Strangeways, Manchester
Strangeways is an area of inner north Manchester, England, around Strangeways Prison just north of the city centre.
History[]
Until the 19th century, Strangeways was rural, with Strangeways Hall, Park and Gardens. Strangeways was recorded in 1322 as Strangwas, from the Anglo-Saxon Strang and gewæsc meaning "[a place by] a stream with a strong current".
Strangeways Brewery[]
Strangeways Brewery was famous as the home of Boddingtons Bitter. It closed in 2005 and was demolished in 2007.[1]
Timeline[]
- 1459: First known mention of the de Strangeways family in the area.
- 1544: A settlement document describes widespread property attached to Strangeways Hall, including 24 houses, 20 town properties, 20 cottages, and various land up to several miles away.
- 1641: Strangeways Hall appears on a map. It was in Elizabethan or Jacobean style.
- 1624: John Hartley (1609-1655) bought Strangeways Hall. His father Nicholas Hartley and elder brother Richard were wool merchants in Manchester.
- Early 18th century: A grey stucco, palladian-style addition to Strangeways Hall was built.
- 1713: The Reynolds family took over the hall.
- 1768: Francis Reynolds granted a lease to Robert Norton to build a house and silk dyeing works by the Hall's fish pond.
- 1777: Strangeways Hall first known to be let to a tenant (Hugh Oldham).
- 1788: Strangeways Hall was run as a girls' boarding school.
- 1816: Start of the area being built over with houses.
- 1838: Land in Strangeways area was sold to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company; Manchester Victoria station is there now.
- 1858: Strangeways Hall demolished and its materials sold
- 1859: A newspaper report that the Hall was "several times rebuilt".
- 1864: Completion of building of the Assize Courts on the site of Strangeways Hall. (It was destroyed in the 1939-1945 Blitz and its site is now a car park on Great Ducie Street).
- 1868: Strangeways Prison opened. It was built on the site of Strangeways Hall's fish ponds.
- late 19th century: Jewish immigration to the area, fleeing from violence in Russia.
References[]
- ^ Rooth, Ben (16 March 2007). "The bitter end for Boddies". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- Areas of Manchester
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- England geography stubs