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Sale, Manchester
Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, in the historic county of Cheshire on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of Manchester. In 2011, it had a population of 134,022, making it the largest town by population in Trafford. Evidence of Stone Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity has previously been discovered locally. In the Middle Ages, Sale was a rural township, linked ecclesiastically with neighbouring Ashton upon Mersey, whose fields and meadows were used for crop and cattle farming. By the 17th century, Sale had a cottage industry manufacturing garthweb, the woven material from which horses' saddle girths were made. The Bridgewater Canal reached the town in 1765, stimulating Sale's urbanisation. The arrival of the railway in 1849 triggered Sale's growth as an important town and place for people who wanted to travel to and from Manchester, leading to an influx of middle class residents; by the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sale Town Hall
Sale Town Hall is a municipal building on School Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall was the headquarters of Municipal Borough of Sale, Sale Borough Council until the council was abolished in 1974. History After rapid development as a commuter town, which saw its population tripling by the end of the 19th century, Sale became an urban district in 1894. Civic leaders decided to procure a town hall and the site they selected on the north side of School Road had already been occupied by local council offices. The foundation stone for the new building (the eastern wing of the main frontage) was laid by the Chairman of the Public Offices Committee, James McDonald, on 9 May 1914. It was designed in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style in red brick and was officially opened by the Chairman of the council, Ernest Jones, on 4 December 1915. A war memorial, which depicted a mourning Saint George on top of a stone pedestal, was designed by Arthur Sherwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
