67-441: Parrs Wood is an area of East Didsbury , in south Manchester , England. It was formerly the estate surrounding Parrs Wood House , an 18th-century Georgian villa. Today the area incorporates part of Wilmslow Road and is home to Parrs Wood High School and Sixth Form Centre, a Tesco supermarket, and Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre. Following a deal to build a new school in exchange for land, Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre
134-439: A Grade II* listed building on 25 February 1952. The original chapel is believed to have been a 13th-century oratory . Rebuilding, including the "dumpy" tower, took place in the early 17th century. A memorial stone over the tower's north door commemorates its benefactors, Sir Edward Moseley and Anne Mosley and the date 1620. The pinnacles and loops surmounting the tower are from 1801. The Mosley family, local magnates, were
201-473: A "satisfactory" school with aspects of "good teaching" and "good management". The Barlow RC High School is an average size secondary school, with about 1,000 pupils. It too is regularly over-subscribed. It was described in its October 2003 Ofsted report as "a successful and effective school that is providing a good education for its pupils". It is uncertain when the first chapel was built in Didsbury, but it
268-417: A document dating from 1235, recording a grant of land for the building of a chapel. The church was named St James Church in 1855. It underwent major refurbishment in 1620 and again in the 19th century, although most of the stonework visible today dates from the 17th century. A parsonage was built next to one of the two public houses that flanked the nearby village green, Ye Olde Cock Inn, so-called because of
335-467: A feudal estate that also included the townships of Withington , Chorlton-cum-Hardy , Moss Side , Rusholme , Burnage , Denton and Haughton , ruled by the Hathersage, Longford and Tatton families, and within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire . Didsbury remained within the manor of Withington for several centuries. By 1764, Didsbury was described as a township in its own right. It
402-485: A large municipal green space which borders on Withington and Burnage. The park, which features playing fields and ornamental gardens, was established in 1926 by the Manchester Corporation. The park also contains basketball courts, tennis courts, a skate park and a children's play area. Fog Lane takes its name from Yorkshire-fog , a type of wild grass. Between 1956 and 1969, the old Capitol Theatre at
469-688: A main road through West Didsbury, "Palestine Road". A growing population of German merchants and industrialists in the mid-19th century earned Manchester the nickname of "the German city". In the Didsbury area, the Souchays were a well-known merchant family of Huguenot descent with connections to Germany. John D. Souchay built Eltville House, a large residence on the corner of Fog Lane and Wilmslow Road (a site bounded today by Clayton Avenue and Clothorn Road). The house, named after Eltville in Germany, had
536-522: A man known as Dyddi whose stronghold or township it was on a low cliff overlooking a place where the River Mersey could be forded. In the 13th century Didsbury was variously referred to as Dydesbyre, Dydesbiri, Didsbury or Dodesbury. A charter granted in about 1260 shows that a corn-grinding mill was operating in Didsbury, along the River Mersey, but the earliest reference to Didsbury is in
603-586: A non-selective education system, assessed by the SATs exam. There are seven primary schools and two state comprehensive secondary schools . The Barlow RC High School is one of those chosen by Manchester Council to benefit from funding made available in wave 4 of the government's Building Schools for the Future programme, a national scheme for the refurbishment and remodelling of every secondary school in England. It
670-469: A pair of gate lodges at its Wilmslow Road entrance and the Ball Brook ran through its large garden. Other members of the family, Charles (or Carl) and Adelaide (or Adelheid) Souchay, lived nearby at Withington House on Wilmslow Road (the present site of the telephone exchange at Old Broadway). The Souchays were related to Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy, wife of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn . In
737-587: A relatively larger education sector than other nearby wards, perhaps explained by the high density of schools in the area. A significant number of people (12%) commute to areas outside Didsbury; at the 2001 census there were 6,555 jobs in Didsbury, compared with the 7,417 employed residents. Siemens ' UK head office is in West Didsbury, occupying Sir William Siemens House and the Turing building, employing around 800 people here. The head office of BA CityFlyer
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#1732790216434804-617: A small hamlet as early as the 13th century. Its early history was dominated by being part of the Manor of Withington , a feudal estate that covered a large part of what is now the south of Manchester. Didsbury was described during the 18th century as a township separate from outside influence. In 1745 a section of the Jacobite army including the Duke of Perth crossed the Mersey at Didsbury in
