A history of Withington in 20 objects ……………….. no. 1 the village green

The story of Withington in just twenty objects, chosen at random and delivered in a paragraph.

Every community should have a village green, and Withington still has its one. Much to the pride of many in Withington, the township retained the vestiges of its village green long after Didsbury’s green had become an insignificant space in front of two pubs. Today just a small patch of green remains, which fronts the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and looks out towards The Christie, but back in the late 1840s the green bordered the estate of the Hargreaves family who lived at Cotton House and whose grounds included a large fishpond.  Mr. Hargreaves was a merchant with premises at 5 Tib Lane in the city.

Location; Withington



Picture; the village green, Withington, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson