55-638: Abbey Hey is an area of Gorton , in the city of Manchester , England. It is known mainly for Debdale Park , Wright Robinson College , Parkstone Park also known as Cat Valley field, the donkey sanctuary & Delamere Park Although located just outside the boundaries, its local football club is Abbey Hey F.C. Abbey Hey is in very close proximity to the Belle Vue Stadium , home to the Belle Vue Aces speedway team and Belle Vue sports village. Due to its location, easy transport to Manchester City Centre
110-590: A charter of incorporation under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 The charter was granted on 16 April 1844, and the Municipal Borough of Salford came into existence on 1 November. The borough originally consisted of the township of Salford and the part of Broughton township south of the River Irwell . It was divided into four wards ( Blackfriars , Crescent, St Stephen's and Trinity), with
165-404: A local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford . It was granted city status in 1926. In about 1230, the vill of Salford, Lancashire , was created a free borough by charter granted by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester . The borough's government was in the hands of a borough-reeve and portmote court. The reeve
220-528: A large majority until 1919. In that year the Labour Party gained five seats, leaving the council evenly divided between Conservatives and Liberal-Labour. There was thereafter no single party in power for a number of years, with Conservative, Labour, Liberal and Independent groups represented. In 1931 the Conservatives gained control for three years, before the council returned to no overall control. Following
275-489: A multimillion-pound redevelopment of the Gorton District Shopping Centre. The small market and retail area were demolished and work started in late 2007 to construct a new market hall and Tesco Extra hypermarket on the site. In July 2008, the new Manchester Gorton Market Hall was opened to the public. The construction of the new hypermarket and neighbouring petrol station continued, and in late October 2008,
330-607: A neighbouring constituency of Manchester, city status was granted to the county borough by letters patent dated 21 April 1926. This was in spite of the opposition of civil servants in the Home Office who dismissed the borough as "merely a scratch collection of 240,000 people cut off from Manchester by the river". The City and County Borough of Salford was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and its territory transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of
385-430: A private company. An early success was the world's first successful type of steam condensing locomotives for underground railways, of which 148 were built. In the 20th century, the company designed and manufactured more than 1,000 powerful articulated locomotives called Garratts . By the time the company wound up in 1966, it had built nearly 8,000 steam and diesel locomotives. The former municipal borough of Manchester
440-413: A town council consisting of a mayor , eight aldermen and twenty-four councillors. In 1853 the borough was extended to include the rest of Broughton and Pendleton township. The wards of the borough were redrawn and increased in number to sixteen. Salford township was divided into seven wards, Broughton into three and Pendleton into six. Each ward was represented by three councillors and one alderman, and
495-527: A wreath of sallow a demi lion also argent. The "collar of SS" was derived from the insignia of the Duchy of Lancaster, while the red rose of Lancaster was from Lancashire. The sallow leaves referred to the derivation of the name "Salford" from "Sallow Ford". The lion was taken from the crest. As required by the Municipal Corporations Act, one of the first actions of the newly created town council
550-601: Is Afzal Khan . Following Boundary changes to take effect following the July 4th 2024 General Election, the area will be covered under the Gorton and Denton constituency. Gorton Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1854 and is an amateur orchestra. The folk comedy group Gorton Tank were based in Gorton and were popular in the Manchester area. The painter Michael Gutteridge was born in Gorton. The Gorton Morris Men were responsible for reviving
605-507: Is Gorton Monastery , a 19th-century High Victorian Gothic former Franciscan friary. According to local folklore, Gorton derives its name from Gore Town, due to a battle between the Saxons and Danes nearby. This has been dismissed by historians as "popular fancy". The name Gorton means "dirty farmstead", perhaps taking its name from the Gore Brook, or dirty brook, which still runs through
