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Chorlton-on-Medlock
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Chorlton-on-Medlock is a district of the city of Manchester, in the north of England, United Kingdom. It should not be confused with Chorlton-cum-Hardy, another district of Manchester.
The northern border of Chorlton-on-Medlock is the River Medlock which runs immediately south of Manchester City Centre. Its other borders roughly correspond to Stockport Road, Hathersage Road, Moss Lane East and Boundary Lane. Neighbouring districts are Hulme to the west and Ardwick to the east. A large portion of the district along Oxford Road is occupied by the campuses of the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Royal Northern College of Music.
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From mediaeval times the district was known as Chorlton-upon-Medlock and was a township of the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. On the creation of the municipal borough of Manchester in 1838 the township was absorbed into the borough.
The front of the former Chorlton-upon-Medlock Town Hall can be seen at its original location on Cavendish Street at All Saints. The building, with a Doric Portico dates from 1830 and was designed by Richard Lane[1]. The original interior was removed and a new structure added to the rear in 1970. A red plaque on the building commemorates the Fifth Pan African Conference, which was held there from 15-21 October 1945. Decisions taken at that conference led to independence for a number of African and Caribbean countries.
- Emmeline Pankhurst, a founder of the British suffragette movement, lived in Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, following her husband's death.
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: South Lancashire, Penguin, 1969, ISBN 0-14-071036-1
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