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Levenshulme was once a rural community and records show it dating back to the 13th Century,and indeed by the 16th Century there were only 25 people paying rates! By the 1850s though things were beginning to change with the onslaught of the industrial revolution ,the population of Levenshulme exlpoded. The building of the railways ,mills and factorys was the beginning of the end for Levenshulme as a farming community. Houses were beginning to appear ,and because these were being built at the later part of the 19 Century,Manchester as a whole had learnt its lesson from earlier houseing stock,which were built to a very poor standard,and were literally built back to back. . |
The Johnsons map dates back to 1820,and as you can see a lot of the land was still rural.There are houses dotted about -but most of these are farm houses or worker cottages. The main road that runs through Levenshulme is called Stockport Road,but this map shows it verying off to Lancashire Hill ,which was at this time the main route into Stockport. |
The houses of Levenshulme ,although they were terraced had small front gardens,and large back yards,and many of them still stand today. Click here to add your text. |
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