871-591: A small section of West Didsbury was incorporated into the new ward of Chorlton Park . Didsbury East is represented by Labour councillors Linda Foley, James Wilson and Andrew Simcock. Didsbury West is represented by Labour councillors Debbie Hilal and Greg Stanton, and Liberal Democrat councillor John Leech . All wards within Manchester elect in thirds on a four yearly cycle . Didsbury, at 53°24′59″N 2°13′51″W / 53.41639°N 2.23083°W / 53.41639; -2.23083 (53.4166, −2.2311),
938-466: A wedding present for them next to their family home. Marie Louise died of peritonitis in 1891, and her father died the following year. The grieving Josephine Silkenstadt created a 5-acre (20,000 m ) public botanical garden opposite their house, named Marie Louise Gardens in memory of her late daughter, and bequeathed it to Withington Urban District Council. The gardens and the Lodge were designed by
1005-534: A winner of the Green Flag Award in 2008. The park is used for dog walking, recreational play, picnics, and hosts events like the Didsbury Festival and Classic Car show. 'Didsbury Good Neighbours', a charity, is based in the park's refurbished pavilion, and operates an on-site cafe. The upkeep of the park is managed by the volunteer group, The Friends of Didsbury Park . Marie Louise Gardens
1072-474: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Didsbury Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester , in Greater Manchester , England, on the north bank of the River Mersey , 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of Manchester city centre . The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire , there are records of Didsbury existing as
1139-624: Is a Grade II* Church of England church in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury and with Emmanuel church is part of the parish of St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury. In 1235, Albertus de Gresley granted land to Nicholas de Longford, Lord of the Manor of Withington , for the foundation of his own chapel in Didsbury. The first mention of the chapel is in the records of the Lancashire Assizes when 'William, Chaplain of Didsbury, came not on
1206-401: Is a relatively small park to the west of the centre of Didsbury, opened in 1903 in memory of Marie Louise Silkenstadt. The gardens are planted out with a number of rare and unusual tree species. The park was at the centre of controversy in 2007 after Manchester City Council proposed to sell a portion of it to a private property developer. In the northern part of Didsbury lies Fog Lane Park,
1273-674: Is also the terminus of the South Manchester Line of the Manchester Metrolink network, at East Didsbury tram stop which is located on the eastern side of Kingsway . East Didsbury railway station is on the opposite side of the road junction, providing trains to Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport . 53°24′32″N 2°13′08″W / 53.40889°N 2.21889°W / 53.40889; -2.21889 Italics denote building under construction This Greater Manchester location article
1340-494: Is in Didsbury. British Airways has an office with 300 employees in Pioneer House on the 292,000 square feet (27,100 m2), Dutch-owned Towers Business Park. In 2005, other tenants of the business park included Cisco , IWG , Logica , Trinity Integrated Systems and Thorn Lighting . Didsbury is considered to form a 'stockbroker belt', as it is Manchester's most affluent suburb. The original site of Didsbury Village
1407-563: Is in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Withington , and is represented by Jeff Smith MP , a member of the Labour Party . Until 2004, most of the area formed the Didsbury ward of Manchester City Council with a section of West Didsbury contained within the Barlow Moor ward. However, boundary changes in 2004 resulted in Didsbury being split mainly between the two new wards of Didsbury East and Didsbury West while
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#17327902164341474-538: Is in the conservation area now known as Didsbury St James, about half a mile (1 km) to the south of what is today's village centre. The old village green is now the beer garden of The Didsbury pub. The traditional independent retailers are gradually being replaced by multi-national firms, raising fears that Didsbury may lose its individual identity and become a "clone town". However, independent traders continue to thrive, especially along Burton Road in West Didsbury, which celebrates its independent spirit each year with
1541-570: Is much larger than the average, and is regularly over-subscribed in Year 7. In its 2007 inspection report by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) the school was criticised for "failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education", and for providing "unsatisfactory" value for money. However, in 2012 it came out of special measures and Ofsted deemed it
