North Manchester was, from 1896 to 1916,
a
township within the
Poor Law Union of
Manchester, England.
North Manchester was a local government sub-district used for the administration of
Poor Law
In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty. Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of hel ...
legislation; it was an inter-parish unit for
social security.
Although abolished in 1916, the name North Manchester endured for the area, and is still applied to the northern parts of the city, for instance as a
registration district up until 1974.
As a township, North Manchester encompassed the
civil parishes of
Beswick,
Blackley,
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
,
Cheetham,
Clayton,
Collyhurst,
Crumpsall,
Harpurhey,
Moston and
Newton Heath, all of which had been amalgamated into Manchester during the mid-to-late 19th century.
See also
*
Manchester Township (England)
References
History of Manchester
1896 establishments in the United Kingdom
1916 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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