The Chorlton History Wall is back

Yep, after just a short break that team of Simpson and Topping are back with a new installation telling the  story of Chorlton’s past which like the others is a history walk.*

This one tells the story of Chorlton’s Swimming baths and the surrounding area, which had once been the small hamlet of Martledge which was a mix  of cottages, a pub and open fields. 

And which in a just three decades was transformed in to what we know today.

So final was that change from rural to urban that the very name Martleldge was lost and pretty much forgotten.

And instead, it became New Chorlton or the New Village to distinguish it from the area around the village green and Beech Road which was Old Chorlton.

So, the Walk tells that story and because this is the site of the former swimming baths we include its story.

The wall includes stories by Andrew Simpson, original paintings by Peter Topping a selection of old photographs and was sponsored by msv in association with Chorlton Civic Society.

And joins the 80-meter installation which ran along Albany and Brantingham Roads, and that sponsored by Armistead Property which fronted Denbeigh Villas on High Lane during its renovation.

Leaving me just to say like its predecessors the most recent history wall will be become another Chorlton tourist site.

Location; Manchester Road

Pictures of the history wall by Peter Topping, 2024

*Chorlton History Wall, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search?q=History+wall