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词条 Rusholme
释义

  1. History

     Etymology  Early history  Social history  Political history 

  2. Governance

  3. Geography

     Platt Fields Park 

  4. Churches

  5. Culture and cultural references

  6. Social and economic conditions

     Social conditions  Wilmslow Road 

  7. Notable people

  8. See also

  9. References

  10. Further reading

  11. External links

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|country = England
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|population = 13,643
|population_ref = (2011)
|metropolitan_borough = City of Manchester
|metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester
|region= North West England
|constituency_westminster= Manchester Gorton
| councillor1 = Ahmed Ali
| party1 = Labour
| councillor2 = Jill Lovecy
| party2 = Labour
| councillor3 = Rabnawaz Akbar
| party3 = Labour
|post_town = MANCHESTER
|postcode_district = M14
|postcode_area = M
|dial_code = 0161
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|static_image_name=Wilmslow Road, Rusholme.jpg
|static_image_caption=Wilmslow Road in Rusholme
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Rusholme is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, about two miles south of the city centre. The population of Rusholme ward at the 2011 census was 13,643.[1] Rusholme is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, Fallowfield to the south and Moss Side to the west. It has a large student population, with several student halls and many students renting terraced houses, and suburban houses towards the Victoria Park area.

History

Etymology

Rusholme, unlike other place names in Manchester with the suffix holme is not a true water meadow. Its name derives from ryscum the dative plural of the Old English rysc, a "rush" meaning at the rushes. The name was recorded as Russum in 1235, Ryssham in 1316 and Rysholme in 1551.[2]

Early history

Late in the Roman occupation of Britain a hoard of about 200 gold coins was hidden in the valley of the Gore Brook. These coins date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and were found where Birchfields Road crosses the brook in the 1890s. They are now kept in the Manchester Museum.[3]

Records of the name Rusholme do not appear until the mid-13th century when "Russum" is mentioned; at this time it is known that a house existed at Platt which was replaced by a larger house of black and white construction which was the home of the Platts until the mid-18th century when the present classical building replaced it. An early record of the Platt estate mentions the Nico Ditch, an Anglo-Saxon linear earthwork which runs east–west through the area and was probably used as an administrative boundary. It dates from the 8th or 9th century.[4] Tales of battles between the Danes and the Normans associated with the road names of Danes Road and Norman Road are not accepted by historians. Another black and white hall existed at Birch; this was probably built in the 16th century.[3]

The economy of the area was dependent on agriculture until the 18th century; however during the 17th and 18th centuries there was a growth of cottage industries such as spinning, weaving and brickmaking.[5]

Social history

Over the Victorian era, there were several different socio-political meanings of Rusholme. Primarily, it was a township based around a general area known as Rusholme since at least the 13th century. The area grew into a township, and by the beginning of the 19th century, it had its own government responsible for public health, roads, policing, poor relief, and other local government tasks. Rusholme was originally a politically autonomous entity which was vital to its self-conception as a discrete area even after it lost almost all political self-control upon incorporation into Manchester. The low-cost terraced housing built between 1880 and 1930 dominates the landscape, along with a sprawling council housing estate erected in the interwar period.

Political history

Richard Cobden, William Royle (author of a history of the township), and Thomas Lowe (1815–1892) were long-time residents. Lowe began working as a baker and became also a flour dealer and later a nurseryman and finally the proprietor of a dairy.[6][7] Prime Minister H. H. Asquith was married here in 1877, to Miss Helen Melland.[8]

Conservative Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw was for twenty-six years one of the councillors for Rusholme on Manchester City Council before becoming Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975–1976. Other local politicians included ward councillor Paul Shannon, a Liberal Democrat and former deputy leader of the Manchester City Council Liberal Democrat group who was defeated by Ahmed Ali (Labour) in May 2012. Rabnawaz Akbar was elected as Labour councillor for Rusholme ward in May 2010. Councillor Akbar serves on the Citizenship and Inclusion Committee; his end of term is 2014.

