Now I like Barbarella’s picture of the entrance to Ivy Cottage, on Barlow Moor Road.
And as you do I went looking for its story.
It appears in the 1911 directory for Manchester and Salford as “Ivy Cottage Mission Hall”, and one source offers a date of 1901 for the establishment of this Evangelical place of worship.
Strangely I have not found any other reference to it.
I vaguely remember doing some research years back, and came across an account of a Didsbury resident holding services in his own house on Barlow Moor Road, which was called Ivy Cottage.
And the historic records confirm that a James Green was living at 18 Barlow Moor Road in 1901 which was just north of Pine Road.
He described himself as a “day gardener”, was 58, from Bramhall, and shared the cottage with his wife, Mary, two daughters, and a Mr. Joseph Benson.
Two years and the directory lists the Mission Hall alongside the Green’s cottage.
They are still there in 1911, in what was an eight roomed property, which they were now sharing with one of their daughters and her husband.
All of which is fine, but a tad confusing as Ivy Cottage Church id on the other side of the road.
So, I suspect that at some point between 1911, and 1933 when a hall appears on the OS map for that year, the present hall was constructed on the opposite side of Barlow Moor Road.
Well we shall see.
Location; Didsbury
Pictures; Walking Barlow Moor Road, 2020, from the collection of Barbarella Bonvento
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| The entrance, 2020 |
And as you do I went looking for its story.
It appears in the 1911 directory for Manchester and Salford as “Ivy Cottage Mission Hall”, and one source offers a date of 1901 for the establishment of this Evangelical place of worship.
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| The church, 2020 |
I vaguely remember doing some research years back, and came across an account of a Didsbury resident holding services in his own house on Barlow Moor Road, which was called Ivy Cottage.
And the historic records confirm that a James Green was living at 18 Barlow Moor Road in 1901 which was just north of Pine Road.
He described himself as a “day gardener”, was 58, from Bramhall, and shared the cottage with his wife, Mary, two daughters, and a Mr. Joseph Benson.
Two years and the directory lists the Mission Hall alongside the Green’s cottage.
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| Mission Hall, date unknown |
All of which is fine, but a tad confusing as Ivy Cottage Church id on the other side of the road.
So, I suspect that at some point between 1911, and 1933 when a hall appears on the OS map for that year, the present hall was constructed on the opposite side of Barlow Moor Road.
Well we shall see.
Location; Didsbury
Pictures; Walking Barlow Moor Road, 2020, from the collection of Barbarella Bonvento
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