SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



when the voluntary contributions amounted to j^io 

 a year." 



The patronage, which legally belonged to the 

 Warden and Fellows of Manchester College, was con- 

 ceded to Dame Bland in 1 7 26 on her undertaking to 

 improve the endowment ; " it has frequently changed 

 hands," and is now held by Mr. William Norris 

 Heald. A district chapelry was assigned to it in 

 1839.*' The incumbents have been styled rectors 

 since 1 850. The following is a list of them : " 

 1605 Thomas Rycroft " 

 1 61 2 John Davenport" 

 1639 John Bradshaw 

 1647 Thomas Clayton," M.A. (St. John's 



College, Camb.) 

 1650 Peter Ledsam " 

 1664 No curate 

 oc. 1671-86 John Walker, M.A. (Magdalene Col- 

 lege, Camb.) 

 1 686 Peter Shaw," B.A. 

 1700 Joshua Wakefield," M.A. (Queens' 



College, Camb.) 

 1705 Roger Bolton," M.A. (Jesus College, 



Camb.) 

 1709 David Dawson, B.A. (St. John's Col- 

 lege, Camb.) 

 oc. 1716 James Leicester, B.A." (St. John's 

 College, Camb.) 

 1719 Thomas Wright, B.A." 

 1 72 1 Francis Hooper, M.A." (Trinity Col- 

 lege, Camb.) 

 1726 Robert Twyford, B.A." (Brasenose 



College, Oxf.) 

 1747 WiUiam Twyford, B.A." (St. John's 



College, Camb.) 

 1 795 John Newton, M.A. (Queens' College, 



Camb.) 

 1807 John GatlifF, M.A." (Brasenose Col- 

 lege, Oxf.) 

 1840 William John Kidd «' 

 1 881 Charles Dunlop Smith, M.A.«' (Wad- 

 ham College, Oxf.) 

 1894 Edward Abbey Tindall, M.A. (Caius 

 College, Camb.) 



Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor, was consecrated 

 in 1858 ; the Bishop of Manchester collates to the 



rectory." Christ Church was consecrated in 1882 ; 

 the patronage is vested in trustees.'* 



A school was established in 1685." 



The Wesleyan Methodists began services about 

 1824 in a room over a blacksmith's shop ; a larger 

 place was built about 1 840." In addition a college 

 for the training of students preparing for the ministry 

 was established in 1 840-42 ; the chapel was intended 

 for the people of the village as well as for the students.'* 

 The Wesleyans have now a church (St. Paul's) in 

 Albert Park. 



The Baptists have a church in Beaver Park. 



The Presbyterian Church of England has a place 

 of worship called St. Aidan's, built in 1901. The 

 congregation was founded in 1894. 



CHORLTON-WITH-HARDY 



ChoUirton, 1250 ; ChoUerton, 1292 and usually; 

 Chourton, 1572- Barlowe, 1253. ' 



This township is divided into two portions by a 

 brook running across it westwardly to join the Mer- 

 sey ; the northern portion, nearly square in shape, is 

 Chorlton proper, now urban ; while the southern 

 portion, still agricultural, stretches for about 2 miles 

 along the north bank of the Mersey, and contains 

 Hardy and Barlow, to the north and south respec- 

 tively. The surface is level and lies low, the highest 

 ground being near the south-east end, a little over 

 100 ft. above the ordnance datum. The lands by 

 the river side are known as Eeas. The total area a 

 1,280 acres.' In 1901 the population numbered 

 9,026. 



The principal roads are those from Manchester 

 south through Chorlton to Withington and west from 

 Withington and Fallowfield to Stretford. The Mid- 

 land Company's railway from Manchester to Stock- 

 port crosses the northern part of the township and has 

 a station at Chorlton named Chorlton-cum-Hardy. 

 There is a footbridge over the Mersey for the road to 

 Sale. 



There is some market gardening. 



The township was included in the Withington 

 Local Board district in 1876, and was with it incorpo- 

 rated with Manchester in 1904. 



piece of ground called the Ogree meadow, 

 long enjoyed hj the curates, but takea 

 away by Sir John Bland.' The corre- 

 spondence concerning these lost endow- 

 ments is printed by Booker, op. cit. 36- 

 51, where further particulars of the 

 endowments may be seen. 



<< In 1720 a quarter of the people of 

 the chapelry were Nonconformists (Pres- 

 byterians) ; Gastrell, loc. cit. The chapel 

 had two wardens, one chosen by Lady 

 Bland and the other by the people ; ibid. 



^* Booker, Didsbury, 52, 53. Bishop 

 Gastrell noted that Joseph Maynard and 

 his wife had claimed the nomination of 

 the curate in 1667, but the warden and 

 fellows nominated in 1704 i Gastrell, 

 Notitia, ii, 87. 



*' Lady Bland, 1726 ; William Broome, 

 '775) John Newton, 1792; William 

 Newall, 1829 ; Thomas Darwell, 1840 ; 

 Booker, loc. cit. It was afterwards sold 

 to James Lowe, who sold in 1878. 



*'' Lond. Gaz, 29 Mar, 1839, and i6 

 June 1854. 



**s This list is taken chiefly from Booker, 

 Didsbury, 53—63, as also the notes, where 

 no other reference is given. 



^^ He was cited for refusing to wear the 

 surplice. Afterwards rector of Coddington. 



^ He was called * preacher ' or * lec- 

 turer' in 1620 and 1622; Misc. (Rec. 

 Soc. Lanes and Ches.), i, 54, 66. He 

 was buried 18 Mar. 1638-9. 



61 Manch. Claxsis (Chet. Soc), 33, &c. 

 423. He was described as a 'painful, 

 godly, preaching minister' in 1650; 

 Commoniuealth Ch, Surv. 13 ; Booker, 

 Didsbury, 55-9. 



5^ Probably a Royalist, rector of Wilms- 

 low, 1661-73 ) Manch. Classis, 186, &c., 

 437. At the later meetings of the Classis 

 neither minister nor elder attended from 

 Didsbury ; Peter Ledsam was minister in 

 1659 ; Plund. Mim. Accts. ii, 289. 



5« Also of Stretford. 



" Rector of Wilmslow, 1705, 



'* Fellow of Manchester, &c, ; Raines, 

 Felloiu! (Chet. Soc), 199-202. 



^ Also Chetham Librarian. 



297 



'•^ Also curate of Birch. 



" Fellow of Trinity and Chetham 

 Librarian. 



6' Nominated by Lady Bland. 



*•* Son of the preceding curate. 



*i Also rector of St. Mary's, Manches- 

 ter, 1804-43, and fellow of the Collegiate 

 Church 1798 J Raines, Fellows, 296-305. 



^^ Previously incumbent of St. Mat- 

 thew's, Manchester j author of sermons, 

 &c Some anecdotes of him are given in 

 Moss's Didsbury, 17, 18. 



^^ Previously vicar of South Mailing, 

 Sussex ; resigned Didsbury in 1893. 



^* For district see Lond. Gaz. 16 May 

 i860. 



** For district, ibid. 3 Mar. 1882. 



5* Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 88 ; also Booker, 

 Didsbury, 96. 



W Booker, op. cit. 11. 



^^ Ibid. 10. The house was originally 

 built for Richard Broome ; Moss, Dids- 

 bury, 88. 



1 1,294 acres, including 15 of inland 

 water ; Census Rep. 1 90 1. 



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