1608-680: Is planned to replace all the current buildings, which date back to 1951. Parrs Wood and The Barlow were two of only six schools in Manchester to achieve the Manchester Inclusion Standard in 2007, awarded by Manchester Council to those schools doing innovative work to ensure that all their pupils are able to participate fully in the school's activities. There is one centre of further and higher education in Didsbury: The Manchester College , (formerly City College Manchester ) Fielden Campus, which
1675-650: Is served additionally by regional trains to destinations including Liverpool Lime Street , Crewe , Chester and Llandudno . Until the 1960s, the suburb was also served by two stations on the South District Line from Manchester Central : Withington and West Didsbury station on Lapwing Lane (closed in 1961) and Didsbury station (closed in 1967, during the Beeching Axe ). Both stations have since been demolished, although new stops on Manchester's Metrolink have since risen in their place. The area
1742-518: Is served by the Manchester Metrolink light rail / tram with three tram stops at Didsbury Village , East Didsbury and West Didsbury . The tram route uses a reopened section of the former Midland Railway line. Proposals were first announced in 1984 to reopen the disused line as part of the Project Light Rail scheme and the former Didsbury station was to reopen under the name of Didsbury Central or Didsbury Village. The first phase of
1809-530: Is south of the midpoint of the Greater Manchester Urban Area , 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 kilometres) south of Manchester city centre. To the north, Didsbury is bordered by Withington , Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Burnage , to the west by Northenden , to the east and south-east by Heaton Mersey and Cheadle , and by Gatley to the south. The River Mersey forms Didsbury's southern and southwestern boundaries and certain stretches of
1876-561: Is thought to have been before the middle of the 13th century. When the plague reached the village in 1352 the chapel yard was consecrated to provide a cemetery for the victims, it being "inconvenient to carry the dead all the way to Manchester". The BBC Radio 4 Daily Service programme of Christian worship – the world's oldest continuous radio programme – is often broadcast from Emmanuel Church, on Barlow Moor Road. Two of Didsbury's religious buildings are Grade II listed : Didsbury Methodist Church of St Paul (now an office building), and
1943-607: The Jacobite march south from Manchester to Derby. Didsbury was largely rural until the mid-19th century, when it underwent development and urbanisation during the Industrial Revolution . It became part of Manchester in 1904. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was formed in Didsbury in 1889. Didsbury derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon Dyddi's burg , probably referring to
2010-412: The Manchester Metrolink light rail / tram system opened in 1992 but, due to funding problems, the old trackbed through Didsbury remained derelict for over 20 years until it was reopened in 2013. Rather than reopening at the site of the old Midland Railway station on Wilmslow Road, it was decided instead to locate the new Didsbury Village tram stop further down the line at School Lane. Didsbury has
2077-658: The Manchester South District Line by the Midland Railway in 1880 contributed greatly to the rapid growth in the population of Didsbury. Easy rail connections to Manchester Central were now provided from Didsbury railway station in Didsbury Village, and from Withington and West Didsbury railway station on Palatine Road. Didsbury station was also served by Express trains from Manchester to London St Pancras . Further expansion of
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2144-724: The Nazarene Theological College which hosts the Didsbury Lectures . Didsbury was once the location of a Methodist training college, the Wesleyan Theological Institution; the Grade II*-listed building became Didsbury School of Education , part of Manchester Metropolitan University . and has now been converted to private housing. Church of St James, Didsbury St James, Didsbury , on Stenner Lane,
2211-536: The 1840s, Mendelssohn made several visits to Britain and stayed with the Souchays; he wrote a number of letter to friends with "Eltville House, Withington" as the return address. The Souchays were members of St Paul's Church, Withington ; Mendelssohn gave a recital on the newly installed pipe organ there in 1847, and the first wedding to take place there was that of John Souchay's eldest daughter in 1850. The Souchays are buried in St Paul's churchyard. Eltville House
2278-514: The 1850s and 1890s. The stained glass is all 19th century. The church contains impressive funerary monuments, particularly of the Mosley family. A "good early C17 wall monument in Renaissance style ... a 3-bay Ionic colonnade surmounted by a central Corinthian architrave with cresting, with kneeling figures in each part" commemorates Ralph Mosley, who died in 1616. Sir Nicholas Mosley ,
