Gorton
Gorton Monastery The Church and Friary of St Francis (known locally as Gorton Monastery) is a 19th century former Franciscan Friary in Gorton, in east-Manchester, England. ...
Gorton shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SJ885965
Metropolitan borough	City of Manchester
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M18
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Manchester Gorton
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

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Gorton is a district of the City of Manchester in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester City Centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme. Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... City of Manchester. ... Longsight is an area in Manchester, England, around 3 miles south of the city centre. ... Levenshulme is an urban area in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...

A major landmark in Gorton is Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan 19th century High Victorian Gothic monastery. The Church and Friary of St Francis (known locally as Gorton Monastery) is a 19th century former Franciscan Friary in Gorton, in east-Manchester, England. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin San Sebastian Church in Manila, Philippines made entirely of steel. ... Monastery of St. ...

History

A derivation of the name of the township: "About the year 920 a battle took place between the invading Danes and the Saxons, when the former were routed on Winning Hill. The stream running through the township was discoloured with blood, hence the name Gore Brook, from which the town Gore Town (Gorton) is derived." This statement is explicit and definite and apparently fully worthy of credence. "Gore Brook" runs through the township to-day and through the centre of Sunnybrow Park situated between Hengist Street and Knutsford Road.

In mediaeval times the district was a township of the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... Manchester was an ancient parish in the hundred of Salfordshire in Lancashire, England. ... The hundred of Salford (sometimes known as Salfordshire) was an ancient division of the county of Lancashire. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

Manchester City F.C. were founded as St. Marks (West Gorton) in 1880 by Anna Connell and two wardens of St. Mark's Church, who also worked in an iron factory in Gorton. Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. ...

Railways

Gorton railway station opened in 1842. In 1849 a locomotive works was built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, later the Great Central Railway. It was known locally as the 'Gorton Tank'. It carried out repairs and major overhauls, producing new boilers and all LNER castings. There was also a carriage and wagon works which had been built in 1881 which carried out light repairs. Both were closed in 1962^[1]. Gorton was the home of the Beyer-Peacock locomotive Company, one of the company's partners, Richard Peacock subsequently became Liberal M.P for Gorton in the 1885 general election. Gorton railway station serves Gorton in Greater Manchester. ... The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was the major part of the Great Central Railway, which name it assumed in 1897. ... The Great Central Railway (GCR) was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 on the completion of its London Extension. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... Beyer-Peacock Locomotive manufacturer with factory in Manchester from 1854 untill 1966. ... Peacock was born in Swaledale on 9 April 1820 and died in Manchester on 3 March 1889. ...

20th century

Myra Hindley was born and grew up in Gorton^[2]. She and Ian Brady lived there at the time of the first three Moors murders, before moving to Hattersley in 1964 where they committed two further murders and were arrested in October 1965. Their first victim, Pauline Reade (who died in July 1963 aged 16, but whose body was not found for 24 years), was also a Gorton resident, and was living in the same street as Myra Hindley when last seen alive. Mug shots of Myra Hindley (left) and her partner Ian Brady at the time of their arrest in October 1965. ... Mug shots of Ian Brady (right) and his partner Myra Hindley at the time of their arrest in October 1965. ... Mug shots of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady at the time of their arrest in October 1965. ... For the British politician, see Roy Hattersley. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For other uses, see October (disambiguation). ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ...

More recently Gorton has suffered from serious deprivation, which has resulted in high crime levels and burglary. The popular T.V series Shameless (UK TV series), which is shown on Channel 4 is mainly filmed in Gorton. Shameless is an offbeat British comedy drama television series set in the fictional Chatsworth Estate in Manchester, England. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

Most of the 19th century Victorian houses around Gorton were demolished during the 1960s, and many people were moved to new overspill housing estates in other parts of the city. However, some people remained in Gorton and were placed in new council houses and flats. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...

Gorton has the highest percentage of uninsured drivers in Britain, with 30% of drivers living there having no cover. This is reflected in the high levels of car theft and break-ins across Gorton, which have caused drivers living in the area (particularly young males) to be subjected to exceptionally high insurance premiums.

Governance

The municipal borough of Manchester was created in 1838 and elevated to a city in 1853. Part of Gorton township was included in the city in 1890. The remaining part of the township became an Urban District of the administrative county of Lancashire in 1894. A small part of the urban district was transferred to the city of Manchester in 1901 and the remaining area was fully incorporated into Manchester in 1909. A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... Manchester developed over little more than a century from a minor town into the worlds first industrial city. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ...

Gorton forms part of the Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency. The current MP is the Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman. Gorton is split into two electoral wards - Gorton North and Gorton South. Manchester Gorton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Look up sir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gerald Kaufman is passionate about Palestine The Right Honourable Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (born June 21, 1930) is a British Labour Member of Parliament who was a government minister during the 1970s. ... 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... Gorton North is a local government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester. ... Gorton South is a Local Government ward in the City of Manchester. ...

Landmarks

Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan, 19th century High Victorian Gothic Monastery. Also Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road, built by Richard Peacock. See Brookfield Church Memorabilia The Church and Friary of St Francis (known locally as Gorton Monastery) is a 19th century former Franciscan Friary in Gorton, in east-Manchester, England. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin San Sebastian Church in Manila, Philippines made entirely of steel. ... Peacock was born in Swaledale on 9 April 1820 and died in Manchester on 3 March 1889. ...

The area was also the filming location of the Channel 4 Drama Shameless (series 1-4) but a new set has been built elsewhere

References

1. ^ The Gorton railway works subsequently became an engineering and test centre for the computer division of Ferranti, later ICL
2. ^ Murder on the Moors: The Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Story - Crime Library