epw017393 ENGLAND (1927). Countryside prior to the construction of Benchill, Wythenshawe, from the south-west, 1927

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Title [EPW017393] Countryside prior to the construction of Benchill, Wythenshawe, from the south-west, 1927
Reference EPW017393
Date 8-March-1927
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Place name WYTHENSHAWE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 381948, 388170
Longitude / Latitude -2.2714671573076, 53.389797032911
National Grid Reference SJ819882

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The M56 now runs approximately here; at this point the present A5103 Princess Parkway extension converges with the M56 running west towards Stockport.

John Ellis
Friday 24th of January 2014 03:59:23 PM
Think this is where the M56 Motorway is now

TheGuvOfWythenshawe
Friday 24th of January 2014 06:16:37 AM
Nearly. It actually runs just east of the bit of the "Baguley Bottoms" woodland that still remains - I've marked it with a peg. If you like this sort of detective work, take a look at the Chester Record Office's tithe and old ordnance survey maps for Cheshire, which are all on line. This is a really useful site, as it enables you to compare the old maps with the modern map in parallel panes and see exactly what is where.

John Ellis
Friday 24th of January 2014 03:53:04 PM
Sharston House

John Ellis
Sunday 28th of October 2012 05:04:39 PM
Old school (at this time a tea-room)

John Ellis
Sunday 28th of October 2012 05:03:16 PM
"The Brundrit" - woodland

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:28:31 AM
Do you know why it was and still is called "The Brundrit"

slideshow john
Thursday 4th of June 2015 05:13:39 PM
The ever-wise internet tells me that it's an old English word for a clearing in woodland created by burning - odd that it came - presumably a lot later - to be used as the very opposite, a patch of trees surrounded by cleared land!



It, and similar variants such as "Brandreth", is also found as a surname. "Brundrit" as a surname is most common in Lancashire and Cheshire, which suggests that the name in this particular form might have been a dialect word in this part of the world in early local English.

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of July 2015 09:09:53 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:27:35 AM
Baguley Brook (boundary between Baguley & Northen Etchells townships)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:25:42 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:23:36 AM
Lower Haveley Hey

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:22:24 AM
Benchill (formerly Benchall) - then a house, not a district)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:21:32 AM
Baguley Bottoms

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:19:46 AM
Wythenshawe Road (B5167)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:19:11 AM
Wythenshawe Park

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:18:22 AM
Blackcarr Wood

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:17:43 AM
Royalthorn Wood

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:17:10 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:16:19 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:15:31 AM
Sharston Green

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:13:33 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:12:57 AM
Longley Lane (B5166)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:12:12 AM
Royle Green Road (B5166)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:11:33 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:10:39 AM
Warrington-Stockport railway line

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:09:55 AM
Millgate Lane, East Didsbury

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:08:55 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:07:50 AM
Northenden railway station (now demolished, though the old station approach from Sharston Road & Longley Lane remains)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:07:09 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:04:06 AM
River Mersey (boundary between Cheshire and Lancashire)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:03:16 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:02:02 AM
Altrincham Road (A560)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:00:59 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:00:08 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:59:17 AM
Kenworthy Lane

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:58:35 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:58:00 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:57:19 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:56:47 AM
River Mersey (boundary between Cheshire/Northenden and Lancashire/Manchester/Didsbury)

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:54:42 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 09:53:05 AM