| Moston | |
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 St Dunstan's Church, Moston | |
  Moston Location withinGreater Manchester | |
| Population | 14,518 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD877021 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M40 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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Moston is a suburb ofManchester, inGreater Manchester, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of thecity centre.Historically inLancashire, Moston is a predominantly residential area, with a population of 14,518 at the2011 census and an area of approximately 1,300 acres (5.3 km2).[1]
The name Moston may derive from theOld English wordsmoss andton, wheremoss usually referred to a place that was mossy, marshy orpeat bog, andton signified a town orsettlement. The area ofWhite Moss still retains these characteristics.
Historical records of Moston date back as far as 1301. The earliest historical archives are of a charter from the Lord of the Manor of Manchester, Thomas Grelle.[2]
Although in 1320 Moston was called ahamlet of Manchester, in some deeds it is spoken of as lying within the township and parish ofAshton-under-Lyne. That the lords of Ashton had in early times rights in Moston also is shown by a fine of 1195, from which it appears that on a division Robert son of Bernard had Moston.[3]
By the 14th century, Moston consisted of untamed countryside and agricultural settlements. In the 16th century the area saw the introduction of the linen treatment industry, with the washing and bleaching of the fabric boosting the economy throughout the area. Moston went on to become an integral part of the northern sector of 'Cottonopolis' during the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Moston Mill Print Works, which was on the junction of Williams Road and St Mary's Road, closed in 1848. Spring Valley Dye Works was sited in the area to the west to what is currently known as Lancaster Club. Extracting sand and clay from the local pits was another important industry alongside the brick works inNewton Heath. The area around Belgrave Road is known to local residents as the "White Stuff" or the "White Hills", in reference to the brickworks' waste that formed steep and unstable hills alongside the brook. These hills were reprofiled during landscaping works carried out in the early 1980s.
Increased population levels in the area resulted in the need for an increased number of residential developments.[4]
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Moston was formerly atownship in the parish ofManchester,[5] in 1866 Moston became a separatecivil parish, on 26 March 1896 the parish was abolished to formNorth Manchester.[6] In 1891 the parish had a population of 5179.[7]
The town was incorporated into theparliamentary constituency ofManchester Central. Following boundary changes in 2018 part of the Moston electoral ward was within theBlackley and Broughton parliamentary constituency, represented byGraham Stringer MP of the Labour Party.
In 2024, the Blackley and Broughton constituency was abolished and replaced byBlackley and Middleton South with the parts of Moston in the Manchester Central constituency being transferred to the newly created constituency.
Councillors
Moston is represented onManchester City Council by three Labour councillors; Yasmine Dar (Lab),[8] Paula Appleby (Lab),[9] and Julie Connolly (Lab).
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bill Risby (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2006 | Bill Risby (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2007 | Bill Risby (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2008 | Bill Risby (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| By-election 9 April 2009[10][11] | Rita Tavernor (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2010 | Rita Tavernor (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2011 | Rita Tavernor (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2012 | Rita Tavernor (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Ind Lab)[12] | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2014 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Henry Cooper (Ind Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2015 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Paula Appleby (Lab) | Paul Murphy (Lab) | |||
| 2016 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Paula Appleby (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | Paula Appleby (Lab) | |||
| 2019 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Lab) | Paula Appleby (Lab) | |||
| June 2020 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Carl Ollerhead (Ind)[13] | Paula Appleby (Lab) | |||
| 2021 | Yasmine Dar (Lab) | Julie Connolly (Lab) | Paula Appleby (Lab) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor resigned party whip or suspended. indicates seat won in by-election.
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Moston is located above the midpoint of theGreater Manchester Urban Area, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north-east ofManchester city centre. Moston is bordered byHarpurhey, to the east byFailsworth and byNewton Heath and Monsall to the south.
The town is built on a mixture ofBunter sandstone andManchester marl (clay) that isPermo-Triassic in origin. The area is underlain with middle coal measures (mainlyCarboniferous Westphalian B).
During the search for mineral deposits, geologists discovered a geologicalfault (known as the Moston Fault) running between Clayton Bridge andAlkrington.[14]
Moston Brook flows through the district, forming the border with Failsworth and Newton Heath.
Broadhurst Park was opened in 1920 and provides a range of activity opportunities and community events, including football. The park provides green space within theIrk Valley corridor. Broadhurst Park and Field stage summer funfairs and summer sports activities for children. The majority of the site is open grassland, and includes a landscaped area. The north of the park is home to recreation and community events, while the south contains woodland.
Recent drainage improvements to the football fields have greatly increased the biodiversity significance of the neighbouring Broadhurst Clough area, where the open water is home to a wide range of wildlife.[15]
Nuthurst Park is a community park on Nuthurst Road, containing a children's playground, 5-a-side pitch, tennis court and basketball courts.[16]
Hough Hall, on Hough Hall Road, is the oldest building in the Moston area. The Hall was listed as aGrade II listed building on 3 October 1974[17] and was erected in approximately the 16th–17th centuries.[18]
Moston railway station is located off Hollinwood Avenue, inNew Moston, and is unstaffed. Since the closure of theOldham Loop Line in 2009, all trains calling at the station are on theCaldervale route managed byNorthern. The area is also served by theNewton Heath and Moston Metrolink station, part of theManchester Metrolinklight rail service.
Moston is served by several bus services, primarily along Moston Lane directly to and fromManchester city centre. Bus routes from Moston also go toMiddleton,Pendleton,Failsworth,Oldham,Cheetham Hill andChadderton. The bus routes are managed byTransport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and theBee Network.
The road links in the area allow for easy transit to all of the surrounding districts and cities; the main thoroughfares are Broadway, which is technically part ofNew Moston, Lightbowne Road and Victoria Avenue. TheM60 is an orbital motorway surrounding the majority of Greater Manchester; access can be gained onto it via junction 21 on Broadway.
| School | Type/Status | OfSTED | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadhurst School | Primary School | 105451[permanent dead link] | [19] |
| Lily Lane School | Primary School | 105424 | [20] |
| Moston Fields County School | Primary School | 105514[permanent dead link] | [21] |
| Moston Lane Community School | Primary School | 105428[permanent dead link] | [22] |
| New Moston School | Primary School | 105432[permanent dead link] | [23] |
| St Dunstan's RC School | Primary School | 105526[permanent dead link] | [23] |
| St Mary's CofE School | Primary School | 105496 | [24] |
| Lighthouse Christian School | Independent School | 131354[permanent dead link] | [25] |
| Manchester Creative & Media Academy | Secondary School | 105562[permanent dead link] | [26] |
| St Matthew's RC High School | Secondary School | 105577[permanent dead link] | [24] |
| One Central Park | College | N/A | [27] |
| The Manchester College (Moston) | College | N/A | [28] |
The Manchester College (previously known asMANCAT (Manchester College of Arts and Technology) has a campus in Moston, which used to be known as Moston Technical College, and at One Central Park. These campuses offer further education facility for school leavers and adults. The One Central Park Campus offers courses run by Manchester NTI (New Technology Institute) in partnership with Manchester College, specialising inIT and Management and Enterprise skills.
| Religion | Percentage of population[29] |
|---|---|
| Christian | 70.4% |
| No religion | 19.6% |
| Not stated | 6.1% |
| Muslim | 2.6% |
| Hindu | 0.5% |
| Buddhist | 0.4% |
| Sikh | 0.2% |
| Jewish | 0.1% |
| Other | 0.2% |
| Church | Religion/Denomination | Leader | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Chad's | Church of England | ||
| St John's | Church of England | ||
| meeting at St John's | Christian Way of Life | ArchbishopDoyé Agama and Reverend Helen Agama | [30] |
| St Luke's (Lightbowne) | Church of England | Reverend John O'Connor | [31] |
| St Mary's | Church of England | Reverend Matthew Calladine | [32] |
| St Dunstan's | Roman Catholic | Father Martin Saunders | [33] |
| St John Vianney's | Roman Catholic | Father Brian Seale | [33] |
| St Margaret Mary's | Roman Catholic | Canon Kevin O'Conner | [33] |
| Chain Bar | United Methodist Free | Reverend L Bishop | [35] |
| Moston (Streetfold) | United Methodist Free | Reverend Margaret Mwailu | ???? |
| St Mary's Road | Methodist New Connexion | ||
| Eastwood Road | Full Gospel | Pastor David Hughes | [36] |
| Lightbowne | Evangelical | [37] | |
| Moston (Church Lane) | Spiritualist | Mrs A. Graham | [38] |
| Deeper Life Bible | Deeper Life | Pastor Dele Adewunmi | [39] |
The oldest church still in use is Streetfold Methodist Church, which was founded in 1825. In 1907 the United Methodist Free Church merged with the Methodist New Connexion and theBible Christians to form theUnited Methodist Church.[40] In 1932, there was a further union in Britain (the 1932Methodist Union), in whichPrimitive Methodists,Wesleyan Methodists andUnited Methodists came together asthe Methodist Church.