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#1733094229719660-509: Is believed to be the person who played the main part in creating sporting activities for the parish. In 1875, St Mark's Cricket Club are known to have played and this evolved into the football club later in the decade. The first recorded football game was played in November 1880. A Blackfoot Sioux chief named Charging Thunder came to Salford aged 26 as part of Buffalo Bill 's Wild West Show in 1903. Like many Lakota tribesmen, Charging Thunder
715-676: Is provided both by rail at the Gorton railway station or by a variety of Stagecoach bus routes. The area is in the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency which has been represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan since June 2017 . Following a boundary review in 2017 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England announced that Abbey Hey would form part of a new electoral ward named Gorton and Abbey Hey for
770-781: The Docklands Light Railway in London was driven along a short stretch of track to demonstrate the light rail / tram configuration then being planned for Manchester. Soon after the demonstration, the Fallowfield line was dismantled; it has since been converted by Sustrans into a shared use path – the Fallowfield Loop – which runs from Fairfield to St Werburgh's Road tram stop in Chorlton-cum-Hardy . A company that became renowned for its locomotives, exported world-wide,
825-460: The Duchy of Lancaster . The arms granted to Manchester two years earlier had a similar supporter for the same reason. The motto was Integrity and Industry . On 15 September 1959 the corporation received the grant of an heraldic badge : Within a collar argent fimbriated Or set thereon four roses gules barbed and seeded proper and as many letters S also gules alternately a hurt thereon issuant from
880-545: The Hope Valley line and Glossop line stop at Gorton. Services are operated by Northern , with trains to Manchester Piccadilly , Glossop , Hadfield and Rose Hill Marple . Until 1970, passenger services on the Great Central Railway passed through the station. Gorton station is mentioned in the 1964 song Slow Train by Flanders & Swann , where it was referred to as Openshaw . Another railway station in
935-611: The Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency , comprising Gorton North, Gorton South, Fallowfield, Longsight, Levenshulme, Rusholme and Whalley Range wards. Since boundary reviews in 2018 the Gorton area is covered within a single electoral ward – Gorton and Abbey Hey . Father of the House and Britain's longest serving backbench MP, Sir Gerald Kaufman , represented the Gorton area (Ardwick followed by Manchester Gorton) for 47 years until his death in February 2017. Manchester Gorton's current MP
990-647: The Manchester and Salford Police . In 1875, the corporations of Manchester and Salford gained powers under the Tramways Act 1870 ( 33 & 34 Vict. c. 78) to construct a horse tramway network. Services started on 17 May 1877, with a private company, the Manchester Carriage Company (later Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company ) operating services on a 21-year lease. The lease was eventually extended until 1901, with Manchester taking over their portion of
1045-529: The local elections 2018 . Abbey Hey had previously been part of Gorton North electoral ward. This Greater Manchester location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gorton Gorton is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester , England. It is to the southeast of Manchester city centre . The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw . A major landmark
1100-497: The metropolitan borough and City of Salford . At abolition the county borough was surrounded by the City and county Borough of Manchester to the east, the Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury to the northwest, the Municipal Borough of Eccles to the southwest, and the Municipal Borough of Stretford to the south. The corporation progressively accumulated increased powers and responsibilities through government legislation and by
1155-467: The township today. The brook may have acquired that name because of the dirty appearance of its water, perhaps caused by discolouration due to peat or iron deposits. Gorton was formerly a township and chapelry in the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford hundred of Lancashire . In 1866 Gorton became a separate civil parish , from 1894 to 1909 Gorton was an urban district , on 1 October 1910
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#17330942297191210-472: The Borough of Salford were granted arms and crest on 5 November 1844, and on the following day received a further grant of heraldic supporters . The blazon was as follows: Azure semee of bees volant a shuttle between three garbs Or on a chief of the last a bale corded proper between two millrinds sable; and for a Crest: On a wreath of the colours a demi lion argent supporting a lance proper therefrom flowing to
