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- Historically part of Cheshire, in 1931, Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large new housing estate there in the 1920s.
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Historically part of Cheshire, in 1931, Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large new housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately 11 square miles (28 km 2), Wythenshawe became the largest council estate in Europe.
May 13, 2022 · Wythenshawe was, as the exhibition illustrates, designed as a garden city, a model settlement based on utopian ideas. It was developed to rehouse the tens of thousands of families previously forced to live in Manchester’s inner-city slums in well-built and spacious neighbourhoods amidst green surroundings.
Dec 30, 2019 · In 1925, they bought Wythenshawe Hall and park and donated them to the city of Manchester. The development began to take shape, and a small committee of seven members was headed up by Jackson...
- Sophie Halle-Richards
Feb 15, 2007 · WYTHENSHAWE was created in the 1920s as a 'garden city' overspill for Manchester. Land owned by the Tatton family was bought by the Manchester Corporation in 1926 and a programme of...
Wythenshawe was, as the exhibition illustrates, designed as a garden city; a model settlement based on utopian ideas. It was developed to rehouse the tens of thousands of families previously forced to live in Manchester’s inner-city slums in well-built and spacious neighbourhoods amidst green surroundings.
- Forum Library, Wythenshawe
- 30 panels
- Published-May 2022
Apr 4, 2020 · From a few farms and stately buildings, to a suburb with over 6,000 homes - Wythenshawe has seen a huge transformation over the years. Once a small family-owned estate in Cheshire, until...
Wythenshawe was built as a garden city to rehouse tens of thousands of families forced to live in Manchester’s inner-city slums. The exhibition portrays Wythenshawe’s development and the growth of its community from the late Victorian era when it comprised a handful of small villages, to the late 1960s when it reached a population of 100,000.
