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Rusholme history

Etymology

Rusholme, unlike other place names in Manchester with the suffix holme is not a true water meadow . Its name derives from ryscum the dative plural of the Old English rysc, a “rush” meaning at the rushes . The name was recorded as Russum in 1235 and Ryssham in 1316 .

Early history

Late in the Roman occupation of Britain a hoard of about 200 gold coins was hidden in the valley of Gore Brook . These date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and were found where Birchfields Road crosses the brook in the 1890s . They are now held in Manchester Museum .

Social history

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Rusholme was a township based around a general area known as Rushlme since at least the 13th century . The area grew into a township, and by the beginning of the 19th century, it had its own government responsible for public health, roads, policing, poor relief, and other local government tasks . Low-cost terraced housing was built between 1880 and 1930 .

Political history

H. H. Asquith was married here in 1877 to Miss Helen Melland . Prime Minister H.H. Asquitith was also a resident of the township .

  

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