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Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chorlton is a suburb of
Manchester. It is situated four miles south west
of the city centre, on the crossroads of two main
roads; A6010 - Wilbraham Road & B5218 Barlow
Moor Road. Chorlton was originally a separate
village outside of the City but, along with Hardy
Farm, became a part of Manchester due to conurbation.
It is a separate area which should not be confused
with Chorlton-on-Medlock, a different area in
the centre of Manchester.
Chorlton likely derives from 'tún' (meaning
farm, settlement or homestead) and 'ceorl' (meaning
a freeman of the lowest class), giving us a full
title similar to 'settlement of the peasants'.
Hardy was an adjoining farm area probably meaning
'hard island' in Old English. These two parishes
were brought together in 1555 with the Latin word
cum (meaning with) used to seal the union.
Chorlton Green is a conservation area in a tranquil
part of Chorlton, and is the last remaining vestige
of the original village. Bull-baiting was introduced
into Britain around the year 1209, and it remained
active in Chorlton Green until it was made illegal
in 1835. Now on hot summer days locals congregate
and relax on the Green with refreshments from
the adjacent pub, the Horse and Jockey.
The area is well-populated with creative people,
with many artists, writers and actors based locally.
Also, the Bee Gees spent their early childhood
living on 51, Keppel Road, Chorlton, and the artist/musician
Badly Drawn Boy currently lives in Chorlton.
Until the 1990s, Chorlton was largely a working
class area. Whilst this is still true in many
regards, the area has seen much gentrification
and urban development, particularly around the
Beech Road area. This was perhaps brought about
by an influx of outsiders, such as students from
the Manchester universities, many of whom chose
to live in the area whilst studying and chose
to stay in the area after graduation.
Chorlton is also known for Cosgrove Hall animation
studios where Chorlton and the Wheelies (which
get their name from the area) and Dangermouse
were both created, amongst many other series.
Every year, Chorlton has a summer festival called
the Beech Road festival, at the end of June, centred
around the "Rec" (the recreational area
just off Beech Road), Chorlton Green, Beech Road,
the Horse and Jockey, and the Beech pub. A traditional
tug-of-war game is played between teams from the
all the older pubs around the area and stalls
are set up the whole length of Beech Road.
Chorlton neighbours Stretford, Didsbury, Old
Trafford, Fallowfield, Withington, and Whalley
Range.
Manchester
Boroughs: Manchester
City Centre | Ardwick
| Baguley | Barlow
Moor | Benchill
| Blackley | Bramhall
| Burnage | Cheetham
Hill | Clayton |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
| Crumpsall | Didsbury
| Fallowfield | Gorton
| Harpurhey | Hulme
| Levenshulme | Longsight
| Miles Platting
| Moss Side | Moston
| Newton Heath |
Northenden | Rusholme
| Sharston | Withington
| Whalley Range
| Wythenshawe
About Manchester
Manchester
is a city in the north-west of
England. The metropolitan borough of Manchester,
with a population of 422,302, lies at the heart
of a large conurbation called Greater
Manchester, with a population of 2,513,468.
Greater Manchester is also a
metropolitan county in England
established in 1974 which covers an area roughly
encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. It
is situated in North West England. It has borders
with the ceremonial counties of Cheshire (inc.
Warrington), Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire
(inc. Blackburn with Darwen) and Merseyside. As
well as Manchester, the county includes major
centres such as Salford,
Bury, Bolton,
Stockport and Wigan.
Greater Manchester is not entirely built-up. Although
Manchester forms a conurbation along with Salford,
Trafford and Stockport,
other boroughs, such as Wigan
and Bury are clearly separate.
Towns in the
Manchester urban area include Salford,
Sale, Altrincham,
Cheadle, Stockport,
Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Oldham, Bury,
Rochdale, Stockport
and Stretford. Places
like Trafford and
Salford can be considered
part of the Manchester urban area in a way that
Wigan or Bolton
are not.
The term "Manchester" is often used
to refer to the entire conurbation, much as "London"
is usually used to mean Greater London, but many
of the constituent parts of Greater Manchester,
such as Salford, Wigan and Bolton, also have separate
identities. People from Manchester are called
Mancunians.
Manchester
removals from: Manchester
City Centre | Ardwick
| Baguley | Barlow
Moor | Benchill
| Blackley | Bramhall
| Burnage | Cheetham
Hill | Clayton |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
| Crumpsall | Didsbury
| Fallowfield | Gorton
| Harpurhey | Hulme
| Levenshulme | Longsight
| Miles Platting
| Moss Side | Moston
| Newton Heath |
Northenden | Rusholme
| Sharston | Withington
| Whalley Range
| Wythenshawe | Towns
& places: Salford
Sale Altrincham
Cheadle Stockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Oldham Bury
Rochdale Stockport
Stretford
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