Collyhurst
Collyhurst | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | MANCHESTER | |
Postcode district | M40 | |
Dialling code | 0161 | |
Police | Greater Manchester | |
Fire | Greater Manchester | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Collyhurst is an inner city area of Manchester, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the city centre on Rochdale Road (A664) and Oldham Road (A62), bounded by Smedley, Harpurhey and Monsall to the north, Miles Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west. Prominent buildings include two Roman Catholic churches, St Patrick's and St Malachy's.
Collyhurst sandstone
Much of the red
Churches
There are now two
In 1972, all the Church of England churches in Collyhurst and Monsall were amalgamated into a new benefice of the Church of the Saviour. The church was established on part of the site formerly occupied by St Oswald's Church on Rochdale Road. This is an evangelical Church of England church.
War memorial
There is a war memorial on Rochdale Road next to the former site of the Collyhurst Flats, erected by public subscription and unveiled by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Derby KG (Secretary of State for War) on 23 May 1923 to commemorate British servicemen who died during the First World War.[8]
Collyhurst Hall
Collyhurst Hall was once home to the Mosley family, lords of the manor of Manchester until 1846. There had been a hall on the site since at least 1649, but Collyhurst Hall had been demolished by the end of the 19th century to make way for a development of terraced houses, themselves demolished in the 1960s. What remains of the hall is buried beneath a playing field on the corner of Rochdale Road and Collyhurst Street.[9][10]
Archaeologists from the University of Salford and Manchester Communication Academy, together with volunteers, local residents and school children, undertook an excavation of the site in 2016.[9] The project was supported by Collyhurst Big Local, Manchester City Council, Tameside Archaeology Society and Manchester Museum.[10]
Sport
Collyhurst Youth JFC was established in 2018 by a group of local people to bring football back to the area. They currently have around 80 children on their books and are based at Manchester Communication Academy School. Their badge is based on the old monument on Rochdale Road and the new Sandhills Gate.[citation needed]
Popular music
For a brief period in the mid-1970s, The Electric Circus, a run-down venue on Collyhurst Street, formerly the Palladium variety club, found itself at the centre of Manchester's punk rock scene. It played host to bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Jam, Joy Division, then known as Warsaw,[11] Buzzcocks, Slaughter and the Dogs and The Clash's "White Riot" tour before its closure in 1977. It has since been demolished. Lesser unknown bands have also come from the backstreets of Collyhurst notably; The Young Offenders Institute, Hoffa, Overcast, Morning Afterglow, M-40 and Ablekaned.
Transport
Collyhurst is served by buses on the Rochdale Road corridor.
Transport for Greater Manchester have proposed a new tram stop at Sandhills which would serve Collyhurst.[citation needed]
On 15 August 1953, the front coach of a Manchester to Bury electric train fell from the Collyhurst viaduct over the River Irk after colliding with a local steam train. Ten people were killed and 58 injured in what became known as the Irk Valley Junction rail crash.[12]
Notable people
- Jim Allen (1926–1999), playwright
- Colin Barlow (1935–2018), Manchester City footballer
- Pat Barrett, light welterweight boxer
- Stan Bowles, England and QPR footballer
- Jackie Brown (1909–1971), former world champion flyweight boxer
- Les Dawson (1931–1993), comedian
- Michael Gomez, Irish-born super featherweight boxer
- Bruce Jones, former Coronation Street actor
- Henry Kelly (1887–1960), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Manchester United, Arsenaland Manchester City footballer
- Carlo Sartori, Manchester United footballer
- Jack Smethurst (1932–2022), actor
- Nobby Stiles (1942–2020), Manchester United and World Cup winning footballer
- Bob Litherland (1930–2011), MP for Central Manchester 1979-1997
References
- ^ a b "Building stone in the city of Manchester: St Ann's Church". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ^ "British Geological Survey: Collyhust Sandstone Formation". Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ISBN 1-85216-003-9.
- ^ "The Irk Valley:Sandhills". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ^ "Building stone in the city of Manchester: Collyhurst Quarry". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ^ "Irk River Valley". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1969). Lancashire; I: the industrial and commercial south. The Buildings of England. Penguin. pp. 315–317.
- ^ "Collyhurst". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ a b Brown, Nigel (21 June 2016), "Archaeologists to uncover the secret of Collyhurst Hall", About Manchester, retrieved 21 November 2017
- ^ a b "University of Salford to uncover forgotten past of Collyhurst Hall", University of Salford, 21 June 2016, retrieved 21 November 2017
- ^ "A Northern Soul". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Irk Valley Junction 1953". Danger Ahead! – Historic Railway Disasters. Retrieved 12 December 2007.