Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... Holford, John Esq 50 3 19 Denison, Joseph Esq 39 1 29 Siddall, John Esq. (Slade Hall) 24 0 9 Cobden, Richard Esq 21 2 39 Assuming the area to be 1,040 acres it was divided as follows: --Arable land, 20 acres; meadow and pasture, 960 acres; site of buildings, 60 acres. Victoria Park lies towards the north of the township. It consists of about 200 acres of land, laid out in gardens, ornamental grounds, roads, &c., for villa residences. The Victoria Park Tontine was projected in 1836, with a capital of, 750,000, in 7,500 shares of 100 each. In 1850 sixty-five houses had been already erected in the park, the inmates numbering about 390 persons. Rusholme has no 'charity exclusively its own; it participates, however, in several endowments which extend their operations over the entire parish of Manchester. The hamlet of Longsight, though in part within Rusholme, is situated chiefly within the township of Grorton. Its description and history will fall, therefore, more legitimately under the head of the latter township. A Roman road intersects the township, and according to Whitaker, "appears advancing towards Manchester from the south-east, traversing the whole breadth of the parish on the south, and still carrying a considerable ridge in several parts of it. It is particularly conspicuous at Birch, and is popularly represented as a breast-work thrown up against the Danes, and denominated Nico (or Devil's) Ditch.'1 This description by Whitaker is not, however, quite correct, the historian having confounded the name of a neighbouring Saxon dyke or embankment with the old Roman road which is separate and distinct from it. Recent investigations2 show the Roman road to be an ancient 1 Whitaker's History of Mancherter, vol. i. pp. 235-6, ..."
