Harpurhey

Infobox UK place
country = England
map_type= Greater Manchester
official_name= Harpurhey
latitude= 53.50731
longitude= -2.20803
population= 8,834 (2001 Census)
metropolitan_borough= City of Manchester
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
region = North West England
constituency_westminster= Manchester Blackley
post_town= MANCHESTER
postcode_area= M
postcode_district= M9
dial_code= 0161
os_grid_reference= Harpurhey is a district of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is approximately three miles north east of Manchester city centre.

Notable attractions include Bernard Manning's "World Famous Embassy Club".

It serves as the centre for this suburb, with a large daily market and shopping district, as well as local police station and leisure centre. Areas of Harpurhey included Kingsbridge Estate, Barnes Green, Shiredale Estate and Baywood Estate.

History

Harpurhey is recorded in 1320 as "Harpourhey", meaning "hedged enclosure by a man called Harpour", who owned the area in the 14th century. [cite book |last=Mills |first=A D |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names (2nd ed) |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |id=ISBN 0-19-280074-4 ]

In 1868, Harpurhey Cemetery became the final resting place of Hannah Beswick, the Manchester Mummy. [cite web | title = Greater Manchester's Mysterious Sites | publisher = Mysterious Britain Gazetteer | url = http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/greatermanchester/gtrman7.html | format = HTTP | accessdate = 2007-05-16]

Governance

Harpurhey is represented on Manchester City Council by three Labour Party councillors:

*Patrick Karney
*Joanne Green
*Paul Fairweather

More information on these councillors can be found on the Manchester City Council website [http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/councillors.php?viewBy=specificWard&wardID=52]

Whilst it is also represented in the House of Commons by Labour MP Graham Stringer

Geography

Transport

Harpurhey is served by a number of bus services on the main Rochdale Road (A664) corridor, as well as non-radial services to and from Salford Shopping Precinct and Oldham.

Services Include:
First Manchester Services 17,51,52,64,123/124,163,164
Bluebird Bus77, 112, 188

Additionally when the Manchester Metrolink light rail tram system is installed on the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham Line railway line, two stations are proposed close to Harpurhey - one at Monsall and one at Central Park (North Manchester Business Park, which borders Newton Heath) [cite web | publisher= GMPTE | url=http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/metrolink_phase3_roch.pdf | title=Metrolink Phase 3 - Rochdale, July 2006 (PDF) | accessdate=2007-07-30] .

Notable people

Harpurhey was the birthplace of the novelist Anthony Burgess.

Trivia

*The Little and Large comic duo started their careers in Harpurhey.Fact|date=March 2007(Little and Large started in Norbrook Boys' Club where they met)
*Les Dawson worked as a butcher in Harpurhey before his comedy career blossomed.
*Freddie Garrity lived in Brewery (now renamed Brewster) Street.

References