2345-583: The 1930s near the site of his landing, is marked by a blue plaque to commemorate his achievement. In 1921, a war memorial was erected outside Didsbury Library, on the opposite side of the road to the Midland Railway station. Dedicated to the memory of the 174 local servicemen who fell in World War I , it was unveiled by Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby . After World War II , a further 67 names were added. Further transport enhancements came in
2412-522: The Mersey at Didsbury in 1745 in the Jacobite march south from Manchester to Derby. Bonnie Prince Charlie crossed at Stockport. Jewish immigrants started to arrive in Manchester from the late 18th century, initially settling mainly in the suburbs to the north of the city. From the 1890s onwards, many of them moved to what were seen as the more "sophisticated" suburbs in the south, such as Withington and Didsbury. The influx of Jewish immigrants led to West Didsbury being nicknamed "Yidsbury" and Palatine Road,
2479-510: The Mersey lie within the river's flood plain, and so have historically been prone to flooding after heavy rainfall. The last major flooding was in the late 1960s. In the 1970s extensive flood mitigation work carried out along the Mersey Valley through Manchester has helped to speed up the passage of floodwater. Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden also acts as an emergency flood basin, storing floodwater until it can be safely released back into
2546-547: The Trans Pennine Trail ( National Cycle Route 62). It was sited along a disused railway track, as part of a nationwide initiative to promote cycling. Didsbury's built environment has developed around the areas of East Didsbury, West Didsbury, and Didsbury Village, which separates the two. The Albert Park conservation area, covering much of West Didsbury, places planning restrictions on development, alterations to buildings, and pruning of trees. The areas adjacent to
2613-470: The benefactors. The chapel became the parish church of Didsbury in 1850. The nave was constructed in 1855, the chancel in 1871 and the east part of the south aisle in 1895. The church is of red sandstone with slate roofs. Pevsner found the interior "odd, [with] early seventeenth century fabric, but later additions and alterations [have] changed its character". The 18th-centuries galleries have been removed and substantial reconstruction took place in
2680-555: The borders of Withington , Burnage and Didsbury, at the end of the first flight from London to Manchester in under 24 hours , with one short overnight stop at Lichfield . Arriving at 5:30 am, Paulhan beat the British contender, Claude Grahame-White , winning a £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail . This was the first powered flight into Manchester from any point outside the city. Two special trains were chartered to
2747-605: The busiest bus corridor in Europe. There are frequent bus services into Manchester city centre, The Trafford Centre , Northenden and other destinations. Services include: The nearest commuter railway stations to Didsbury are East Didsbury and Burnage on the Styal Line , which runs between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport . The stations were opened in 1909 by the London and North Western Railway . East Didsbury
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2814-452: The city, redesigned in the 1920s to include recreational features for residents, such as bowling greens. Located within the St. James’ Conservation Area, it features preservation-order trees, grassland, woodland, and flora. An old air-raid shelter is rumoured to be beneath the football pitch. The park includes a children's playground, a football pitch, and bowling greens. Didsbury Park was also
2881-526: The civil engineer Joshua Cartwright , and were formally opened in June 1903 by James Kenyon . During the Victorian expansion of Manchester, Didsbury developed as a prosperous settlement; a few mansions from the period still exist on Wilmslow Road between Didsbury village and Parrs Wood to the east and Withington to the north, but they have now been converted to nursing homes and offices. The opening of
2948-458: The cockfighting that used to take place there. The parsonage soon gained a reputation for being haunted; servants refused to sleep on the premises, and it was abandoned in 1850. Local alderman Fletcher Moss bought the house in 1865, and lived in it for more than 40 years. In 1902, he installed a gateway complete with wrought iron gates which he purchased from the soon to be demolished Spread Eagle Hotel in central Manchester which he once owned, at
3015-485: The death rate was falling in the area. The Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden is a 21-acre (8-hectare) recreational park south of the village centre. It is named after local Alderman Fletcher Moss, who donated the park to the city of Manchester in 1919. In 2008, it won the Green Flag Award , the national standard for parks and green spaces in England, an award it has held since 2000. Alderman Fletcher Moss