Roman Catholic churches in Moston fall under the control of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Salford whilst theAnglican churches, theAnglican Diocese of Manchester. Statistics state that Moston is not as religiously diverse as some other areas of Manchester.
St Joseph's Cemetery (commonly known as Moston Cemetery) which opened in 1875, stretches out over a wide sloping site and is one of Manchester's principal Roman Catholic cemeteries.[41] It contains the war graves of 214 Commonwealth service personnel fromWorld War I and 144 fromWorld War II; those whose graves have no headstones are listed on a Screen Wall memorial which also list 11 Belgian soldiers who were later exhumed and reburied in Belgium.[42]
The Alexian Brothers Care Centre is a dual registered care home providing long-term care for older people requiring residential support and nursing care. The current building was completed in 1992 to replace the original hospital of the Alexian Brothers. The home is set within mature gardens in a secure, gated development.
TheAlexian Brothers is areligious institute, originating inBelgium in the 14th century and has been closely involved with care of the elderly in the local community since first settling in Manchester in 1875. This work has continued on the same site in Moston since 1884. The Hospital Management Trust assumed responsibility for the operational management of the Care Centre in January 2006 in response to the Brothers need to step back from front line management.[43][44]
Broadhurst Park football stadium, built in 2015, is the home ofF.C. United of Manchester; it is the area'snon-League football club, which plays in theNorthern Premier League Premier Division.[45]
Broadway Leisure Centre has a 25m swimming pool, a fitness suite, workout studio, sun beds and sauna and steam rooms.[46]
North Manchester Rugby Union Club are based at Tudor Lodge, Victoria Avenue East; the first team participate in the North Lancashire Division 1 league.[47]
Moston Brook AFC is an amateur football club, which was formed in 1969 as an 'Old Boys' team to be made up of former pupils from Moston Brook High School, although the school was closed August 2000.[48]
Moston Valley FC was established in 2002 and became anFA Charter Standard Club in 2005. The teams range from under 8s up to under 16s; all play in a variety of leagues around Manchester.[49]
Broadhurst Bowling Club is located in Broadhurst Park and stages a summer charity competition annually of four or five bowling handicaps; this is in aid of Francis House Children's Cancer Charity and the Catholic Rescue Society.[50]
Policing in Moston is provided byGreater Manchester Police. A part-time station is located inHarpurhey on Moston Lane, under the command of North Manchester (A) Division.
New Moston Library is located on Nuthurst Road in New Moston, and aside from stocking books there are a vast number of other services and activities organised there. The site hosts atai chi club and the MostonMidwifery Group children's groups, with the library also acting as a Parent and Carer Information point and a Health Information point.[51]
Waste management is co-ordinated by the local authority via the North Manchester Household Waste and Recycling Centre.[52]
Local Moston celebrities includetelevisionhistorianMichael Wood, social reformer and political reformerSamuel Bamford, actressMarsha Thomason who has found fame in such US shows asLas Vegas andLost, the noted educationist Francis Smyth andPete Mitchell fromXFM,Kavana who is a singer and actor,[53]rapperAitch,Nottingham Forest and formerEngland Under 21 footballer,Ishmael Miller, is another notable Moston citizen. The formerManchester City attacking midfielder was known on the terraces asThe Moston Menace due to his formidable physique.[54] Another footballer,Charles Broadhurst, was also born in Moston.
Major Henry Kelly VC, MC & Bar was a Moston born officer inthe Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment who saw action in theFirst World War. Kelly received hisVictoria Cross for his action on the 4 October 1916 atLe Sars,France. He was awarded hisMilitary Cross& Bar for subsequent acts of heroism in the war. After the war, Kelly moved to Ireland and went on to become the chief of staff for overseas operations in theFree State Army.
William Chaderton was born in the district around 1540 and was an English academic and Anglican bishop. He was theBishop of Chester from 1579 to 1595 and thenBishop of Lincoln from 1595 to 1608 from where he went on to becomeWarden of Manchester College.[55][unreliable source][56][unreliable source]
Liam McNally, opera singer known for his appearance onBritain's Got Talent in 2010.
Fr Brian Seale of St John Vianney's Church wrote a history of the suburb entitledThe Moston Story.
Indie rock bandNorthside is from Moston.
1808 – The Grand Orange Order of England was formed in Manchester with Colonel Samual Taylor of Moston as first Grand Master.
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