Burnage
Burnage | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | MANCHESTER | |
Postcode district | M19 | |
Dialling code | 0161 | |
Police | Greater Manchester | |
Fire | Greater Manchester | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Burnage is an area of
History
Toponymy
The name Burnage is thought to have stemmed from "Brown Hedge", from the old brown stone walls or "hedges" which were common there in medieval times. In a survey of 1320, the district is referred to as "Bronadge".[2]
Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, Burnage was an area of common pasture and marsh land. Burnage did not have its own manor but the land was shared between the farmers from the Manors of Withington and Heaton Norris as it was a border district between two neighbouring lordships. A survey of 1320 records 356 acres of common pasture land under the Manor of Heaton.[3]
As the population began to expand, the land was reclaimed for arable land. In a survey of 1322, the Lord of Manchester was permitted to appropriate more land for arable use, provided he left enough common pasture land for the commoners to graze their animals.[2] Named arable farmers of this time included Thomas Grelley, Sir John de Byron, Sir John de Longford and Dame Joan de Longford, who farmed 136 acres of land subject to the Lord of Manchester. There are records of a sale of land, which refer to "that moiety of the place called Burnage lying next to Heaton", when John La Warre and his wife Joan granted 100 acres of moor and pasture in Heaton and Withington to a Thomas de Trafford.[3]
The Withington land belonging to the de Longford family later passed to the
17th—19th centuries
By 1655, Burnage had become a township.
The Egerton family were major landowners in Burnage; in 1798, the politician
In 1894, the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw described Burnage as the prettiest village in Manchester.[4] Burnage had an established cottage industry in hand weaving. Many of the original weavers' cottages survive today.
20th century
1906 saw plans to build a "garden suburb" in the district. Burnage Garden Village[5] was created by building many new semi-detached houses as well as open recreational spaces, including lawns, gardens, a bowling green, tennis courts, allotments and a children's playground.
Hans Renold established an engineering works at Burnage from 1906 to manufacture roller chain. The factory closed during the late 1980s. The site lay abandoned for several years, but now has been developed and a Tesco supermarket and a development of flats and retail units sit on the site.
Construction of
A large
Mauldeth Hall in Green End was the dwelling of the
- Aviation
On 28 April 1910, French pilot
- Babies' Hospital
In 1919 the
Present day
Burnage is a mainly residential area, mostly semi-detached houses built in the 1930s and 1940s.
Geography
Burnage is a suburb of South Manchester, approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) from
Governance
Civic history
Burnage was a
Burnage was in Chorlton Poor Law Union (together with most of south Manchester but named after Chorlton-on-Medlock) from 1837 to 1915, and in Manchester Poor Law Union from 1915 to 1930. In 1876 it was included in the area of Withington Local Board of Health. Under the Divided Parishes Act 1882 there was an exchange of areas with Withington township and part of Didsbury township was added to Burnage township. In 1894 it became part of Withington Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire.[14]
In 1904 it became part of the
Political representation
The current city councillors for the ward are Azra Ali (Labour), Ben Clay (Labour) and Bev Craig (Labour).[15]
Burnage is one of seven Manchester City Council wards in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Withington, currently represented by Jeff Smith MP (Labour).[16]
Public services
Schools
Burnage is home to three primary schools and one secondary. Acacias Primary School, Green End Primary School and St Bernard's RC Primary School cater for younger students. Burnage Academy for Boys (previously named Burnage High School) is a former grammar school and Media Arts College which converted to an academy in 2014. Green End Primary School was rebuilt in 2006[17][18] and converted to academy status in 2013. Nearest schools, include Levenshulme High School and MEA Central.
Police
Burnage is covered by the South Manchester division of Greater Manchester Police.
Transport
Burnage is served by two railway stations:
Bus 25 runs between Stockport and the Trafford Centre, via Burnage, Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Stretford.
Burnage is close to junction 5 of Manchester's
Notable people
Writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote Little Lord Fauntleroy, spent most of her early childhood in Burnage. Actors David Threlfall and Max Beesley are from Burnage. Martin Lings, a renowned Islamic philosopher and Shakespearean scholar, was also born in Burnage.[20]
The district is notable for being the childhood home of Liam and Noel Gallagher (Oasis), who attended St Bernard's RC Primary School on Burnage Lane and St Mark's RC High School (now The Barlow Roman Catholic High School) on Parrs Wood Road.[21] Lead singer and bassist of the 1960s and 1970s pop band the Fortunes, Eddie Mooney has lived in Burnage for many years.
Alumni of Burnage High School (including the old Burnage Grammar School) include Manchester United and England footballers Roger Byrne, who captained United's "Busby Babes" and was one of the victims of the 1958 Munich air disaster, and Wes Brown; as well as Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, noted international architect.
Controversial speaker Asif Hussain Farooqui was previously based at a mosque in Burnage.[23]
See also
References
- ^ "City of Manchester ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ ISBN 0-946361-25-8.
- ^ a b c "Townships: Burnage". A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4. London: Victoria County History/British History Online. 1911. pp. 310–311. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ISBN 0-946361-22-3, page 8.
- JSTOR 40103197.
- ISBN 9781136748011. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ISBN 1-85285-388-3. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ISBN 0300105835. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ Cinema Treasures (Burnage Concorde)
- ^ "London to Manchester". www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 September 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2006.
- ^ Mohr, Peter D. "Dr Catherine Chisholm (1879–1952)", in: Manchester Memoirs; vol. 140 (2001–02), pp. 21–30
- ^ The Book of Manchester and Salford. Manchester: George Falkner & Sons, 1929; pp. 135–36
- ISBN 0-946361-25-8.
- ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - B. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
- ^ "Councillors by ward (Burnage)". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council.
- ^ "Jeff Smith MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Ward, David (27 February 2007). "Light fantastic". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ "School of the future passes the green test". Yorkshire Post. 24 August 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ Wilson, James (26 April 2007). "A busy hub of connectivity". Financial Times – FT report – doing business in Manchester and the NorthWest. The Financial Times Limited.
- ^ Martin Lings, Obituary. The Guardian. 27 May 2005. Retrieved on 2022-12-04.
- ISBN 9781910570043. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3. On 8 November 1991, former Durutti guitarist Dave Rowbotham was discovered dead at his Manchester home killed by a lathe hammer. A murder hunt followed.
- S2CID 145052617.
External links
- "Districts & Suburbs of Manchester - 6: Burnage". Manchester 2002 - Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester. Papillon Graphics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- "Spotlight on Burnage". ManchesterOnline. GMG. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- British History Online: Burnage
- Burnage High School
- The Barlow School
- 2001 Census results for Burnage Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine