a number of books on religious subjects. He continued to preach to an advanced age, and conducted services after his 90th year at both Woodley and Greave. Thomas Platt Thomas Platt (1745–1824) of Dark Lane House was claimed to have established a Sunday school some years before Robert Raikes, the usually accredited founder of the system. In recruiting for Stockport Parish Church choir, he found that many of the boys and girls he gathered could not read, and so instructed them on Sunday evenings. When Raikes's system spread to Greater Manchester, Platt became the paid headmaster of one of the Stockport Sunday Schools. See also Listed buildings in Bredbury and Romiley References Further reading Aiken, John (1795). A Description of the County from 30 – 40 Miles Round Manchester Cocks, James (1895). Memorials of Hatherlow Cocks, James (1924). Annals of Bredbury Part 1 Earwaker, J. P. (1880). East Cheshire Bredbury and Romiley Urban District : The Official Guide (1970) Biographical Notes on Sir Ernest Barker and Thomas Greenwood (1950) St Mark's Centenary Booklet (1949) External links Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport Towns in Greater Manchester