What is "trafford"

Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. With an estimated population of about 211,800 in 2006, it covers and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Altrincham, Sale, and Stretford, the urban districts of Bowdon, Hale, and Urmston and part of Bucklow Rural District. All were previously in Cheshire, apart from Stretford and Urmston which were in Lancashire. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford. Historically the Mersey also acted as the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.

The Trafford area has a long heritage, with evidence of Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Roman activity. Amongst the relics of the past are two castles – one of them a Scheduled Ancient Monument – and over 200 listed buildings. The area underwent change in the late 19th century and the population rapidly expanded with the arrival of the railway. Trafford is the home of Manchester United F.C. and Lancashire County Cricket Club and since 2002 the Imperial War Museum North.

Trafford has a strong economy with low levels of unemployment and contains both Trafford Park industrial estate and the Trafford Centre, a large out-of-town shopping centre. Apart from the City of Manchester, Trafford is the only borough in Greater Manchester to be above the national average for weekly income. Socially, the area includes both working class areas like Old Trafford and Stretford and middle class ones such as Bowdon and Hale. Altrincham and Sale West is one of the five parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester to be held by the Conservative Party, the others being Bury North, Hazel Grove, Cheadle and Bolton West.

Trafford is a Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester.

Trafford may also refer to:

Places:

• Trafford, Alabama, USA, a town
• Trafford, Pennsylvania, USA, a borough

As a given name:

• Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), British Air Chief Marshal

As a surname:

• Trafford (surname)
• Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford (1932-1989), British Conservative politician and consultant physician
• Charles de Trafford (1864-1951), English cricketer
• Mason Trafford (born 1986), American-born Canadian soccer player
• Rod Trafford (born 1978), former National Football League tight end
• Stan Trafford (born 1945), English former footballer and cricketer
• De Trafford baronets, including a list of de Traffords

Other uses:

• Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Trafford, England
• Trafford College, Trafford, England
• Trafford Centre, a shopping mall in Trafford, England
• Trafford Hall, a former country house in Cheshire, England, now a hotel
• Trafford Mill, a water mill in Cheshire
• Trafford Publishing, a Canadian vanity press using print-on-demand technology

Trafford is a British surname of Anglo-Saxon origin. The Trafford family is one of the oldest recorded families in England, tracing its roots back to Radulphus, who died in about 1050. As Anglo-Saxons, the Traffords initially resisted the Normans, but were granted a pardon shortly after the Norman conquest of England, when they took the name de Trafford. The name Trafford may refer to:

• Anthony Trafford (1932–1989), British politician
• Charles de Trafford (1864–1951), British cricket player
• Charlie Trafford (born 1992), Canadian soccer player
• Dermot de Trafford (1925–2010), British banker
• Frank Trafford Taylor (1891–1943), Canadian lawyer
• Humphrey de Trafford (1808–1886), British landowner
• John de Trafford (born 1950), British businessman
• Mason Trafford (born 1986), Canadian soccer player
• Matthew J. Trafford (born 1979), Canadian writer
• Rod Trafford (born 1978), American football player
• Rudolph de Trafford (1894–1983), British banker
• Stan Trafford (born 1945), British sportsman
• Thomas de Trafford (1778–1852), British landowner
• Tommy Trafford (1927–1993), British comedian