Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Coordinates: 53 ° 27 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W

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Chorlton Metrolink Station

Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a district of the city of Manchester in England . Colloquially, only Chorlton is used. It is not to be confused with Chorlton-on-Medlock , another part of Manchester.

Chorlton-cum-Hardy was hardly populated until the Middle Ages because the area was very swampy. Only then did the population begin to grow with the drainage of the land. In the 19th century, the place was popular with the upper middle class of Manchester because of its rural character. The part of the name "cum-Hardy" was an addition that should distinguish the place from Chorlton-on-Medlock since that time .

Chorlton-cum-Hardy was a place on the southern border of Lancashire with Cheshire . In 1904 the place became a part of the city of Manchester.

Chorlton-cum-Hardy station opened on January 1, 1880, and was closed on January 2, 1967 by the measure known as the Beeching Ax . The singing duo Flanders and Swann mentioned the station in their song Slow Train , in which they lamented the closure of many stations. The station was reopened on July 7, 2011 as the Manchester Metrolink station for local public transport .

The Gibb brothers, known as the Bee Gees, lived with their family in Chorlton-cum-Hardy (51 Keppel Road) for 8 years before they emigrated to Australia in 1958.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Glynis Cooper, The Illustrated History of Manchester's Suburbs . Derby: Breedon Books Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85983-592-0 .
  • John M. Lloyd, The Township of Chorlton-cum-Hardy . Manchester: EJ Morten, 1972. ISBN 0-901598-26-7 .
  • John M. Lloyd, Looking Back at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Martledge, Barlow Moor and Hough End . Altrincham: Willow, 1985. ISBN 0-946361-14-2 .