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   Why was Wythenshawe built?

   • 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.

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   What is Wythenshawe based on?

   • By Karen Shannon · 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.

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   When was Wythenshawe created?

   • 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 house-building began which went on for over 20 years. WYTHENSHAWE was created in the 1920s as a 'garden city' overspill for Manchester.

   From 'garden city' to Europe's biggest estate

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   When was the Wythenshawe Ward built?

   • Part of Benchill (not the area southwest of Gladeside Road) and some areas in the north were built before World War II and called the Wythenshawe Ward of the City of Manchester. The rest was built after the Second World War, starting in the late 1940s as wartime building restrictions were relaxed.

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2. manchesterhistories.co.uk › who-built-wythenshaweWho Built Wythenshawe? The Forgotten ... - Manchester Histories

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   May 13, 2022 · Alongside tracing Wythenshawe’s growth from a handful of small villages at the turn of the twentieth century to a settlement of 100,000 people by the 1960s, it details the captivating yet somewhat forgotten lives of Ernest and Shena Simon who played a pivotal role in Wythenshawe’s creation.

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   Part of Benchill (not the area southwest of Gladeside Road) and some areas in the north were built before World War II and called the Wythenshawe Ward of the City of Manchester. The rest was built after the Second World War, starting in the late 1940s as wartime building restrictions were relaxed.

4. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › news › greaterOne hundred years ago a man had a dream - and that dream was ...

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   Dec 30, 2019 · It takes a closer look at housing built in Manchester following the 1919 act, with particular focus on the first home built in Wythenshawe, the Blackley Estate, and Burnage.

   • Author: Sophie Halle-Richards

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   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.

   • Place of Publication: Forum Library, Wythenshawe
   • Size: 30 panels

   • Publication status: Published-May 2022

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   exhibition details the history of Manchester's garden city, Wythenshawe. Wythenshawe's development was a major twentieth century housing project designed to rehouse tens of thousands of people living in poor housing conditions in Manchester.

   • Publication status: Published-2022

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   Aug 8, 2022 · From a humble collection of small villages, Wythenshawe was developed as a garden city to re-house 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.

8. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › news › greaterFrom 'garden city' to Europe's biggest estate - Manchester ...

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   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...