Northenden

Coordinates: 53°24′27″N 2°15′30″W / 53.4075°N 2.258333°W / 53.4075; -2.258333
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Northenden
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM22
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Councillors
  • Sarah Russell (Labour)
  • Sam Lynch (Labour)
  • Angela Moran (Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°24′27″N 2°15′30″W / 53.4075°N 2.258333°W / 53.4075; -2.258333

Northenden is a

2011 census.[1] It lies on the south side of the River Mersey, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Stockport and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Manchester city centre, bounded by Didsbury to the north, Gatley to the east, Sale to the west and Wythenshawe
to the south.

Historically a rural

civil parish. The industrialisation of neighbouring Manchester resulted in overpopulation
in the early 20th century.

Manchester City Council used the Local Government Act 1929 to extend its boundaries to encompass Northenden in 1931 and throughout the mid-20th century it was redeveloped as an overspill estate.[2]

History

Further information: History of Manchester

Northenden was mentioned as Norwordine in the

Anglo-Saxon Norþ-worþign = "north enclosure".[3] It was then a small farming community with a manor house
and woodland. In later times Northenden was sometimes called Northen.

There was a weir on the Mersey in the 14th century (where Mill Lane is now), and a mill was set up there to grind corn. It is recorded in the 16th century as belonging to the Tatton family of Wythenshawe Hall, who had the right to make all their tenants use the mill on payment of a fee. The weir and mill were demolished in the early 1960s.[4]

As Northenden is on a major (and very old) crossing place of the Mersey on the

Bonnie Prince Charlie's army built a troop-bridge out of big poplar tree trunks where the B5095 (Manchester Road, Didsbury) now crosses the Mersey, south of Didsbury, in his abortive attempt to seize the crown of England. The Northenden ford was unusual because its northern and southern ends were not opposite each other, but people using the ford had to wade about 500 feet along the riverbed. The Simon's Bridge was built at the ford in 1901 to help access to Poor's Field, and the rent from this field was used by the church to buy blankets and clothes for the needy.[citation needed
]

Distance from Manchester enabled Northenden to avoid the

cottage industry in flax spinning. In the 1980s the area became part of the Mersey Valley Park, and the banks of the river form part of the Mersey Valley Trail.[citation needed
]

Northenden began to develop as an attractive riverside township for Manchester's more affluent managers, clerks and tradesmen, and the Victorian and Edwardian development gives the village much of its present character. In the wake of Manchester's acquisition of Wythenshawe for a new garden city, Northenden became a district of Manchester in 1931.[citation needed]

Northenden is often referred to as a village by local residents, but during the first half of the 20th century, it expanded with suburban housing at the same time as the Wythenshawe housing estate was built. Northenden, whose centre was formerly Church Road, rapidly developed a new shopping centre along Palatine Road (a new road built to connect with Manchester) to service the new neighbourhood with shops, schools, a cinema (closed 1974), hotels, churches, small businesses and service industries.[citation needed]

Northenden railway station, between Sharston Road and Longley Lane in Sharston, served the area between 1866 and 1964. Passenger trains from Stockport Tiviot Dale to Warrington and Liverpool stopped here.[citation needed]

Governance

Northenden electoral ward within Manchester City Council.
Further information: Manchester City Council

Northenden was one of the eight ancient parishes of the

Bucklow Hundred
of Cheshire.

Northenden is part of the

MP Mike Kane.[5]

Councillors

Northenden is a

ward within the local authority of Manchester City Council. The ward is represented by three Labour Councillors: Sarah Russell (Lab),[6] Sam Lynch (Lab),[7] and Mary Monaghan (Lab).[8]

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Richard Cowell (Lab) Ian Wilmott (Lab) Michael Kane (Lab)
2006 Richard Cowell (Lab) Ian Wilmott (Lab) Michael Kane (Lab)
2007 Richard Cowell (Lab) Sandra Bracegirdle (Lab) Michael Kane (Lab)
2008 Richard Cowell (Lab) Sandra Bracegirdle (Lab) Martin Eakins (Lib Dems)
2010 Mary Di Mauro (Lib Dems) Sandra Bracegirdle (Lab) Martin Eakins (Lib Dems)
2011 Mary Di Mauro (Lib Dems) Richard Cowell (Lab) Martin Eakins (Lib Dems)
2012 Mary Di Mauro (Lib Dems) Richard Cowell (Lab) Fran Shone (Lab)
2014 Sarah Russell (Lab) Richard Cowell (Lab) Fran Shone (Lab)
2015 Sarah Russell (Lab) Chris Webb (Lab) Fran Shone (Lab)
2016 Sarah Russell (Lab) Chris Webb (Lab) Mary Monaghan (Lab)
2018 Sarah Russell (Lab) Sam Lynch (Lab) Mary Monaghan (Lab)
2019 Sarah Russell (Lab) Sam Lynch (Lab) Mary Monaghan (Lab)
2021 Sarah Russell (Lab) Sam Lynch (Lab) Mary Monaghan (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Geography

Northenden is located in the southern end of the city of Manchester, 5.2 miles (8.4 km) from the city centre, and begins on the south bank of the River Mersey.

