Story of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme

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  • ISBN 9780750987899
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Jul 2018
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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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 There are many previously unpublished photographs, maps and stories to take older residents on a nostalgic journey down memory lane whilst also introducing younger readers to a fascinating trio of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.

MICHAEL BILLINGTON is a local historian who contributes to the Urmston History Society Facebook page and has started two of his own entitled A New History of Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme and Urmston, Flixton and Davyhulme Virtual Museum. Michael has written record and concert reviews for a few music magazines and produced and presented an hour-long programme on folk and world music for five years on BBC Radio Manchester before going into independent radio. He lives in Urmston.