1265-509: The Gorton area, Hyde Road , was opened in 1882 on the Fallowfield Loop railway line until the route closed to passengers in 1958. The station had a brief revival in 1987, when it played a role in the early development of the Manchester Metrolink system. A temporary station called Debdale Park was constructed on the station site to host a public exhibition of Project Light Rail, in which a DLR P86 stock light rail vehicle on loan from
1320-816: The Mount Olivet Apostolic Church (originally the Anglican church of Our Lady of Mercy and St Thomas of Canterbury) on Mount Road, which was built by Walter Tapper in 1927. Gorton Heritage Trail is a public trail with 20 sites of interest. The trail is partly semi-rural, largely located within the Gore Brook Valley Conservation Area, and highlights various local landmarks, including ecological and topographical sites, and grade-listed monuments and buildings. The trail starts in Sunny Brow Park, and leads northwards to Debdale Park , following
1375-469: The area is beginning to attract more trendy, urban buyers. Belle Vue is a locality within Gorton, as are West Gorton, which was included in the City of Manchester in 1890, whereas the remainder of Gorton wasn't until 1909, thanks largely to the work of councillor Joseph Henry Williamson, then Chairman of Gorton Urban District Council , and Abbey Hey , mostly a residential district, but also well known locally as
1430-622: The base of a valley and Gore Brook that runs through Gorton, flowing west to the river Mersey. Much of this area contains the Gore Brook Valley Conservation Area . Ryder Brow is served by Ryder Brow railway station . Gorton also has several allotments and parks which are supported through the Gorton Horticultural Society . Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery , a Franciscan , 19th century High Victorian Gothic friary. This has been renovated and secularised: it
1485-477: The borough council were held annually, with one third of councillors being elected each year. Aldermen had a six-year term of office, with one half of their number being elected by the council every three years. As was common in borough elections throughout England, early elections were often uncontested, with agreed candidates being elected unopposed. As late as 1883 only two wards were contested. Although party labels were not used, there were in fact two groupings on
1540-446: The borough's abolition were as follows: No.1 or Charlestown, No.2 or Kersal, No.3 or Mandley Park, No.4 or Albert Park, No.5 or St Matthias's, No.6 or Trinity, No.7 or Crescent, No.8 or Regent, No.9 or Ordsall Park, No.10 or Docks, No.11 or St. Thomas's, No.12 or St Paul's, No.13 or Langworthy, No.14 or Seedley, No.15 or Weaste and No.16 or Claremont. Following a campaign supported by William Joynson-Hicks , Home Secretary and MP for
1595-439: The cancellation of elections for the duration of World War II , a Labour landslide saw the party gain a majority for the first time. Labour held the council with a large majority for more than twenty years until the Conservatives returned to power in 1968. Three years later the Conservatives lost power. The final election prior to abolition was held in 1972, and saw Labour regain a majority. The mayor, aldermen and burgesses of
1650-590: The council, aligned to the parliamentary Conservative and Liberal parties. Conservatives were in a majority until 1892 when the two groups reached parity, with an independent councillor holding the balance of power. The Conservatives regained power in 1893, and by 1894 the Liberal grouping had divided into "Gladstonians" and "Radicals", with the Independent Labour Party contesting seats in their own right. Conservatives and other Unionist members maintained
1705-410: The countryside round about. Nell Parlour, a local place associated with the supernatural, was a clough known for a 'village damsel' who had been seduced and 'became insane'. Higson also wrote a boggart poem in local dialect entitled 'Th' Boggart O' Gorton Chapelyord'. [REDACTED] Media related to Gorton at Wikimedia Commons County Borough of Salford Salford was, from 1844 to 1974,
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1760-468: The location of Wright Robinson College . The area south of the former Roman road, Hyde Road , and between Belle Vue and Reddish is a historic area in which various ancient tools and weapons have been unearthed from various historic battles that took place there. Many local placenames allude to this history, including Winning Hill, also known as Ryder Brow, a locality within Gorton that contains many topographical features, including Bottom o’ th’ Brow at
1815-489: The manufacturing headquarters of Iceland . A number of retail and recreation sites are also a source of local employment for many in the area, such as the TV and film production studio, Space Studios , which employs up to 300 people. Less than 3 miles from the centre of Manchester, Gorton is also made up of many tertiary sector workers who commute into the city. The popular television series Shameless , which aired on Channel 4 ,
