Ancoats is a district in the north part of the city centre of Manchester, in northwest England. Though once a village in its own right, Ancoats was for many years a thriving industrial district. Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

Geography and administraiton

Ancoats is in Manchester, and thus, since 1974, part of Greater Manchester. It is close to Newton Heath, and Miles Platting. Ancoats was once the home of the Rolderdotton's Home Brewing Kit Company. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... Newton Heath is an area of Greater Manchester, famous primarily for two things: The birthplace of Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club (est. ... The area of Miles Platting in inner north Manchester, England, was intensively developed in the 19th century providing homes for the industrial workforce. ...

History

Etymology

It is believed that its name means ‘Lonely Huts’ and is first recorded as "Einecot" in 1212. The village covers the area of land that roughly lies between the River Medlock and River Irk and the Ashton Canal and the Rochdale Canal run through it. Events The first Great Fire of London burns most of the city to the ground Battle of Navas de Tolosa Childrens crusade Crusaders push the Muslims out of northern Spain In Japan, Kamo no Chōmei writes the Hōjōki, one of the great works of classical Japanese... Jockeys Swivel and Footbridge at Lumb Lane, Droylsden, c1900 Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne, with the Tame Aqueduct in the foreground, 1962 The Ashton Canal runs six miles (10 km) from central Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne and it rises through 18 locks to make a head-on junction... A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...

Industrial Revolution

The industrial development of Ancoats began towards the end of the 18th century when steam power was first used to power cotton mills and factories. The earliest mills of this period of the Industrial Revolution were Murray’s Mills, which were established on Union Street (now Redhill Street) off Great Ancoats Street, by Adam and George Murray in 1798.^{[citation needed]} Conveniently, these mills were alongside the Rochdale Canal, which was used to deliver raw cotton. Later, they became known as Ancoats Mills when they were operated by McConnel & Company Ltd. Other large mills in Ancoats included, Victoria Mills, Wellington Mill, Brunswick Mill, India Mills, Dolton Mills, Lonsdale Mills, Phoenix Mill, Lloydsfield Mill and Sedgewick Mill. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ... A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ...

From then onwards, Ancoats grew rapidly to become an important industrial centre and as a result of this it also became a densely populated area. Streets of back-to-back houses and court dwellings were rapidly built and for the poorest members of the community there were cellar dwellings.

Cotton was not the only industry in the locality, as foundries and engineering factories were required to produce the machinery needed by the mills. The largest of these were those operated by the brothers, John Muir Hetherington and Thomas Ridley Hetherington, which was established in 1830. Eventually the company became known as John Hetherington and Sons Ltd and the principal factory was at Vulcan Works on Pollard Street. The company was also the proprietor of Curtis, Sons & Company, which was established in 1804 and this was at the Phoenix Works, which was on both sides of Chapel Street (now Chapeltown Street). On one side of the street there was a brass and iron works and on the other side there was a machinery factory. Hetherington’s produced a huge range of machinery for the textile industry that included machinery for opening, preparing, spinning and doubling cotton, cotton waste, wool and worsted. Their speciality was a machine called a Combined Opener and Scutcher that was very effective in the cleaning of most types of cotton without damaging the staple or losing serviceable fibre.

Ancoats also manufactured aircraft and this factory was at Brownsfield Mill, which was on the corner of Great Ancoats Street and Binns Place at the point where the Rochdale Canal passes below Great Ancoats Street. Here, A V Roe (Avro) established his factory shortly before 1915. Men from Ancoats serving in the Army in France during the Great War were aware that aeroplanes they saw in action above them had been made in Ancoats.

At the top of Stony Brow (later Junction Street and now Jutland Street) there was the multi-storey drysalters factory of Thomas Hassall. It was said that this was the only drysalters in England and it supplied rock salt, moss litter and all kinds of other things. There were also chemical works (especially alum), floor-cloth works and finishing and calendering works that rolled cloth to smooth or glaze it.

Possibly the least known, but vitally important, industry in Ancoats was the manufacture of flint glass. More than 25 glassworks have been identified in Manchester, all built during the 19th century, and many of these were in Ancoats.

