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Coordinates: 53°30′00″N 2°11′00″W / 53.4999°N 2.1833°W
Newton Heath is an urban area of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east-northeast of Manchester city centre and has a population of 9,883 people.[1] Historically a part of Lancashire, Newton Heath was formerly a farming community, the area adopted the factory system following the Industrial Revolution. The principle industry in the area was engineering although many were employed in the thriving areas of Clayton Vale and Bradford within the mining and textiles industry. Newton Heath takes its name from the Old English language and means the 'new town on the heath'. The heath in question stretched originally from Miles Platting to Failsworth, and is bordered by brooks and rivers on all four sides - the River Medlock, Moston Brook, Newton Brook and Shooters Brook. Manchester United F.C. have strong links with the area and was created out of the Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club.
[edit] HistoryFurther information: History of Manchester  French Huguenots had settled in the area in the 16th century to avoid continental persecution, and had brought cotton and linen weaving and bleaching skills with them. The arrival of textile mills saw Newton Heath's cottage industry change forever into a fully mechanised mass production system - in 1825 Newton Silk Mill (which exists to this day) was built and the Monsall Silk Dye Works followed soon afterwards. The Rochdale Canal made movement of raw materials and finished products a practical reality. Later came other industries, including a soap works, a match manufacturing factory and rope works as well as engineering and glass making works. A multitude of small back-to-back low cost houses had to be constructed to house the new migrant work force. Thus was Newton changed irrevocably from a farming community into an industrialised one. The 18th century saw Oldham Road turnpiked and a toll bar installed at Lambs Lane - this road still forms the main artery through the district. By the beginning of the 19th century, the Rochdale Canal had been constructed and this brought industrialisation to the district, and the former farming settlement was thus hastened into the Industrial Revolution and creeping urbanisation. The 19th century saw the local population increase nearly 20 fold. From 10 February, 1883 up until the slum clearances of the 1970s a Salvation Army corps existed on Thorp Road. [edit] Industrial historyNewton Heath was noted for being a major supplier of engineering and was the home to a number of different companies which included the likes of Mather & Platt, Avro (manufactured the World War II bomber, the Avro Lancaster) and Heenan & Froude (manufactured the internationally renowned Blackpool Tower) Wilson's and Co brewery was situated in Monsall Road and was operating in the area from 1834 up until 1987 when production was moved to Halifax. [edit] Manchester UnitedThe parish was the birthplace of the Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club which was established in 1878 and went to later become the world famous Manchester United. They began life as a football team formed by Frederick Attock, a Liverpudlian who was a superintendent engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). The team initially played on a local pitch near Monsall Road, known by the name of The LOCO Club after the railway workers pub where they first trained later becoming Newton Heath Football Club, where they turned out for matches in yellow and green halved jerseys. By 1892, they had been admitted to the Football League. The club remained in the area until 1902, when they moved to new premises in Bank Street and changed the club name to Manchester United Football Club. An old nickname for the team was 'The Heathens' - clearly derived from their original name and this is often cited as the origin of "The Red Devils". However, Salford rugby league club acquired the nickname in the 1930s whilst on tour in France by locals as "Les Diables Rouges" and this was copied by Matt Busby in the wake of the Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958. Newton Heath FC's biggest success was being elected to the First Division on its expansion in 1892 and winning the Lancashire Cup in 1898 - a far cry from the success achieved by Manchester United. In 1891, a Newton Heath player, Alfred Farman, scored the first penalty in football history during the match between Newton Heath and Blackpool in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup. [edit] GovernanceThere was also a "detached" area known as Kirkmanshulme which formed part of the district - Belle Vue stands on that land, which is now only remembered in Kirkmanshulme Lane which borders it. The district was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Newton Heath falls into the parliament constituency of Manchester Central alongside Manchester city centre, Hulme, Beswick, Clayton, Openshaw and Moss Side. The seat is currently held by the Labour Party Member of Parliament, Tony Lloyd. The local Councillors are June Hitchen and John Flanagan, who are Labour Party members and Damien O'Connor from the Liberal Democrats.[2] [edit] Geography
