Baguley
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 Baguley social housing. The tower-block is Brookway Court |
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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 |
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Baguley (/ˈbæɡəli/ BAG-əlee)[1] is a small locality in Wythenshawe, and an electoral ward of the city of Manchester in North West England.
Baguley is a derivation of the old English words BACGA - meaning badger, and LEAH - meaning wood (Bacga originally meant 'a bag-shaped animal'). So Baguley means 'badger's wood'. There are still plenty of badgers and woods around the area.
Historically in Cheshire, Baguley is mentioned as Bagelei in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2] It was incorporated into Manchester in 1931.
History
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".[3] 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.[3]
Administrative history
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.[4][5]
Commerce
Baguley also includes the Roundthorn Industrial Estate where several factories and businesses are located. This included a Habitat store which opened in the 1970s, but closed in 2011 when the company downsized and closed all of its stores outside of London. In the early 1990s, a large Tesco superstore opened in the area. Across the road from this is Brookway Retail Park, which is home to several stores including Aldi, B & M, Matalan, Pets at Home, and Wickes.
Railway
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.[6][7]
Public services
See also South Manchester University Hospital
Baguley is covered by the South Manchester Division of Greater Manchester Police.
References
- ↑ G. M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 9.
- ↑ Baguley in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Manchester City Council, Baguley Park: About Baguley Park, retrieved 14 March 2009
- ↑ Shercliff, William Henry (1974), Wythenshawe : A History of the Townships of Northenden, Northen Etchells and Baguley Volume 1 to 1926, Didsbury: E J Morten (Publishers), ISBN 0-85972-008-X
- ↑ Terrett, I B (1978), "Cheshire", in Darby, H C; Maxwell, L S, The Domesday Geography of Northern England, Cambridge University Press, pp. 330–391, ISBN 0-521-04773-0
- ↑ Williams, Tony, Light Rail Transit Association: Manchester Metrolink — Phase 3b, retrieved 14 March 2009
- ↑ "Wythenshawe Station Plan Scrapped", Manchester Evening News, 11 September 2008, retrieved 14 March 2009
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