Disley

Disley is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is in the borough of Macclesfield. Today it is a dormitory village retaining a semi-rural character.

People

Past

Disley is the birthplace of the Anglo-American novelist Christopher Isherwood. A. J. P. Taylor lived here, and Dylan Thomas visited him there. Lord John Hunt who led the first successful Mount Everest expedition in 1953 also lived in Disley.

Related Topics:
Novelist - Christopher Isherwood - A. J. P. Taylor - Dylan Thomas - Lord John Hunt - Mount Everest - 1953

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Present

Disley is also the home of (UK) Big Brother loser Anouska Golbieski, the BBC's Bargain Hunt programme presenter David Dickinson, who had his first antique shop here, and paralympic swimmer Sarah Bailey

Related Topics:
Big Brother - Anouska Golbieski - Bargain Hunt - David Dickinson - Paralympic - Swimmer - Sarah Bailey

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