Didsbury

Didsbury is a suburb in Greater Manchester in north-west England. It is about six miles south of the centre of Manchester lying on both sides of the road south towards Wilmslow. The area is predominantly populated by students and middle-class families and is highly desirable in the property market.

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The area is split into two wards of Manchester City Council Didsbury East and Didsbury West.

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During the English Civil War, Prince Rupert stationed himself at what is now the library on Barlow Moor Road.

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In the Jacobite march south from Manchester to Derby in 1745 it is likely that it crossed the old ford of the River Mersey at Didsbury.

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During the Victorian expansion of Manchester, Didsbury developed as a prosperous settlement and continues so to this day. The houses along Palatine Road, previously occupied by prosperous textile merchants and the like, but now converted in many cases to multiple occupation or offices, are ample evidence of this.

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