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Smedley is an area of north Manchester, England, on the banks of the River Irk between Cheetham Hill to the west, Collyhurst to the south, Crumpsall to the north and Harpurhey to the east. [1]

Manchester City and metropolitan borough in England

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River Irk river in the United Kingdom

The River Irk is a river in North West England that flows through the northern suburbs and towns of Greater Manchester.

In 1819, Samuel Bamford and Henry Hunt stopped at Smedley Cottage, before the Peterloo Massacre, and the Middleton contingent to the demonstration passed by it on their way into Manchester via Collyhurst Road. [2] In the novel The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks, the titular character, Jabez Clegg, is swept in infancy into the River Irk at Smedley Vale.

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Peterloo Massacre Massacre of protesters in 1819

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Theresa Yelverton, a party to the Yelverton case, lived as a child at Merryfield House, at the corner of Queens Road and Smedley Road, overlooking the Irk Valley. [3]

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In the early 1930s, Kennet House, a development of modernist flats, was built in Smedley. [4] In 2019, a new footbridge across the Irk opened, linking Smedley to Collyhurst. [5]

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References

  1. Townships: Cheetham, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 259-262. British History Online, quote: "The district called Cheetham Hill is partly in this township and partly in Crumpsall and Broughton; Smedley is to the east of it, near the Irk".
  2. Martin Gittins, Smedley: The Forgotten Suburb, Bedford Falls Publications, 2018
  3. T. Swindells, Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, 1906
  4. Kennet House and The Woodlands Estate photo gallery
  5. A new way to Smedley Dip - Manchester's 'forgotten estate', Manchester Evening News, 2 June 2019
Manchester City Council Local government body in England

Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. The council is controlled by the Labour Party and led by Sir Richard Leese. The opposition is formed by the Liberal Democrats and led by former Manchester Withington MP John Leech. Joanne Roney is the chief executive. Many of the council's staff are based at Manchester Town Hall.

Coordinates: 53°30′17″N2°13′32″W / 53.50478°N 2.22546°W / 53.50478; -2.22546

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