Manchester (ancient parish)
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Manchester was an ancient parish in the hundred of Salfordshire in Lancashire, England. It included, apart from the township of Manchester, many other townships and chapelries, covering parts of today's city of Manchester along with some areas in other Greater Manchester metropolitan boroughs.
- Ardwick
- Blackley (to Manchester borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Bradford (to Manchester borough in 1885, North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Broughton (to Salford)
- Burnage (to Withington Urban District, Manchester borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910)
- Cheetham (to North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Chorlton cum Hardy (to Withington Urban District, Manchester borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910)
- Chorlton upon Medlock (Manchester borough, South Manchester parish in 1896)
- Crumpsall (to Manchester borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Denton (Denton Urban District, to Tameside in 1974)
- Didsbury (to Withington Urban District, Manchester borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910)
- Droylsden (to Droylsden Urban District, Tameside in 1974. part to Manchester in 1884)
- Failsworth (to Failsworth Urban District, to Oldham in 1974)
- Gorton
- Harpurhey (to Manchester borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Haughton (to Denton Urban District, to Tameside in 1974)
- Heaton Norris (to Heaton Norris, then to County Borough of Stockport in 1913)
- Hulme (Manchester borough, South Manchester parish in 1896)
- Levenshulme (Levenshulme Urban District until 1909, then to Manchester borough; to South Manchester parish 1910)
- Moss Side
- Moston (to Manchester borough in 1890, North Manchester parish in 1896)
- Newton (to Manchester borough in 1890, South Manchester parish in 1896)
- Openshaw (to Manchester borough in 1890, South Manchester parish in 1896)
- Reddish (Reddish Urban District until 1901, then to Stockport county borough)
- Rusholme (to Manchester borough in 1885)
- Salford (Salford borough)
- Stretford (Stretford Urban District/Borough, to Trafford in 1974)
- Withington (to Withington Urban District, Manchester borough in 1904, South Manchester parish in 1910)
In 1866 the townships became recognised as separate civil parishes. Part, but not all, of this area was in the municipal borough of Manchester, which expanded with the decades. In 1896 the parishes of the city of Manchester outside the remaining Manchester parish were re-organised as North Manchester and South Manchester parishes, which were themselves re-organised as a single civil parish of Manchester in 1916.