Governance

Rusholme was a separate town until it was incorporated into Manchester in 1885. It is served in Westminster by the MP for Manchester Gorton, currently Afzal Khan.[9]

Councillors

Rusholme is represented on Manchester City Council by three Labour councillors, Ahmed Ali,[10] Jill Lovecy[11] and Rabnawaz Akbar.[12]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004Lynne Williams (Lib Dem)Abu Chowdhury (Lib Dem)Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2006Lynne Williams (Lib Dem) Abu Chowdhury (Lib Dem) Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2007 Lynne Williams (Lib Dem)Abu Chowdhury (Lib Dem) Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2008 Lynne Williams (Lib Dem) Abu Chowdhury (Lib Dem)Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2010Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab) Abu Chowdhury (Lib Dem) Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2011 Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab)Kate Chappell (Lab) Paul Shannon (Lib Dem)
2012 Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab) Kate Chappell (Lab)Ahmed Ali (Lab)
2014Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab) Kate Chappell (Lab) Ahmed Ali (Lab)
2015 Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab)Kate Chappell (Lab) Ahmed Ali (Lab)
2016 Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab) Kate Chappell (Lab)Ahmed Ali (Lab)
By-election
4 May 2017
Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab)Jill Lovecy (Lab)[13][14] Ahmed Ali (Lab)
2018Ahmed Ali (Lab)Jill Lovecy (Lab)Rabnawaz Akbar (Lab)
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.{{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} indicates seat won in by-election.

Geography

The community is surrounded by Fallowfield to the south, Moss Side to the west, Victoria Park to the east and Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north.

{{Geographic Location
|title = Neighbouring districts and places.
|Northwest = Hulme
|North = Chorlton-on-Medlock
|Northeast = Ardwick
|West = Moss Side
|Centre = Rusholme
|East = Longsight
|Southwest = Whalley Range
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
|South = Fallowfield
|Southeast = Levenshulme
}}

Platt Fields Park

{{Main|Platt Fields Park}}

A large public park in the south-west, it opened in 1910 and proved to be very popular; it was maintained by a team of up to 50 gardeners until the second half of the 20th century. The centrepiece of the park is a large pleasure lake, which is used for boating and fishing. The grounds contain Platt Hall, there are several formal gardens and three dedicated show fields for large outdoor events. In 2010, Platt Fields Park was awarded a Green Flag Award for achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces.

Churches

The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity is on Platt Lane. At Birch in Rusholme is the, now disused, much older chapel of St James. The present building was built in 1845-46 to replace the earlier chapel of 1595. The architect was J.M. Derick and it is in Gothic revival style. The southwest tower is topped with a broach spire and the aisle arcades are of five bays.[15] In Thurloe Street is the Roman Catholic Church of St Edward. The architect was E. W. Pugin and the church was built in 1861-62. It is small and the exterior is sober; the planned southwest tower was never built and there is an apse at the east end. The arcades have short polished granite columns.[15]

Culture and cultural references

John Ruskin gave the lectures later published as Sesame and Lilies in 1865 at Rusholme Town Hall.

Film Studios Manchester opened in a converted Wesleyan church on Dickenson Road in 1947. The first Manchester-made feature film was Cup-Tie Honeymoon starring Sandy Powell and Pat Phoenix. It was the first of many similar films made at the site. From 1947 to 1954 it was the home of Mancunian Film Studios, many of whose productions were filmed on local streets. In 1963 the BBC bought the studios as its northern base and on New Year's Day, 1964, the first edition of Top of the Pops being presented from there. It was used until 1971 when the BBC moved to studios in central Manchester.

Rusholme was mentioned in the song "Rusholme Ruffians" by the Smiths on their 1985 album Meat Is Murder. According to the Smiths' singer, Morrissey: "[The song] is about going to a fair... and being stabbed. Funfairs in Manchester are very violent things. These things where communities get together for fun and frolics, and somebody always ends up being stabbed, which, of course, adds to the excitement."[16]

Mint Royale's 1999 album On the Ropes contained a track titled "From Rusholme with Love".

Rusholme was the home of the second indoor ice skating rink in England, after the London Glaciarium, although this has since been replaced by a grocery store having spent many years as a cabaret venue (Oceans 11).

Social and economic conditions

Social conditions

Rusholme is one of the areas in south Manchester alongside Moss Side, Longsight, Hulme and Old Trafford to have suffered a problem with gang-related gun crime and gang activity, however in recent years shooting incidents have significantly declined.[17]

Wilmslow Road

{{Main|Wilmslow Road}}

Wilmslow Road is part of the B5117, a major thoroughfare running from Parrs Wood north into the city centre transversing the campuses of the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. It also forms part of what is the busiest bus route in Europe,[18] with many bus stops being serviced by one bus from one of many different bus companies every 60 to 90 seconds during peak times.

There are a large number of Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants along a section of this road, known locally as the Curry Mile. It contains at least seventy restaurants, take-aways and kebab houses specialising in the cuisines of South Asia and the Middle East. There are also a variety of fashion, grocery and music shops along this section of the road, as well as several traditional English pubs including Hardy's Well (currently closed, Jan 2016), the Whitworth (now a coffee shop, January 2016), and the Huntsman Inn (currently closed, Jan 2016).

