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Social housing in Baguley |
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Baguley
Baguley shown within Greater Manchester |
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| OS grid reference | SJ816891 |
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| Metropolitan borough | Manchester |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M23 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wythenshawe and Sale East |
| List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester | |
Baguley is a locality in Wythenshawe, and an electoral ward of the city of Manchester in North West England.
Historically within Cheshire, the town is mentioned as Bagelei in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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Baguley Hall is a 14th century timber-framed manor house that may have replaced an 11th or 12th century house.
Most of Baguley was developed for housing after World War II as part of the Wythenshawe Estate, including many council houses and later tower blocks; Manchester City Council publications refer to Baguley as "one of Europe's biggest housing estates".[1] However, much of the social housing has been sold off under the "Right To Buy" scheme and there are also several private housing developments in the area; and parkland was provided from the start under the development plan.[1]
Baguley was a township of Bowdon, one of the ancient parishes of the Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the township became a civil parish in its own right. In 1931 Manchester extended its boundaries south of the Mersey in to form Wythenshawe; Baguley was incorporated into the civil parish and city of Manchester, along with neighbouring Northenden and Northen Etchells.[2][3]
Baguley also includes Roundthorn Industrial Estate, where several factories and businesses are located. In recent years, a large Tesco superstore and a Habitat store have opened. Also because Baguley is surrounded by larger areas it has access to lots of takeaways [4]
Baguley railway station was opened on 1 February 1866 and closed on 30 November 1964 during the 'Beeching Axe'. Baguley Station was mostly served by local trains operating from Stockport Tiviot Dale to and from Liverpool Central, and on a separate line from Stockport to Altrincham, but the station was located on the Mid-Cheshire Line and express trains ran through it.
The line is still used for passenger services running between Manchester, Stockport and Chester via Northwich and for a variety of goods services. There is a proposal to open a new Baguley station as an interchange station for Manchester Metrolink when the extension to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport is built, reintroducing an intermediate stop on this line.[5][6]
See also South Manchester University Hospital
Baguley is covered by the South Manchester Division of Greater Manchester Police and is covered by the Northenden Neighbourhood Policing Team.
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