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The area is predominantly populated by young professionals, families and some students (taken from 2001 census)and is highly desirable in the property market.^{[citation needed]}

Geography and administration

The area is split into two electoral wards; Didsbury East and Didsbury West. A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... Didsbury East is a local government ward of the City of Manchester and is represented in the Town Hall by Councillors Helen Fisher, Tony Parkinson and David Sandiford. ... Didsbury West is a local government ward of the City of Manchester and is represented in the Town Hall by Councillors Graham Shaw, Neil Trafford and Simon Wheale. ...

The area is generally considered to be roughly enclosed by the River Mersey to the south, Princess Parkway to the west, Kingsway to the east and Lapwing Lane/Fog Lane to the north. Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in north-western England. ...

Civic history

In the early 13th century, Didsbury lay within the Manor of Withington, a feudal estate which encompassed the townships of Withington, Didsbury, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Moss Side, Rusholme, Burnage, Denton and Haughton, ruled by the Hathersage, Longford and Tatton families. Didsbury remained within the manor of Withington for several centuries.^[1] Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow Manorialism or Seigneurialism is the organization of rural economy and society in medieval western and parts of central Europe, characterised by the vesting of legal and economic... Withington is an area of Manchester, England about 4 miles south of the city centre, intersected by the busy thoroughfare of Wilmslow Road. ... Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chorlton is a suburb of Manchester. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Paul Shannon (UK politician) be merged into this article or section. ... Burnage is a post-industrial suburb of the City of Manchester in North West England. ... Denton is a former hat-manufacturing town and suburb of Manchester, situated six miles east of the centre of the city of Manchester, United Kingdom. ... Haughton lies in close proximity with Denton in South Lancashire within the Parish and Diocese of Manchester. ...

By 1764, Didsbury was being described as a township in its own right.^[2] In 1876 Didsbury was brought under the Withington Local Board (later the Withington Urban District) and administered from 1881 by Withington Town Hall on Lapwing Lane. In 1904, when Withington UD was made part of the City of Manchester, both Didsbury and Withington became wards of the city in their own right. Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ...

History

During the English Civil War, Prince Rupert stationed himself at Didsbury Ees to the south of Barlow Moor. In the Jacobite march south from Manchester to Derby in 1745 it is likely that it crossed the old ford of the River Mersey at Didsbury, which has had recorded use since the Roman age. The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria (German: Ruprecht Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Herzog von Bayern), commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, (17 December 1619 – 19 November 1682), soldier, inventor and amateur artist in mezzotint, was a younger son of Frederick V, Elector... Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, remains) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ... For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in north-western England. ...

During the Victorian expansion of Manchester, Didsbury developed as a prosperous settlement and was the "Stockbroker Belt" being the most outlying southerly outpost of the city. A few of the old mansions still exist on Wilmslow Road between Didsbury Village and Parrs Wood, but these are now either nursing homes or offices.

The opening of the Midland Railway line in 1880 contributed greatly to the rapid growth in the population of Didsbury, with stations at Didsbury and Withington and West Didsbury offering easy rail connections to Manchester Central Station. The line closed in 1967, although Didsbury station building remained standing until its demolition in the 1980s. The station clock and water fountain have survived, dedicated to local doctor and campaigner for the poor Dr. J. Milson Rhodes (1847-1909).^[2] The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... The G-Mex centre or Greater Manchester EXhibition centre is a exhibition and conference centre in Manchester in England. ...

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries many immigrants from Spain, Portugal and Persia settled in the area.^{[citation needed]} Their children and grandchildren have prospered and moved out to areas such as Bowdon, Hale and Hale Barns. The area was home to one of the two large Jewish communities in and around Manchester (the other being areas north of the city such as Crumpsall). The high numbers of Jewish immigrants led to Didsbury being nicknamed (some might think offensively) Yidsbury and Palatine Road (a major road running through the heart of the Didsbury/West Didsbury suburb), Palestine Road. The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the old Persian homeland, and beyond in Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. ... Bowdon is an area in south-west Greater Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, United Kingdom. ... Hale is an affluent, built-up village south east of Altrincham in the metropolitan borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Statistics Population: 9143 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: [1] Administration Metropolitan Borough: Trafford Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Cheshire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Crumpsall is a suburb some 3 miles to the north of Manchester, in the United Kingdom. ...

Daniel Adamson, promoter of the Manchester Ship Canal, lived at The Towers (blue plaque — now the Shirley Institute) on Wilmslow Road from 1874. His home (designed by Thomas Worthington) was also the venue for the 1882 meeting where it was agreed to promote the Ship Canal project. Daniel Adamson (30 April 1820 – 13 January 1890) was a notable English engineer who became a successful manufacturer of boilers and was the driving force behind the inception of the Manchester Ship Canal project during the 1880s. ... The canal at its Manchester end, looking towards Old Trafford. ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ... Thomas Worthington (1826 – 1909) was an eminent 19th century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in his native Manchester. ...