1870-452: The network on 27 April and Salford on 2 May. The lines were quickly electrified, with work completed by 1903, and the system was extended to Worsley in 1906. Through services were operated over the lines of neighbouring municipalities, reaching Middleton and Swinton and Pendlebury In 1920 Salford commenced motorbus operation, and the first tram routes were withdrawn in 1932. The last tram went out of service on 31 March 1947. By this time
1925-414: The new Tesco Extra store opened its doors for trading. Further retail outlets were developed near this site along Hyde Road, including Subway , Coral and Age UK . Regeneration works are continuing to make Gorton "an even better place to live and work". This includes the demolition of all former tower blocks and construction of new homes and parks. House prices in the area are rising as a result of this as
1980-442: The parish was abolished and merged with South Manchester . In 1901 the parish had a population of 26,564. Manchester City F.C. was founded as St Mark's (West Gorton) in 1880. The club was formed with the aim of binding the local community and to combat a form of gang warfare called scuttling that existed in the 1870s. The rector's daughter, Anna Connell, is widely credited as the founder, although churchwarden William Beastow
2035-510: The powers of both a municipal borough and a county council. In 1889, therefore, the town became the County Borough of Salford . Although independent of Lancashire County Council , Salford remained part of the county for certain purposes such as lieutenancy , shrievalty , custos rotulorum and administration of justice. The size of the borough council did not change, although the wards were reorganised in 1921. The wards, which remained until
2090-471: The promotion of private parliamentary bills. The range of activities in which it was involved can be ascertained by the large number of committees of the borough council in 1909: Buildings and Bridges; Cemeteries; Education; Electricity; Health; Highways and Paving; Improvement; Lighting and cleaning; Museums, Libraries and Parks; Parliamentary and Public Trusts; River Irwell Consevancy; Town Halls and Markets; Tramways; Watch (police) and Water . Elections to
2145-478: The reverse course of Gore Brook. There are a number of grade-listed buildings in Gorton, most notably Gorton Monastery . Other listed buildings and monuments include: Gorton was home to the world-famous Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from 1836 until its closure in the 1980s. At its peak, Belle Vue attracted more than two million visitors a year. The area is served by several railway stations including Gorton , Ashburys , Belle Vue and Ryder Brow . Trains on
2200-492: The rushcart ceremony in Gorton. Manchester City F.C. were founded as St. Mark's (West Gorton) in 1880. Abbey Hey F.C. club is in Gorton. "Bouncing Billy Barker" was a local man who specialised in jumping feats. The current Britbowl champions (as of 2023), are the Manchester Titans , which are based in Gorton. John Higson (1825–1871), a Gorton antiquarian, wrote about mid-nineteenth-century supernatural beliefs in what
2255-400: The sinister a flag azure charged with a shuttle Or. Supporters: On the dexter side a wolf Or around the neck a chain and pendent therefrom an escocheon gules charged with a millrind also Or on the sinister side an heraldic antelope argent armed crined and unguled Or around the neck a chain and pendent therefrom an escocheon gules charged with a rose also argent. The basis of the shield are
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2310-648: The site finally cleared for redevelopment in 1982. Myra Hindley , convicted of taking part in the Moors Murders in 1966, grew up in Gorton. She and Ian Brady lived there at the time of the first three Moors murders , before moving to Hattersley in 1964 when Hindley's family home was included in a local demolition programme. Brady and Hindley committed two further murders after moving from Gorton, before they were finally arrested in October 1965. Their first victim, Pauline Reade (who died in July 1963 aged 16, but whose body
2365-451: The size of the council consequently increased to forty-eight councillors and sixteen aldermen. The names of the wards were as follows: Albert Park, Charlestown, Crescent, Grosvenor, Hope, Islington, Kersal , Ordsall , Regent, St Matthias's, St Paul's, St Thomas's, Seedley, Trafford, Trinity and Weaste . Under the Local Government Act 1888 all municipal boroughs with a population of 50,000 or more were designated as "county boroughs" with
2420-531: The three gold wheatsheaves on a blue field of the Earldom of Chester . To this were added a bale for the cotton industry, millrinds for the production of iron, a shuttle for weaving and bees for industry in general. The crest was a half-lion supporting a banner bearing a shuttle. The supporters were a wolf, an emblem of the early Earls of Chester; and an heraldic antelope from the arms of the Beaufort family, representing
