Clayton, Manchester
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Clayton | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | MANCHESTER | |
Postcode district | M11 | |
Dialling code | 0161 | |
Police | Greater Manchester | |
Fire | Greater Manchester | |
Ambulance | North West | |
Clayton is a suburb of Manchester, England, three miles east of the city centre on Ashton New Road.
Historically in Lancashire, Clayton takes its name from the Clayton family who owned large parts of land around the area, including Clayton Vale, through which the River Medlock flows, separating Clayton from Newton Heath. Clayton was under the township of Droylsden until around 1890 when alterations to the Manchester boundary took place. Other towns added to Manchester around this time were Blackley, Crumpsall, Moston, Openshaw and Gorton.[1]
Sport
Between 1893 and 1910, Clayton was home to
Manchester Velodrome opened at Clayton in September 1994 and a car park serving it was constructed on the site of Manchester United's old stadium.
Clayton Hall
During the Civil War, Royalist cavalry were stationed here, before the attack on Manchester. Afterwards, according to legend, Oliver Cromwell was said to have spent three nights at the Hall.[citation needed] In 1897, the building was acquired by Manchester City Corporation, ensuring its survival.
Clayton today
The majority of houses in Clayton are council homes. The first council (or then known as corporation) homes to be built took place around the late 1920s, building near the border of Droylsden (Bristowe Street and South Crescent, followed by North Crescent). Many more homes were to be built afterwards, building on a brick works surrounding Clayton Street, a golf course off what is now Folkestone Road West and East and cricket and football grounds off North Road and Vale Street, now known as Lingfield Road. The building associated with the cricket and football grounds still stands today, now used as a boxing club.
Frank Pritchard, who lived in Clayton as young child in the 1920s, recalls in his book East Manchester Remembered: "... Clayton was rather a posh area. Beyond Bank Street one rarely saw children bare-footed, or with their breeches' behind torn and tattered which were common sights in the streets round where I lived."[7]
Alderdale Golf Club (now defunct) first appeared in 1907. The club disappeared in the 1920s.[8]
Church and community
Father Alphonsus is the current
The church had some alterations to its interior in 2006-07, making the back of the church a focal point for various local community assemblies, where various charity fund-raising events are organized. In 2019-2020, there have been further interior improvements, with new gas central heating installed, meaning that the congregation now worships in a warm environment for the first time in decades.
The
See also
- Listed buildings in Manchester-M11
- Bank Street (football ground)
- Manchester Clayton (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Edward Sutton
- Edward Hopkinson
- Shayne Ward
References
- ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- ISBN 0-7528-7603-1.
- ^ "History of Manchester United". Manchester United Official Website. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ "Ancient monuments in Manchester". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. About ancient monuments. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ^ Historic England. "Clayton Hall (1197795)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ^ Historic England. "Clayton Hall (76619)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ISBN 978-1-85216-039-5.
- ^ “Alderdale Golf Club”, “Golf's Missing Links”.
- 1923 Ordnance Survey Map