Walking in Chorlton in 1841

Chorlton-cum-Hardy is an odd name for where we live given that we were actually three distinct areas with small clusters of houses in between.

In the centre was Chorlton grouped around the green and along the Row,* while to the south between the Brook and the Mersey was the lonely outpost of Hardy, and to the north of Chorlton was Martledge, which is the area roughly from the Four Banks up to the library and the area around the long roads of Longford Nicholas Newport and Oswald Roads.

In between there were little grouping of houses which I often refer to as hamlets but I suppose may have been too small even for that title.

I like Greenwood’s map which dates from the beginning of the 19^th century because although it doesn’t have the detail of later maps, but is bright colourful and still does the business.

The data for the bar chart comes from the 1841 census.

Pictures; Greenwood’s map of Lancashire by kind permission of Digital Archives http://www.digitalarchives.co.uk/


* The Row or more accurately Chorlton Row was renamed Beech Road