North Manchester

For the town in the United States, see North Manchester, Indiana.

North Manchester was, from 1896 to 1916,[1] a township within the Poor Law Union of Manchester, England.[2] North Manchester was a local government sub-district used for the administration of Poor Law legislation; it was an inter-parish unit for social security.[2] Although abolished in 1916, the name North Manchester endured for the area, and is still applied to the northern parts of the city, for instance as a registration district up until 1974.

As a township, North Manchester encompassed the civil parishes of Beswick, Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Clayton, Collyhurst, Crumpsall, Harpurhey, Moston and Newton Heath, all of which had been amalgamated into Manchester during the mid-to-late 19th century.[2]

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References

  1. Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004), "North Manchester CP through time. Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit", A vision of Britain through time (University of Portsmouth), retrieved 2 November 2008
  2. 1 2 3 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


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