2475-608: Was an exceptional horseman and performed thrilling stunts in Buffalo Bill 's show in front of huge crowds, on the site of what is now the Lowry in Salford Quays . But when the show rolled out of town, he remained in London. He married Josephine, an American horse trainer who had just given birth to their first child, Bessie and together they settled in Darwen , before moving to Gorton. His name
2530-521: Was changed to George Edward Williams, after registering with the British immigration authorities to enable him to find work. Williams ended up as an elephant keeper at the Belle Vue Zoo . He died on 28 July 1929 from pneumonia aged fifty-two. He was buried in Gorton's cemetery. The world-famous Belle Vue Zoological Gardens , comprising a zoo, gardens, amusement park, exhibition complex and speedway stadium,
2585-406: Was created in 1838 and elevated to a city in 1853. Part of Gorton township was included in the city in 1890. The remaining part of the township became an Urban District of the administrative county of Lancashire in 1894. A small part of the urban district was transferred to the city of Manchester in 1901 and the remaining area was fully incorporated into Manchester in 1909. Gorton forms part of
2640-558: Was elected by the burgesses at large, while the head of the Molyneux family of Sefton presided over the court as hereditary steward of the Hundred of Salford . In 1791 the first modern local government was established in the area, when the Manchester and Salford Police Act created commissioners to administer the two towns. In 1843 the inhabitant householders petitioned the Privy Council for
2695-451: Was established at Gorton on the southern side of the railway line, in 1854. The proprietors, Charles Beyer , Richard Peacock and Henry Robertson , incorporated in 1902 as Beyer, Peacock & Company . Richard Peacock had previously been the chief engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway 's locomotive works nearby at Openshaw (north of the railway line), and had seen an opportunity for locomotive manufacture by
2750-599: Was mainly filmed in West Gorton. The parade of shops used for filming in the initial series was built on the site of St Mark's Church, Clowes Street, the birthplace of Manchester City F.C. The area has since been demolished and redeveloped with various new social and private housing, new Medical Centre, retail and commercial spaces, as well as the "Space Project" , a large-scale television and film production studio with six sound and prop stages used to film various BBC and ITV productions. In 2006, Manchester City Council started
2805-457: Was not found for 24 years), was a Gorton resident and a neighbour of Hindley. The third victim, Keith Bennett, whose body has never been found, was also from Gorton. The Industrial Revolution brought work and industry to Gorton in the form of locomotive factories, including that of Beyer, Peacock & Company . Today these sites continue to employ workers in a variety of fields, from local private businesses to national companies, including
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#17330942297192860-448: Was opened in 1836 in Gorton and became one of the leading attractions in the UK. The site spanned 165 acres of land and attracted over two million visitors a year. The zoo was the third-largest in the UK, and the exhibition hall held concerts from a range of national and international artists, such as Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones . After 141 years, the zoo closed in 1977, with the rest of
2915-629: Was previously derelict after the friars moved out. The parish left by the Friars came under the care of the Diocese of Salford . St Francis of Assisi RC Church on Textile Street, Gorton, and Sacred Heart Church, Levenshulme Road, Gorton, now form part of the R.C. Parish of Sacred Heart and St. Francis. Other churches in Gorton which were designed by notable architects include the Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road , built by Richard Peacock and
2970-452: Was then still a rural community. He detailed a series of local boggarts including: Nell Parlour Boggart ('rough and hairy, with eyes as big as saucers'); Gorton Field Boggart; Green Stile Boggart; and Ho' Lane Boggart (which appeared in the form of 'a dog, hare, rabbit, or other small animal'). There was also a Boggart House (a haunted house). Fairy rings and fairy pipes (tiny early modern pipes) were frequently found, according to Higson, in
3025-496: Was to appoint a Watch Committee to establish a police force, Salford Borough Police , and appoint a chief constable. In 1928 the force introduced police boxes to the streets of Salford. Following inspection by the Metropolitan Police , similar boxes were erected in London. The Police Act 1964 allowed for the compulsory amalgamation of police forces, and on 1 June 1968 the Manchester and Salford city constabularies formed
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