Notable people

The cricket writer and music critic Neville Cardus (1888–1975) was born in Rusholme, as were musician Roy Harper (born 1941), actors Alan Badel (1923–1982) and Tina O'Brien (born 1983), and the novelist and dramatist Ian Hay – real name John Hay Beith (1876–1952).

Others include Marguerite Addy, the Spanish Civil War nurse and Second World War spy.

See also

{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
  • Listed buildings in Manchester-M14

References

Footnotes
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689221&c=Rusholme&d=14&e=62&g=6343209&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452002802359&enc=1|title=City of Manchester ward population 2011|accessdate=5 January 2016}}
2. ^{{Harvnb|Mills|1976|p=129}}
3. ^Sussex (1984); p.3
4. ^{{citation |last=Nevell |first=Mike |year=1998 |title=Lands and Lordships in Tameside |publisher=Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council with the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit |pages=40–41 |isbn=1-871324-18-1}}
5. ^Sussex (1984); pp. 3–4
6. ^Strutt, Edward (1892) Memorials of Mr. Thomas Lowe, of Rusholme.
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.marisancestry.co.uk/Trees/n_a3.htm#9|title=Genealogy Data Page 164|work=Maris Ancestry|accessdate=25 July 2010}}
8. ^Sussex (1984); p. 14
9. ^{{cite web | title = Afzal Khan MP | url = https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/afzal-khan/4671 | website = parliament.uk | publisher =UK Parliament | access-date = 24 May 2018 }}
10. ^{{cite web | title = Ahmed Ali | url = http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/councillors/index.php?cllr-id=264&cllr-type=id | website = manchester.gov.uk | publisher = Manchester City Council | access-date = 24 May 2018 }}
11. ^{{cite web | title = Jill Lovecy | url = http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/councillors/index.php?cllr-id=305&cllr-type=id | website = manchester.gov.uk | publisher = Manchester City Council | access-date = 24 May 2018 }}
12. ^{{cite web | title = Rabnawaz Akbar | url = http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/councillors/index.php?cllr-id=224&cllr-type=id | website = manchester.gov.uk | publisher = Manchester City Council | access-date = 24 May 2018 }}
13. ^{{cite news | last = Staff writer | title = Former Environment Exec Kate Chappell steps down from Council | url = https://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2017/03/20/former-environment-exec-kate-chappell-steps-down-from-council/ | work = Manchester Climate Monthly | via = WordPress | date = 20 March 2017 | access-date = 5 May 2017}}
14. ^{{cite web | title = Elections result 4th May 2017 | url = http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections_and_voting/7487/elections_result_4_may_2017 | website = manchester.gov.uk | publisher = Manchester City Council | date = 4 May 2017 | access-date = 5 May 2017}}
15. ^Pevsner, N. (1969) Lancashire; 1. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 321
16. ^The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1985
17. ^{{Cite news|date=2008-06-04|title=Funding boost for crime unit|first= No author stated|last=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7435191.stm|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News|accessdate=2009-04-29}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eyeonmanchester.com/oxford-rd-manchester-buses/|title=Oxford Rd Manchester with Stagecoach bus|publisher=EyeOnManchester|first=Aidan|last=O'Rourke|date=2006-10-26|accessdate=2007-09-03|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928223142/http://www.eyeonmanchester.com/oxford-rd-manchester-buses/|archivedate=28 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}
Bibliography{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://rusholmearchive.org|title=Rusholme & Victoria Park Archive|last=Anderson|first=Bruce|year=2012|publisher=author|accessdate=19 February 2012|location=Dale Street, Manchester.}}
  • {{citation |last=Mills |first=David |title=The Placenames of Lancashire |publisher=Batsford |year=1976 |isbn= 0-7134-5236-6}}
{{refend}}

Further reading

  • Cronin, Jill & Rhodes, Frank (2006) Rusholme and Victoria Park. Stroud: Tempus {{ISBN|0-7524-4198-1}}
  • Royle, William (1905) Rusholme Past and Present, being a gossipy talk of men and things. Manchester: Wm. Hough & Sons
    • --do.--(1914) History of Rusholme, with a gossipy talk of men and things. Manchester: Printed at the W. Morris Press
    • Royle, D. K. (1924) William Royle of Rusholme. Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes
  • Sussex, Gay & Helm, Peter (1984) Looking back at Rusholme & Fallowfield. Altrincham: Willow

External links

  • Rusholme – Districts & Suburbs of Manchester England
  • Rusholme and Victoria Park Archive
  • Friends of Platt Fields Park
  • Rusholme Curry Mile Manchester
  • Dynamo Bowden Athletic Football club
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