On 28 April 1910, French pilot Louis Paulhan landed his aeroplane in Barcicroft Fields, Pytha Fold Farm, on the borders of Withington, Burnage and Didsbury. This completed the first ever powered flight from London to Manchester (195 miles/298 km), and he won a £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail, beating the British contender, Claude Grahame-White.^[3] Two special trains were chartered to Burnage Station to take spectators and mechanics to the landing. The site, in Paulhan Road, is marked by a blue plaque. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Louis Paulhan (born 1883 Pézenas, died 1963 Saint-Jean-de-Luz), French pilot who in 1910 flew the Le Canard, the worlds first seaplane designed by Henri Fabre. ... The Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper first published in 1896. ... Claude Grahame White (1879 – 1959) was an pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail London to Manchester race in 1910. ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ...

From 1956 to 1969 Didsbury was home to the northern studios of ITV station ABC Weekend Television. These were actually converted from the Capitol cinema in Parrs Wood Lane. In 1969 ABC closed the site when it was merged with fellow ITV company Rediffusion to become London station Thames Television. For a short while the site was used by Yorkshire Television until their own facilities in Leeds were ready. In 1970 it was sold to Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) and eventually in the late 1990s it was demolished to make way for a residential development. From this site part of ITV's history had been created - early episodes of The Avengers and Armchair Theatre were made here. It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... Associated British Corporation (otherwise known as ABC Television or ABC Weekend TV) was one of a number of commercial television companies set up in the 1950s by cinema chains in an attempt to safeguard their business by getting involved in television which was taking away their cinema audiences. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... Associated-Rediffusion was the British Independent Television (commercial television) contractor for London, on weekdays between 1954 (transmissions started on September 22, 1955) and 1968. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Armchair Theatre was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was intermittently resurrected at various points during the 1970s. ...

Demographics

The 2001 census reported that 87.64% of Didsbury's population considered themselves to be white, 7.77% Asian/Asian British, 1.28% Black/Black British and 1.26% as Chinese or other ethnic minority.

The census also reported that 61.20% of the population considered themselves to be Christian, 6.22% Muslim, 2.15% Jewish, 1.60% Hindu, 0.36% Buddhist and 0.31% Sikh. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Christianity. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Present day

Didsbury Village

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Recreation

The central shopping area, along Wilmslow Road has become a popular area exhibiting cafe culture with many new bars, cafes and delis opening in the recent past. The pubs and bars on the main street of Didsbury Village have become popular with a wider public from further afield in Manchester, and represent a thriving social scene for a range of clientele from students, to young professionals, through to older and more affluent people. The traditional independent shops and pubs are gradually and increasingly being replaced, as the profile of the area is raised, by national chain bars and pubs. Wilmslow Road is a major thoroughfare in South Manchester running from Parrs Wood to Manchester City Centre. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus // A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or cafe (also spelled as café from the French, Spanish, and Portuguese or caffè from the Italian) shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. ...

A locally famous pub crawl, taking in twelve bars in one night, is known as The Didsbury Dozen.

The Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden (named after a local alderman) is a pleasant recreational park of 85,000 square metres, south of the village centre. Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden (known locally as Fletcher Moss) is situated in southern Manchester, in close proximity to Didsbury. ...

Once a year, at Didsbury Festival, local schools dress up to a theme and meet in the playground of St. Catherine's Primary School from where they parade to Didsbury Park. At the end of the parade, prizes are awarded for various categories. After the award ceremony, there is a fair and a number of stalls and attractions. Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester, in North West England. ...

Education

Primary schools

Didsbury has a number of primary schools which include:

• St Catherine's RC Primary
• Beaver Road Primary
• Moor Allerton School
• Broad Oak County Primary School
• The Birches School
• Cavendish Road Primary School
• Didsbury C of E Primary School

Secondary schools

Didsbury has two secondary state schools, which are Parrswood High School (Specialist Arts and Technology College) and The Barlow Roman Catholic High (Specialist Science College). Parrswood is a non-denominational school, whilst The Barlow RC High is Roman Cahtolic. Both schools, however, rank highly in the local school district in terms of results achieved and attendance. Also, both schools have in excess of 1000 pupils each, as they accept children from adjacent districts such as Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Withington. Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chorlton is a suburb of Manchester. ... Withington is an area of Manchester, England about 4 miles south of the city centre, intersected by the busy thoroughfare of Wilmslow Road. ...

Housing

The house prices in Didsbury are substantially higher than they are in the surrounding suburbs of Manchester. The average house-price is approximately £270,000. But this can be even higher in areas such as Didsbury Park and near the Withington golf course where they can rise to more than £430,000. This article is becoming very long. ...

