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Jul 26, 2020 · Chorlton-on-Medlock wasn't left as unrecognisable as Hulme was, but lost its definition to the point where it's common to see parts of it described as Longsight, Ardwick, Rusholme, or...
Chorlton-on-Medlock is an inner city area of Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Chorlton-on-Medlock is bordered to the north by the River Medlock, which runs immediately south of Manchester city centre. Its other borders roughly correspond to Stockport Road, Hathersage Road, Moss Lane East and Boundary Lane.
Jul 26, 2020 · Chorlton-on-Medlock wasn't left as unrecognisable as Hulme was, but lost its definition to the point where it's common to see parts of it described as Longsight, Ardwick, Rusholme, or just 'Town'. Martin Dodge wonders if Manchester missed a trick in not preserving more of the area's historic houses.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chorlton upon Medlock like this: CHORLTON-UPON-MEDLOCK, a township, five chapelries, and a sub-district in Chorlton district, Manchester parish, Lancashire.
What happened to the other Chorlton? Why the great town by the Medlock is disappearing from Manchester's map
Nov 18, 2019 · In 1838 the township ceased to exist when Chorlton-on-Medlock was absorbed into the Manchester Borough, later developing into the South Manchester area in 1896. The first traceable mention of Grosvenor Square I can find is on William Green’s map of Manchester dating from 1794.
The bounds of his lands in the vill of Chorlton began in the centre of Shootersbrook (aqua de Schiter), followed the highway from Manchester to Stockport as far as the Medlock, thence by the said highway to Whitacre Ford and between Greenlow (Grindlow) Marsh and Chorlton Heath to Greenlow Cross, and as far as Greenlow Lache; along the lache ...