Thomas Percival and William Yates established one of these on Union Street (now Redhill Street) in 1844. The works was equipped with two furnaces (later three), an annealing house, workshops, a warehouse and offices. In 1852, Thomas Vickers joined the company and William Yates left in 1862. After this, the company became known as Percival Vickers British and Foreign Flint Glass Works. It made a large range of glassware that included tumblers, wine glasses, decanters, vases, celery vases, salts and cake stands.

Immigration

During the 19th century, due to political and economic circumstances, many Italians left Italy for a more secure life. In particular, they left southern Italy, Lazio and Campagna, and some of these settled in Ancoats. Over the next hundred years they created what became known as ‘Ancoats Little Italy’. They boosted the local economy, pioneered the British ice cream industry, joined in the annual Catholic Whit Walks and survived the difficulties of the Second World War. Large numbers of Irish also settled in Ancoats. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Present Day

The Salvation Army had a presence in Ancoats, with the Star Hall and Crossley Hospital in Pollard Street. Crossley Court, flats belonging to the Salvation Army Housing Association, now stands on the site. Shield of The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a non-military evangelical Christian organization founded in 1865 by one time Methodist minister William Booth. ... Star Hall was a Salvation Army corps (church) in the Ancoats area of Manchester from 1878 until the 1970s. ... Crossley Hospital was the Salvation Armys maternity hospital in the Ancoats area of Manchester. ...

Ancoats Hospital was located on Old Mill Street, adjacent to the Ashton Canal. This has been closed to patients for some time, and is currently under residential development. The Ancoats Hospital was a large inner-city hospital, located to the north of Manchester city centre. ... Jockeys Swivel and Footbridge at Lumb Lane, Droylsden, c1900 Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne, with the Tame Aqueduct in the foreground, 1962 The Ashton Canal runs six miles (10 km) from central Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne and it rises through 18 locks to make a head-on junction...

Ancoats, like neighbouring Miles Platting and Collyhurst, became very run down and notorious for deprivation and crime.^{[citation needed]} Ancoats' proximity to the city centre, however, has meant that regeneration (or gentrification) is now taking place on a large scale with housing developments such as 'New Islington'. The area of Miles Platting in inner north Manchester, England, was intensively developed in the 19th century providing homes for the industrial workforce. ... Collyhurst is an inner-city area of Manchester, about 1 mile from the City Centre on the Rochdale Road. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Notable residents

• John Henshaw - actor.
• Bernard Manning - controversial comedian.

John Henshaw (born 1951) is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in the He is sometimes associated with playing hard men. Henshaw grew up in Ancoats in Manchester - one of 12 brothers... Bernard Manning (born August 13, 1930 in Ancoats, Manchester) is a famous working class English comedian who was at his most popular in the 1970s. ...

See also

• Ann Coates

Ann Coates is credited with backing vocals on the 1986 single Bigmouth Strikes Again by The Smiths, also included on their album The Queen Is Dead. ...

References

City of Manchester • Greater Manchester England • United Kingdom

Districts

Ancoats | Ardwick | Ardwick Green | Baguley | Belle Vue | Benchill | Blackley | Bradford | Burnage | Castlefield | Cheetham Hill | Chorlton | Chorlton-on-Medlock | Clayton | Collyhurst | Crumpsall | Darnhill | Didsbury | East Didsbury | Fallowfield | Gatley | Gorton | Harpurhey | Hulme | Levenshulme | Longsight | Lower Crumpsall | Miles Platting | Moss Side | Moston | Newall Green | Newton Heath | Northenden | Northern Quarter | Openshaw | Parrs Wood | Peel Hall| Piccadilly Village | Ringway | Rusholme | Sharston | University | Whalley Range | Withington | Woodhouse Park | Wythenshawe

