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Didsbury history
Toponymy
Didsbury derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon Dyddi’s burg. It was on a cliff overlooking a place where the River Mersey could be forded. In the 13th century it was variously referred to as Dydesbyre or Dodesbury.
Parish church
A charter granted in about 1260 shows that a corn-grinding mill was operating in Didsbury, along the River Mersey. The church was named St James Church in 1855 and underwent major refurbishment in 1620 and again in the 19th century. A parsonage was built next to one of the two public houses that flanked the nearby village green, Ye Olde Cock Inn, so-called because of the cockfighting that used to take place there.
River Mersey
Didsbury was one of the few places between Stretford and Stockport where the River Mersey could be forded. It made it significant for troop movements during the English Civil War, in which Manchester was on the Parliamentarian side.
Immigration from Europe
Jewish immigrants started to arrive in Manchester from the late 18th century. Growing population of German merchants and industrialists earned Manchester the nickname of “the German city” In the Didsbury area, the Souchays were a well-known merchant family of Huguenot descent with connections to Germany.
19th and 20th centuries
Didsbury developed as a prosperous settlement during the Victorian expansion of Manchester. The opening of the Manchester South District Line by the Midland Railway in 1880 contributed greatly to the rapid growth in the population of the area. In 1910, French pilot Louis Paulhan landed his Farman biplane in Barcicroft Fields, Pytha Fold Farm, on the borders of Withington, Burnage and Didbury, at the end of the first flight from London to Manchester.
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