Newton Heath is an urban area and is surround by Monsall, Moston, New Moston Failsworth, Miles Platting Bradford and Ancoats. It lies along the south as the A62 (Oldham Road) which is the main passage of transit between the Oldham town and Manchester's city centre. The district of Clayton also neighbours Newton Heath. The area between the two districts is called Clayton Vale and although was a former centre of industry, the land has since become a rural wilderness. [edit] EconomyThe there are a number of internationally renown businesses located in the town although a numer of companies have since relocated to other areas or disbanded. Princes Food & Drink Group have a factory which produces soft drinks on Grimshaw Lane. Manchester Abattoir, on Riverpark Road, was the primary source of meat produce in the city but has gradually downsized over the past number of years.The 50,000sq/ft central bakery for the Martins Bakery is on Holyoak street.[3] The towns main shopping area is located on Church street where alongside small family run stores you can find Iceland, Netto and a Lidl store. The local market is a local attraction and is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. [edit] LandmarksTwo prominent landmarks are Philips Park and cemetery and Brookdale Park. Brookdale Park was formed in 1904 and spans over 44 acres. The park has two bowling lawns, tennis courts, children's play centre. Philips Park was opened on 22 August 1846 at a cost of £6,200 and was the first public park opened in Manchester. The park, covering 31 acres, was named after Mark Philips MP who was committed to creating parks for the use of the working people of the city. All Saints church is the oldest remaining structure in the area and can trace its history back to 1556.[4] Culcheth Hall, which stood alongside the River Medlock within Newton, was owned by the Byron family (of whom the poet Lord Byron was a member). Other great houses once lay within the district, including Clayton Hall (owned by the Greaves family), Whitworth Hall and Hulme Hall. [edit] TransportRailways arrived in Newton Heath during the 1840s and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) laid two main lines across the district which made a significant change to the look of the district. Steam locomotive repair sheds were opened in 1877 at the Newton Heath Motive Power Depot (now Traction Maintenance Depot), which grew to become a major local employer which, by the 1860s, had been expanded to a 40 acre site with over 2000 workers. Both Newton Heath (closed on the 3 January 1966) and Park stations (closed on the 27 May 1995) were deemed by British Rail to be surplus to requirements especially with the decline of the local engineering industry. Today, Newton Heath is served by Dean Lane railway station, on the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham line and trains are frequent. The station is adjacent to the Newton Heath railway depot, which maintains diesel unit trains for Northern Rail. There are (confirmed) plans for this line to be converted to light rail operation as part of the Metrolink expansion project. It is estimated that Metrolink trams will serve the area from 2011 or 2012. A £35.6 million Metrolink station was built in 2005 at Central Park in anticipation of the network extension, but the project was cancelled by the Government due to funding problems. The station now stands empty and unused.[5] [edit] EducationThere are four primary schools, catering for children aged between 3 and 11. There are no secondary schools or facilities for further education in the area.
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[edit] SportNewton Heath Cricket club, which was established in 1859, is located on Mabel Street and affiliated with Manchester & District and the Lancashire Cricket Associations. Ten Acres Astro Centre is a council run sport centre and is made up of a full-size outdoor AstroTurf pitch (marked for Football and Hockey) and the indoor sports hall (marked out for Netball, Basket Ball, Volley Ball, Five-a-side football and Badminton).[17] A speedway training track operated in Newton Heath in the early 1950s. [edit] Public servicesPolicing in Newton Heath is provided by Greater Manchester Police, who have a part time station which is located on Silk Street and comes under the command of North Manchester (A) Division. The opening times are 9:00am – 5:00pm (Monday to Saturday) and closed on Sunday.[18] Newton Heath Library is located on Old Church Street. It comprises a lending library of books and DVDs, as well as public computing facilities. Aside from these services, the building is used as the location of a regular Councillors' Surgery and children's group.[19] Waste management is co-ordinated by the local authority via the North Manchester Household Waste and Recycling Centre and is the primary refuse depot for north Manchester.[20] [edit] Notable peopleThere are a number of people of note who were either born and raised in the town especially in the worlds of sport and media. Former England and Lancashire cricket captain, Michael Atherton OBE was born in the town and attended Briscoe Lane school before moving to Failsworth and going on to Manchester Grammar School.[21][22] Television talkshow host and journalist Judy Finnigan was born in the parish and raised in the family home on Amos Avenue and also attended Briscoe Lane. Journalist, writer and former editor of The Sunday Times, Sir Harold Matthew Evans and Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester were pupils of pupils of the now closed Brookdale Park High school although Morris was originally from Ancoats. Ron Staniforth, who was played in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, was born in the town and went on to play 107 games for Sheffield Wednesday.[23] Buried in Philips Park cemetery is George Stringer VC. Stringer was a recipient a number of awards for valour including the Victoria Cross, the Serbian Milosh Obilich Gold Medal for Bravery and was Mentioned in Despatches. The Newton Heath born soldier earned his awards at the Battle of Es Sinn during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.[24] [edit] Cultural referencesIn 1942, L. S. Lowry, painted a picture of the old Mather & Platt's stainless steel foundry titled Going to Work. The picture is now in the ownership of the Imperial War Museum in London.[25] [edit] See also[edit] References
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