3082-407: The entrance to the parsonage's garden, which, because of the building's reputation, became known locally as "the gates to Hell". The parsonage is now open to the community and used as exhibition rooms for various forms of art. The gardens are still open to the public. The area around St James' Church has the highest concentration of listed buildings in Manchester, outside the city centre. Didsbury
3149-599: The first day and was fined'. In 1352, the Bishop of Lichfield gave permission for the consecration of a churchyard for the burial of the victims of the Black Death . In 1541, the Diocese of Chester was formed and the church was transferred from the Diocese of Lichfield . The parish covered an area from the River Mersey to Moss Side and from Chorlton-cum-Hardy to Heaton Norris and Reddish . In accordance with
3216-470: The form of two new arterial roads which were constructed at the peripheral edges of Didsbury 1928–1930: Kingsway (named after King George V ) through East Didsbury; and Princess Road through West Didsbury. Both were laid out as dual carriageways for motor vehicles with a segregated tram track along the central reservation . Manchester Corporation Tramways operated a tram line from Parrs Wood via Burnage into Manchester city centre until 1949, when
3283-495: The junction of Parrs Wood Road and School Lane served as the northern studios of ITV station ABC Weekend Television . Programmes such as Opportunity Knocks and Police Surgeon were made in the studios. ABC ceased to use the site in 1968 when it lost its ITV franchise, on its merger with fellow ITV company Rediffusion . The site was then used briefly by Yorkshire Television until its own facilities in Leeds were ready. In 1971,
3350-526: The newly built but unopened Burnage railway station to take spectators to the landing, many of whom had stood throughout the night. Paulhan's progress was followed throughout by a special train carrying his wife, Henri Farman and his mechanics. Afterwards, his train took the party to a civic reception given by the Lord Mayor of Manchester in the town hall . A house in Paulhan Road, constructed in
3417-461: The orders of Elizabeth I all records of births, deaths and marriages began to be recorded in 1561. The original register is in the City of Manchester archives and includes the record of the baptism of Saint Ambrose Barlow on 30 November 1585. St James is an ancient Anglican church of medieval origins with significant subsequent 17th and mid-19th century modifications. The church was designated
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#17327902164343484-793: The population, and the over-65s for 15%. The population density in 2001 was 5,276/square mile (2,037/km ). In May 2021 a claim published by the Daily Mail that Didsbury was among a number of " no-go areas for white people" attracted media criticism. As of the UK's 2001 census , Didsbury had an estimated workforce of 10,755 or 75% of the population. Economic status in Didsbury was: 48% in full-time employment, 11% retired, 10% self-employed, 8% in part-time employment, 4% full-time student (without job), 4% housewife/husband or carer, 4% permanently sick or disabled, 4% unemployed and 2% economically inactive for unstated reasons. Didsbury's 48% rate of full-time employment compares with 33% in Manchester and 41% across
3551-602: The railways ensued when the London & North Western Railway 's Styal Line from Manchester London Road to Wilmslow opened in 1909, introducing two new stations to the area, East Didsbury & Parrs Wood and Burnage . In 1910, A stone clock tower and water fountain was erected outside Didsbury Midland Railway station in memory of local doctor and campaigner for the poor, Dr John Milson Rhodes . On 28 April 1910, French pilot Louis Paulhan landed his Farman biplane in Barcicroft Fields, Pytha Fold Farm, on
3618-481: The river also demarcate the boundaries of the City of Manchester . The area is generally considered to be roughly enclosed by Princess Parkway to the west, Kingsway to the east and the Ball Brook, just north of Lapwing Lane/Fog Lane to the north. This northern boundary is marked by a boundary stone in the front garden wall of a house on the west side of Wilmslow Road. A "country trail" passes from West Didsbury to East, named
3685-673: The river. Parts of the local flood plain, much of Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, the whole of nearby Didsbury Park and many of the listed buildings in the area are grouped into the St. James' Conservation area, which is centred on Wilmslow Road, just south of Didsbury Village. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded Didsbury as having a population of 14,292, of whom 87% were born in the United Kingdom. A large majority of residents, 88%, identified themselves as white , 8% as Asian , 2% as mixed ethnicity, 1% black and 1% Chinese or other ethnic group. The under-16s accounted for 17% of
3752-544: The service was closed. In the postwar years, passenger train services on the South District Line (now part of British Rail ) were gradually reduced, and in 1967 the line was closed as part of the Beeching cuts . For some years the old station building was in use as Station Hardware and DIY store, before it was demolished in 1982. In the early 13th century, Didsbury lay within the manor of Withington,
