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Wythenshawe Forum. Wythenshawe (/ ˈ w ɪ ð ən ʃ ɔː /) is an area of Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, [1] in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large housing estate there in the 1920s.
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William Temple Memorial Church is a parish church in Wythenshawe, Manchester, dedicated to the bishop William Temple. It is a Grade II listed building, designed by George Pace in the Modernist style, and built in 1964–1965. [1] It has a pitched roof with dormer windows.
Caused by the creation of Wythenshawe ward on 25 March 1931, requiring the election of all three councillors. The first-placed candidate was set to serve a three-year term, expiring in 1934, the second-placed candidate was set to serve a two-year term, expiring in 1933, and the third-placed candidate was set to serve a one-year term, expiring in 1932.
Manchester Wythenshawe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Wythenshawe suburb of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
Wythenshawe Hall is a 16th-century timber-framed historic house and former manor house in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Manchester city centre in Wythenshawe Park. Built for Robert Tatton, it was home to the Tatton family for almost 400 years. Its basic plan is a central hall with two projecting wings.
Sharston Hall was a manor house built in Sharston, an area of Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, in 1701. [1] A three-storey building with Victorian additions, [2] it was purchased by Thomas Worthington, an early umbrella tycoon, and occupied by the Worthington family until 1856, when the last male heir died. [1]
At this time, the Corporation was developing Wythenshawe as a new garden suburb of Manchester to provide housing for families who were moved out of the city to allow slum clearance, and Wythenshawe Park was set aside to provide a recreational green space for the new Wythenshawe housing estate. [3] [4] Statue of Oliver Cromwell in the park