest Canal, Manchester Road Canal BridgeGrade II listed
Cruckframe Building Formerly Part of Newton HallGrade II listed+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Hyde’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
4 of 21neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 82% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
28 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I1 Grade II*27 Grade II
Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The Grade II* listed building in Hyde
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
The largest group of Hyde’s listed buildings is churches and chapels
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Churches, chapels & priories12
Houses, terraces & villas6
Public & civic buildings5
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
Walls, gates & bridges2
6 entries (21%) are houses, terraces and villas. 12 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
27 Grade II listed buildings
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 27 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
BandstandBus Shelter Directly Opposite Town HallCanal WarehouseChurch of St GeorgeChurch of St John the BaptistChurch of St Mary (C of E)Church of St StephenChurch of St ThomasCruckframe Building Formerly Part of Newton HallFlowery Field Church (Free Christian)Folly in Garden of Number 239Former Theatre RoyalHat Maker's Workshop in Grounds of Number 54Hearse House at St George's ChurchHoly Trinity ChurchHyde ChapelHyde Town HallLychgate at Church of St GeorgePeak Forest Canal, Manchester Road Canal BridgePole Bank HallRoman Catholic Church of St Paul and PresbyteryStocks in Graveyard of Hyde ChapelVictoria Street War Memorial, NewtonWalden, 22 Backbower Lane, Gee Cross, HydeWar Memorial and Railings197, Talbot Road239, Mottram Road
How the list grew
14 of Hyde’s 28 listed buildings were added in 1986
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1986 · 14
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The first 2 entries were listed in 1969. 14 came in 1986, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 3 have been added in the last 15 years.
History Grade
Hyde grades B− for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (29 points, 8 per 10,000 residents)More than 39% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (29%)More than 82% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Homes by age
29% of Hyde’s homes were built before 1919
Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).
23%
Before 1900
6%
1900–18
2.5%
1919–29
12%
1930s
8.3%
1945–54
10%
1955–64
7.3%
1965–72
6.7%
1973–82
4.4%
1983–92
5.2%
1993–99
6.9%
2000–08
3.5%
2009–15
4.7%
2016–25
HydeEngland & Wales
23% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was the 1930s, which added 12% of today’s homes.
Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (204 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.
Born here
10 notable people born in Hyde before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
James Gaskill
William Candlett
Agnes Bell Collier
Arnold Thornely
George Gregory
Frank Norgrove
Jack Ratcliffe
Frank Booth
Frank Knowles
Joseph Barnes
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FB
Frank Booth1882–1919 · English footballer (1882-1919)
FK
Frank Knowles1891–1951 · English footballer (1891-1951)
WC
William Candlett1847–1904 · English cricketer (1847-1904)
GG
George Gregory1873– · Association football player
JB
Joseph Barnes1896–1953 · English footballer
AC
Agnes Bell Collier1860–1930 · British mathematician (1860-1930)
James Gaskill1800–1870 · English cotton spinner, Bible Christian minister, and activist (1800–…
AT
Arnold Thornely1870–1953 · English architect
Everyone born in Hyde → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Hyde
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde | 35,902 | 28 | 0 | B− |
| Dukinfield | 21,151 | 15 | 0 | C |
| Hattersley | 6,959 | 1 | 0 | D− |
| Denton | 36,005 | 20 | 1 | C+ |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 17,044 | 18 | 0 | C |
| Romiley | 10,902 | 12 | 0 | C |
| Broadbottom | 1,001 | 7 | 0 | B+ |
| Audenshaw | 13,397 | 3 | 0 | D |
In brief
Hyde in brief
More of Hyde’s homes are old than in most places: 29% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. In all there are 28 listed buildings, including Apethorn Farmhouse. Of the 10 people born here before 1900, the best known include Frank Booth (1882), Frank Knowles (1891) and William Candlett (1847). Beyond that, it has no Grade I building, where the middle town its size has 1; and per resident it sits near the middle of UK towns.
Questions about Hyde’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Hyde?
Historic England lists 28 buildings inside Hyde’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II* and 27 Grade II.
When were Hyde’s buildings listed?
The first in 1969; the most, 14, in 1986.
Who was born in Hyde?
Among people born before 1900: Frank Booth (1882), Frank Knowles (1891), William Candlett (1847), George Gregory (1873) and Joseph Barnes (1896).
How old are the homes in Hyde?
29% of homes were built before 1919 and 43% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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