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Burnage history
Toponymy
The name Burnage is thought to have stemmed from “Brown Hedge”, from the old brown stone walls or “hedges” which were common in medieval times. In a survey of 1320, the district is referred to as “Bronadge”
Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, Burnage was an area of common pasture and marsh land. Burnage did not have its own manor but the land was shared between the farmers from the Manors of Withington and Heaton Norris as it was a border district between two neighbouring lordships. Named arable farmers of this time included Thomas Grelley, Sir John de Byron, and Dame Joan de Longford.
17th—19th centuries
By 1655, Burnage had become a township. The Egerton family were major landowners in Burnage. In 1894, the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw described Burnage as the prettiest village in Manchester.
20th century
1906 saw plans to build a “garden suburb” in the district. Burnage Garden Village was created by building many new semi-detached houses as well as open recreational spaces. Construction of Kingsway (the A34) began in 1928 and was named after King George V. A cinema, the Lido, was built in the 1920s on Kingsway and later became the Concorde cinema.
Present day
Burnage is a mainly residential area, mostly semi-detached houses built in the 1930s and 1940s. The area is known as Burnage, Burnage.
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