Sport

Didsbury Sports Centre on Millgate lane hosts Rugby, Gaelic football and football. Old Bedians Rugby Club, which is based at the sports centre, regularly fields three successful senior teams as well as an excellent junior section. Old Bedians is also world famous for having the oldest registered rugby player.^{[citation needed]}

Didsbury TocH R.F.C is a successful rugby union squad in Didsbury founded in 1924. Its 1st team plays in the North Lancashire & Cumbria league. The club runs four adult male teams and a youth section. The club has run a 10-a-side competition every May since 1951 as a charity fund raiser.

Inter Didsbury are an 11-a-side Sunday League football team playing their home games at Fog Lane park.

Didsbury Albion is a 5-a-side football club which plays at The Powerleague, Stockport.

Didsbury Cricket Club is a large thriving cricket club, which following a merger with All Saints CC this year is to have three Saturday teams and two Sunday teams during the 2007 season. The 1st XI play in the Cheshire County League Division 1. As well as the five senior teams, DCC is also boasts a junior section comprising under 11s, 13s, 15s and 18s. DCC is home not just to a cricket team but to Manchester Waconians Lacrosse Club and Didsbury Grey's Women's Hockey Team.

The Northern Tennis Club is one of Manchester's foremost racquet clubs annually playing host to an ATP tournament in July. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players. ...

Transport

Wilmslow Road provides Didsbury Village with an extremely regular bus service due to the very strong demand for travel by students along the corridor. These are cheap and very regular with passengers rarely having to wait more than 5 minutes. Wilmslow Road is a major thoroughfare in South Manchester running from Parrs Wood to Manchester City Centre. ...

Wilmslow Road is also the busiest bus corridor in Europe.^{[citation needed]}

The roads in the centre of Didsbury are often overcrowded but it is relatively easy to get to Manchester's motorway ring road - the M60 motorway. A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ... The M60 motorway is an orbital motorway which completely encircles Manchester. ...

The M60 also links Didsbury to Manchester Airport with the journey often taking less than 20 minutes. For the United States airport, see Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. ...

East Didsbury station and Burnage railway station are on the line between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport and thereby provides a link to a number of minor suburban train stations along this route. Didsbury Village and West Didsbury were once served by train services that ran out of Central Station (now G-Mex) until that line shut in the 1960s. East Didsbury is a commuter suburb railway station on the Manchester-Crewe rail route, used by Northern Rail and First Transpennine Express for Manchester Airport services. ...

The Manchester Metrolink's proposed extension to Stockport had been routed to run down the old railway cutting through Didsbury. However, this line is a lower priority than those to Manchester Airport, Ashton, Oldham and Rochdale that are due to be built in the next phase of Metrolink development. With these lines having fallen behind schedule due to the government refusing to meet costs that have escalated (largely due to the government insisting the development is funded as a Private Finance Initiative, which is more expensive than a public grant as it protects the private sector against risk) the Didsbury line is now unlikely to be built within the next decade. So, in brief: A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ... The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method, developed initially by the United Kingdom government, to provide financial support for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. ...

• Bus services: Didsbury is served by several bus routes into Manchester City Centre, The Trafford Centre, Northenden, East Didsbury and other destinations - see GMPTE.
• Nearest rail stations: East Didsbury, Burnage.
• Metrolink: none at present; a plan to invest in a line that would run from East Didsbury and Stockport railway station as part of the extended Metrolink tram system is yet to be realised.

Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... East Didsbury is a commuter suburb railway station on the Manchester-Crewe rail route, used by Northern Rail and First Transpennine Express for Manchester Airport services. ... A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ...

Local organisations

Didsbury is the home of the Didsbury Women's Circle, a grassroots political organisation.

Social Circle also offer many activities for 20s and 30s.

International Links

Didsbury inspired the naming of a town in Canada. This town is located in the western province of Alberta, Didsbury, Alberta. Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [province]) Area Ranked... Didsbury () is a town in central Alberta, Canada, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. ...

References

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External links

• Didsbury Life Web Site — articles of interest to those living in or visiting Didsbury.
• Official Didsbury statistics from 2001 Census

Schools

• Parrs Wood High School - A specialist Arts and Technology College
• The Barlow RC High School Website - A specialist Science College
• Beaver Road Primary School

Scout and Guide Groups

• 88th Manchester (2nd Didsbury) Scout Group - 6 to 14 year olds.
• 306th Manchester Scout Group - 6 to 14 year olds.
• Didsbury Viking Explorer Scout Unit - 14 to 18 year olds.
• Manchester South Scout District Homepage - 6 to 18 year olds.

Rugby Clubs

• Old Bedians Rugby Club.