3819-461: The studios were acquired by Manchester Polytechnic , who used it for cinema, television studies and theatre. The building was demolished in the late 1990s to make way for a residential development, but the name lives on in the form of a new theatre space in the heart of the M.M.U. campus in the All Saints area along Oxford Road, just to the south of Manchester city centre. Until 2009 Didsbury
3886-498: The two-day Westfest festival. The 200-year-old Peacock's Funeral Parlour, one of the few pre-Victorian buildings in the village and regarded by some as the centrepiece of the village, was demolished in the summer of 2005 to make way for a new branch of Boots the Chemists . The owner, United Co-op , blamed changing demographics for the closure of the funeral parlour; with more and more homes being occupied by young professional people,
3953-583: The whole of England. The area's 4% unemployment rate is in contrast to Manchester's rate of 9% and broadly in line with the 5% rate of unemployment for England. In 2001, the main industries of employment in Didsbury were 20% property and business services, 15% education, 15% health and social work, 10% retail and wholesale, 9% manufacturing, 6% transport and communications, 5% financial services, 4% hotels and restaurants, 4% construction, 4% public administration and defence, and 8% other. These figures were similar to those from surrounding areas, but Didsbury did have
4020-576: Was also a chapelry in Manchester parish. It became a civil parish in 1866, and in 1876 was incorporated into the Withington Urban Sanitary District, superseded in 1894 by the creation of Withington Urban District. Withington Urban District was a subdivision of the administrative county of Lancashire, created as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1904, Withington Urban District
4087-479: Was also responsible for restoring the gardens surrounding the old parsonage of St James's Church. Today, the Parsonage Gardens are open to the public, and the former parsonage house is now in use as an art gallery and community building. Didsbury Park is a community park located close to the centre of Didsbury village, surrounded by residential housing. It is one of the first municipal planned parks in
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#17327902164344154-424: Was amalgamated into the city and county borough of Manchester, and so Didsbury was absorbed into Manchester, although it remained a civil parish until 1 October 1910 when it was abolished and merged with South Manchester . In 1901 the parish had a population of 9234. Following the Local Government Act 1972 , Manchester became a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester . Didsbury
4221-617: Was completed in 2001. The centre is owned by Land Securities , the largest commercial property company in the UK. Attractions and businesses in the Entertainment Centre include bowling (also includes American pool and arcade area), cinema, restaurants, health club (including a swimming pool), casino and hotel. Parrs Wood is the southern terminus of the Wilmslow Road bus corridor , a busy bus route into central Manchester. It
4288-597: Was one of the few places between Stretford and Stockport where the River Mersey could be forded , which made it significant for troop movements during the English Civil War , in which Manchester was on the Parliamentarian side. The Royalist commander, Prince Rupert , stationed himself at Didsbury Ees, to the south of Barlow Moor . A section of the Jacobite army including the Duke of Perth crossed
4355-502: Was opened in 1972 by Margaret Thatcher , offers a variety of courses including communication and technology. Manchester Metropolitan University 's Didsbury Campus, the former Didsbury School of Education , was home to the faculties of health, social care, and education, along with the Broomhurst Hall of Residence. The University closed the campus and sold the land in 2014. Parrs Wood, with about 2,000 pupils on its register,
4422-647: Was purchased by Jame Clayton Chorlton in 1888 and he renamed it Didsbury Priory. The Chorltons often opened their private garden to the public during springtime. Among the other German industrialists in Didsbury was Johann Georg Silkenstadt, a cotton merchant who moved to the area from Bremen in 1865. He and his wife Josephine Helene built Rose Bank on Palatine Road in West Didsbury in 1872. Their only daughter, Marie Louise, married William Murray Caldwell Greaves Bagshawe of Ford Hall in Chapel-en-le-Frith , Derbyshire. The Silkenstadts built for Greystoke Hall as
4489-600: Was the base for one of the Manchester Evening News subsidiaries, the South Manchester Reporter . Didsbury is close to junction 5 of Manchester's ring road , the M60 motorway . Manchester Airport , the busiest airport in the UK outside London, is situated about 4 miles (6.5 km) to the south. Didsbury is served by bus routes on the Wilmslow Road bus corridor , said to be
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