Tameside is one of ten Metropolitan Borough Council areas in Greater Manchester in the north west of England. It lies 7 miles east of Manchester and consists of nine towns which were brought together in 1974. Tameside borders onto the county of Derbyshire, Oldham MBC, Stockport[?] MBC and Manchester City Council.
... explorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
Sir Francis Drake, (c. 1540-1596), pirate, leader of the second circumnavigation
Jules Dumont d'Urville, ...