Crumpsall Park is a small municipal park in the
Crumpsall ward of
Manchester,
North West England
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.
Originally planned as a cemetery,
the plot was made into a recreational park in 1890 CE.
The area in which the park is located was the site of the residence of the
Chetham
Chetham is an English surname originating from the place name Cheetham near Manchester, Lancashire. Variants include Cheetham, Cheatham, Chatan, Chitham, and Chitson. One early Chetham family was from Moston, Manchester in the Middle Ages.
Peop ...
family - known as
Crumpsall Hall
Crumpsall is an outer suburb and Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of Manchester, England, north of Manchester city centre, bordered by Cheetham Hill, Blackley, Harpurhey, Broughton, Greater Manchester, Broughton, and Prestwich. The po ...
- the earlier Crumpsall Old Hall was situated at the junction of Sandy Lane (now Crescent Road) and Cheetham Street, (now Humphrey Street) and this was the birthplace of
Humphrey Chetham.
The park has been awarded the
Green Flag Award for recreational park excellence annually since 2005.
A voluntary organisation known as the
Friends of Crumpsall Park (FoCP) serves as a pressure group, events organiser and development monitor for the park, and works in liaison with
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of 96 councillors, three ...
and other funding bodies.
The main event of the year is the annual Crumpsall Carnival.
References
Parks and commons in Manchester
Urban public parks in the United Kingdom
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