The townships of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme nestle neatly in a
triangular area bordered on the south by the River Mersey, on the
north-west by the River Irwell/Manchester Ship Canal and on the
east by the M60 motorway. In this, the first substantial book on
the area since 1898, local historian Michael Billington draws on
census records, newspaper reports, antiquarian books, church
accounts, Victorian church magazines, trial records, OS maps,
burial records, Industrial School Act records and conversations
with local historians and residents. The author, himself an
Urmstonian, takes the reader on a journey of discovery in his
portrayal of old houses (many now demolished due to disrepair or to
make way for the motorway), churches, farms, weaving, the arrival
of the railway, children and education, entertainment, sport,
customs, culture, the war years and more. There are many previously
unpublished photographs, maps and stories to take older residents
on a nostalgic journey down memory lane whilst also introducing
younger readers to a fascinating trio of townships some seven miles
or so to the south-west of Manchester, itself immersed in the glory
of the Industrial Revolution.
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