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:''For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gorton. For people name Gorton, see Gorton (surname).''
'Gorton' is a district of the City of Manchester in England. It is located to the south-east of Manchester City Centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Myra Hindley was born and grew up in Gorton[1]. She and Ian Brady lived there at the time of the first three Moors murders, before moving to Hattersley where they committed two further murders and were arrested in 1965. 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.
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.
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.
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
1. Murder on the Moors: The Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Story - Crime Library
'Gorton' is a district of the City of Manchester in England. It is located to the south-east of Manchester City Centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme.
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| History |
| Railways |
| 20th century |
| Governance |
| Landmarks |
| References |
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.
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.
Railways
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. 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.
20th century
Myra Hindley was born and grew up in Gorton[1]. She and Ian Brady lived there at the time of the first three Moors murders, before moving to Hattersley where they committed two further murders and were arrested in 1965. 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.
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.
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.
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
References
1. Murder on the Moors: The Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Story - Crime Library
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