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Whitefield is a town in Bury
Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester,
England.
Originally part of the Earl of Wilton's estate
which cut a swathe across north Manchester from
his home at Heaton Hall. Whitefield is
still very green. Most of the rolling
acres are private golf courses (Whitefield and
Stand Golf Clubs) although there is greenbelt
protection to the southwest.
From Park Lane there is access
to Philips Park (not to be confused with the other
Philips Park in East Manchester)which
includes a young childrens' play area, a decent
undesignated area of mown grass and the Orangery
surrounded by what is left of the ornamental gardens.
The original house occupied by the Philips family
was demolished in the mid 20th century but Philips
Park Hall which is used for private functions
and public events still stands. It also includes
a large local nature reserve -[1] Click here [2]
to see a map of the park.
Whitefield has only ever been a residential town
and is one of the few places in Manchester where
you will find £1m mansions and £50,000
ex-council houses within half a mile of each other.
In recent years there has been a fair amount of
new build on in-fill sites. There is a strong
local community but nearby Prestwich is where
most shop. The local Philips High School rates
slightly higher than the UK average with 56 per
cent of pupils getting 5 A-C GCSEs.
Whitefield is much favoured by the Jewish community
who have a large settlement in the district. The
district's proximity to the M60 Orbital Motorway
and City of Manchester has ensured that there
are many flourishing industries as well as retail
parks located locally. There are at least two
theories for the origin of the placename. One
is that the name comes from the Flemish weavers
who used to lay out their fabrics to bleach in
the sun; the other relies on the fact that historically
Whitefield has been a farming community of open
fields and that the name is a corruption of "Wheatfields.
The village is dominated by the splendid Stand
Church, (All Saints CofE Church), which was a
so-called 'Waterloo Church' fund, having been
built to celebrate Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
The old district of Stand is also located in Whitefield,
and used to be evidenced not only by All Saints,
but by Stand Grammar School for Boys (now demolished),
Stand Girls Grammar School (now Philips High School),
Stand Cricket Club and Stand Lane.
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
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| Harpurhey | Hulme
| Levenshulme | Longsight
| Miles Platting
| Moss Side | Moston
| Newton Heath |
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| Sharston | Withington
| Whalley Range
| Wythenshawe | Towns
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Sale Altrincham
Cheadle Stockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Oldham Bury
Rochdale Stockport
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