Present-day Northenden sits in a triangle formed by two motorways (the M56 and M60) and a main

Princess Parkway). Manchester Airport
is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south by road.

Northenden is one of the many areas within

Index of Multiple Deprivation (the Index is a governmental measure of local employment, income, health, education, housing, child poverty, and availability of local services). The area was then divided between the neighbouring wards of Sharston, Woodhouse Park, and Northenden. However, in 2006, after Manchester City Council erected a road sign that said "Welcome to Northenden, Wythenshawe", many Northenden residents objected to the inclusion of the word "Wythenshawe". The residents were accused by one local councillor of snobbish behaviour and attempting to distance themselves from the Wythenshawe area (which is primarily social housing) for the sake of house prices as well as wanting to be seen more as an extension of the affluent neighbouring Didsbury area. The city council agreed to remove the word "Wythenshawe" from the sign,[10] though Northenden is still officially part of the Wythenshawe area.[11]

Places of interest

The Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall
Northenden Mersey footbridge

The

Sir Edward Watkin, founder of the Channel Tunnel Company, who is buried in the church grounds.[13]

The church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden, designed by N. F. Cachemaille-Day (1935-7) is a Grade II* listed building.

Northenden has the largest

Grade II listed building is a noted example of Art Deco Moderne architecture, with an elaborately decorated foyer and auditorium, and its white faience facade is a striking local landmark.[14]

The area also has places of worship for

Quakers
.

Northenden Social Club's first premises was a converted First World War army hut, originally used by the medical officer at

War Memorial next to Palatine Road. It was a favourite Friday night haunt for Polish paratroopers and other allied soldiers they largely trained during the Second World War at what was Ringway Airport later to become Manchester Airport
. It has fairly extensive grounds for parking, bowls and tennis.

The River Mersey passes through Northenden and one of its more popular parts is the

chub, barbel, and some grayling have been caught.[citation needed
]

A footbridge crosses the Mersey above the weir, and it forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail walking and cycling route across England.

On the west bank of the Mersey stands the derelict Tatton Arms public house. Originally named the Boat House Inn, it was designed in 1874 by the architect James Redford and is a noted example of Tudor Revival architecture. The pub closed in 2007 and lies derelict, and it is scheduled for redevelopment as housing.[15]

Law enforcement

Northenden is covered by the South Manchester Division of Greater Manchester Police.

Notable people

Victorian villa
Rose Hill
Portrait of Edward Watkin
Edward Watkin

London-born businessman Absalom Watkin (1787–1861) purchased Rose Hill, a large villa off Longley Lane (now on Bronington Close), in 1832 as his family home. Watkin was a Liberal reformer and became a significant figure in Manchester politics, campaigning for an enquiry into the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. His son, Sir Edward Watkin (1819–1901), who became Lord Watkin of Rose Hill, was a Victorian railway magnate. He is especially remembered for his ambitious expansion of London's Metropolitan Railway and his visionary schemes for a Channel Tunnel and a London rival to the Eiffel Tower. Today, Rose Hill is a Grade II* listed building.[16][17]

Popular culture

The Doves
wrote a song called Northenden. The lyrics include:

The kids are deranged

They love guns and kidnap Thats just the way we do things here The day dies down Not a moment too soon

Under the northenden afternoon

See also

References

  1. ^ "City of Manchester ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – M to N. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Deakin (1983), p. 5.
  5. ^ "Mike Kane MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Councillor Sarah Russell". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Councillor Sam Lynch". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Councillor Mary Monaghan". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Manchester City Council – Wythenshawe Strategic Regeneration Framework".
  10. ^ Towle, Nick (9 February 2006). "Road sign would've hit house prices". South Manchester Reporter. M.E.N. Media.
  11. ^ Crawshaw, Julie. "MyWard". secure.manchester.gov.uk.
  12. ALGAO:England
    ). 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  13. ^ Elleray, Kirsty (4 December 2002). "The nearly man of Northenden". South Manchester Reporter. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  14. ^ Historic England. "Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (1385002)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Tatton Arms Hothen Northenden - Building | Architects of Greater Manchester". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  16. ^ Cooper (2007), p. 131.
  17. ^ "Rose Hill House". Friends of Rose Hill. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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