*Click on the image-block above to find out when, how, why & by whom Wythenshawe was created.
'If you wish to know the future, you must first study the past' . . .
Wythenshawe (taken from Anglo-Saxon “Withigensceaga” - ‘small wood of withy [willow] trees’) is not new - long before it became famous as being the largest Council Housing Estate in Europe and one of the first grandly designed Garden Cities in the UK, it was noted for it's rich fertile soil in the 13th century, under the name of 'Wytenscawe'. In 1351 it was called ''Wythenshagh' and in 1607 it was known as 'Withenshawe'.
We aim to give an account of Wythenshawe’s remarkable social history and heritage, including the part it played in a Revolution which paved the way for present-day Western democracy and cost a King his head.
If you have any stories, memories or photos of Old Wythenshawe, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact
wythit@fsmail.net
CLICK HERE for the history
of BAGULEY HALL
CLICK HERE for the history
of BAGULEY SANATORIUM
CLICK HERE to find out more about the seige at WYTHENSHAWE HALL during the Civil War
CLICK HERE to find out who we are and where we all came from
THE MELTING-POT OF WYTHENSHAWE
WHERE'S FRED ?
THE COLOURS OF BRITAIN
DR SIMON SHAWDENE’S ‘HISTORY OF NORTHENDEN’
THE GOLDEN GARTER NIGHTCLUB
ST AUGUSTINE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
THE HISTORY OF MANCHESTER'S SCHOOLS
WYTHENSHAWE HERITAGE TRAIL
ROUTE & MAP
THE FULL HERITAGE TRAIL MAP
UNDERGROUND MANCHESTER
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