City Council Wards

Ancoats and Clayton | Ardwick | Baguley | Bradford | Brooklands | Burnage | Charlestown | Cheetham | Chorlton | Chorlton Park | City Centre | Crumpsall | Didsbury East | Didsbury West | Fallowfield | Gorton North | Gorton South | Harpurhey | Higher Blackley | Hulme | Miles Platting and Newton Heath | Moss Side | Moston | Northenden | Old Moat | Rusholme | Sharston | Whalley Range | Withington | Woodhouse Park This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which roughly encompasses the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester, and has a population of 2. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Ardwick is an inner-city district of Manchester, about one mile south east of the city centre. ... Ardwick Green is an important public space in Ardwick, Manchester, England. ... Baguley is an area of Wythenshawe, Manchester. ... Belle Vue is a district of Manchester (post code M12), England between Longsight and Gorton. ... Benchill is a district of the city of Manchester, part of the massive Wythenshawe council estate, about eight miles south of the city centre. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Bradford is a local government ward in the City of Manchester. ... Burnage is a small post-industrial suburb of Manchester, England. ... 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Statistics Population: 14,292 (Census 2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ8491 Administration District: {{{District}}} Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: West of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Lancashire Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: Greater Manchester Fire and... East Didsbury is a prosperous area of South Manchester. ... Fallowfield is an area of the City of Manchester, England. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Gorton is a district in Manchester, United Kingdom, to the south-east of the city centre. ... Harpurhey is a suburb of Manchester, approximately three miles north of the city centre. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Levenshulme is an urban area in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... Longsight is an area in Manchester, England, around 3 miles south of the city centre. ... Lower Crumpsall is a part of Crumpsall, a suburb some 3 miles to the north of Manchester in the UK. It is situated in the valley of the River Irk, which forms its northern boundary with the neighbouring suburb of Blackley at Tetlow Bridge [1]. It consited largely of several... The area of Miles Platting in inner north Manchester, England, was intensively developed in the 19th century providing homes for the industrial workforce. ... Moss Side is an area of Manchester in England. ... Moston is a town in the district of Oldham, England, and lies around 4 miles north of the Manchester City Centre. ... Newall Green is part of the Wythenshawe area of Manchester, England. ... Newton Heath is an area of Greater Manchester, famous primarily for two things: The birthplace of Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club (est. ... Northenden has a long history, having been mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was at that time a small farming community with a manor house and woodland. ... The Northern Quarter is an area in the city centre of Manchester, UK, generally marked out between Piccadilly, Victoria and Ancoats, and centred around Oldham Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens. ... Openshaw Citadel was the third Salvation Army corps opened in Manchester from August 7, 1879 to the 1970s. ... Parrs Wood is an area in South Manchester, South East of Didsbury, at one end of Wilmslow Road. ... Peel Hall is in an area of Wythenshawe twinned with Gaza. ... Fountains in Piccadilly Gardens looking towards Market Street Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester City Centre situated at one end of Market Street (a busy shopping area) and on the edge of the Northern Quarter. ... The name Ringway can have these meanings:- Ringway Airport is old name for Manchester International Airport. ... Rusholme is a part of Manchester, England, about two miles south of the city centre. ... Sharston is in the south of the city of Manchester. ... The University of Manchester is a large university located in Manchester, England. ... Whalley Range, a district of Manchester, lies about 1. ... Withington is an area of Manchester, England about 4 miles south of the city centre, intersected by the busy thoroughfare of Wilmslow Road. ... Woodhouse Park is a housing estate in the south of the area of Wythenshawe, which is in turn in the south of the city of Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom. ... Wythenshawe Hall Wythenshawe is a housing estate to the south of Manchester. ... Ancoats and Clayton is a politcal ward of Manchester City Council comprising the districts of Ancoats, Clayton and Openshaw. ... Ardwick is an inner-city district of Manchester, about one mile south east of the city centre. ... Baguley is an area of Wythenshawe, Manchester. ... Bradford is a local government ward in the City of Manchester. ... Brooklands is a district and electoral ward in the south west of the City of Manchester, in North West England. ... Burnage is a small post-industrial suburb of Manchester, England. ... Charlestown is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. ... Cheetham is a district in the city of Manchester , England . ... 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This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Miles Platting and Newton Heath is an electoral ward in the City of Manchester, North West England. ... Moss Side is an area of Manchester in England. ... Moston is a town in the district of Oldham, England, and lies around 4 miles north of the Manchester City Centre. ... Northenden has a long history, having been mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was at that time a small farming community with a manor house and woodland. ... Old Moat is a local government ward within the City of Manchester. ... Rusholme is a part of Manchester, England, about two miles south of the city centre. ... Sharston is in the south of the city of Manchester. ... Whalley Range, a district of Manchester, lies about 1. ... Withington is an electoral district or ward in the south of the City of Manchester, England. ... Woodhouse Park is a housing estate in the south of the area of Wythenshawe, which is in turn in the south of the city of Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom. ...

See also: Greater Manchester, History of Manchester & Manchester Category

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