[87][91] 15.9% of Salford's residents aged 16â74 had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, health visitor, etc. [88] Of those over 16 years age, 44.0% were single (never married) and 36.7% married. A report by English Heritage said "The building is thought to be the most complete example of this rare form of social provision to survive in England. [94] In 1848, Salford Roman Catholic Cathedral opened, reflecting the large Irish-born community in Salford at that time. By the end of the 19th century it had increased to 220,000. But how did the players rate against Salford? In the 18th century, before the introduction of chemical bleaching, bleaching fields were commonplace, some very close to the town. This social deprivation was a major factor in the increased levels of gang crime linked to illegal narcotics, firearms and robberies. [154], Salford has a notable history in sports, which includes hosting some of the events in the 2002 Commonwealth Games: rugby league, speedway, and horse racing. [80][81] Salford has expanded along the river valley to the north and south and on to higher ground on the valley sides at Irlams o' th' Height and Higher Broughton. The chapel was rebuilt in about 1752â53, although the tower probably belonged to the original building. The club was founded as Salford Central Mission in 1940, which changed to Salford Central in 1947, and played minor local league football until ⦠Further slips saw the road closed completely in July 1933, and although no substantial movements have been recorded since 1948 slow subsidence around the Cliff continues to this day. [148][149] It is now a Grade II* listed building. [8] Salford's MediaCityUK became the headquarters of CBBC and BBC Sport in 2011,[9] joined by ITV Granada in 2013. [3][14][26] Salford's status as a burgage encouraged an influx of distinguished families, and by the Late Middle Ages Salford was "rich in its manor houses", with over 30 within a 5-mile (8 km) radius of Ordsall. [144], From the formation of the Hundred of Salford, the entire area was within the Diocese of Lichfield. Underlined his quality. Salford was founded when the fort was completed in AD 79,[16] and for over 300 years the Pax Romana brought peace to the area. Salford City goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky made a one-handed save to stop Ronan Curtis' penalty in the shootout. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Journalist Alistair Cooke who wrote and broadcast "Letter from America" for decades on the BBC was born in Salford. A steam tramway was opened on 12 April 1883 from Bury to Higher Broughton. Both the main Roman road to the north, from Mamucium to Ribchester, and a second road to the west, ran through what is now Salford, but few Roman artefacts have been found in the area. However, this area suffers from extreme deprivation and is dominated by the central business district that is Manchester city centre. [18] Angles settled in the region during the Early Middle Ages and gave the locality the name Sealhford, meaning "ford by the willows". Turning out to be some signing. The biggest job losses were experienced in Salford's traditional industries and although the service sector expanded during this period, it was unable to compensate for the decline in manufacturing. In the 16th century, it was converted into a dungeon, and was later demolished in 1779. [140] The university is undergoing £150M of redevelopment through investment in new facilities, including a £10M law school and a £22M building for health and social care, which were opened in 2006. [79], The Irwell, sourced at Cliviger in Lancashire, flows from the north and for a distance forms the statutory boundary between Salford and Manchester. Salford is home to the University of Salford, and has seen several firsts, including the world's first free public library,[7] and the first street to be lit by gas. [65], Salford was anciently part of the Manchester parish of the Salford Hundred, an area much larger than the present-day city of Salford, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. Prior to Salford City's promotion to the Football League in 2019, Salford was one of the largest settlements in the UK without a league football team;. [176] The Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, whose headquarters are on Bolton Road in nearby Pendlebury.[177]. [4][5], Salford became a major cotton and silk spinning and weaving factory town in the 18th and 19th centuries and important inland port on the Manchester Ship Canal from 1894. Salford's housing stock is characterised by an oversupply of older, smaller terraced housing and flatted accommodation that declined in value during the late 20th century. [49] Large areas of the city were redeveloped in the 1960s and 1970s, with Victorian era terraced housing estates that inspired painter L. S. Lowry and soap opera Coronation Street giving way to concrete tower blocks and austere architecture. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. [92] Salford has not, in general, attracted the same minority ethnic and cosmopolitan communities as in other parts of Greater Manchester,[44] although it did attract significant numbers of Irish in the mid-19th century. ©Copyright 2001-2021. Many houses were infested by rats and lacked elementary amenities. This was comparable to the similar issues faced in parts of neighbouring Manchester including Moss Side, as well as Toxteth in the more distant neighbouring city of Liverpool. In recent years, various large residential schemes have been built in Salford. The City Engineer's Department of the City of Salford recorded one such incident near Great Clowes Street in February 1882, and others in 1886, 1887 and 1888. [125] Almost eight years later the Manchester and Bolton Railway was opened, terminating at Salford Central railway station. [33] However, it was outnumbered by the numerous smaller factories and mills throughout the area, including Nathan Gough's steam-driven mule spinning mill, near Oldfield Road, where a serious accident occurred on 13 October 1824 (see illustration). [30] Both Salford and the wider City of Salford are unparished areas. Other finds include a neolithic axe-hammer found near Mode Wheel, during the excavation of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1890, and a Bronze Age cremation urn during the construction of a road on the Broughton Hall estate in 1873. The frontrunner is more likely to be Alex Neil, the former Hamilton Accies and Norwich City chief who quit Preston in March. [182] The North West Ambulance Service provides emergency patient transport. [37], For centuries, textiles and related trades were the main source of employment in the town. One of Salford's oldest buildings is the Grade I listed Ordsall Hall, a Tudor mansion and former stately home in nearby Ordsall. [109] [179] Later renamed Hope Hospital and then again as Salford Royal,[180][181] it is a large NHS hospital administrated by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. [49] Life in Salford during the early 20th century was described by Robert Roberts, in his study The Classic Slum.[50]. [67] It was not recognised as a borough in the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, but was granted borough status in 1844; the new Salford borough was made up of the township of Salford and part of Broughton. Salford (/ËsÉlfÉrd/) is a city in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. In 1634â35, Humphrey Booth, a wealthy local merchant, opened a chapel of ease, which a year later was consecrated as the Chapel of Sacred Trinity (the parish of Sacred Trinity was created in 1650). The library was the first unconditionally free public library in the country. With Baptiste and Santos in this type of mood, the 1-0 scoreline never looked in serious threat. [45] Between 1965 and 1991 the city lost over 49,000 jobs, or more than 32% of its employment base. A century later, in 1745, Salford was staunchly in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie, in his attempt to seize the Throne of England. Salford City Football Club is a professional football club in Salford, England, that compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, after achieving promotion from the National League in the 2018â19 season.. The inspectors were "struck by the courage and perseverance with which the greater number of tenants kept their houses clean and respectable under most adverse conditions". Rebecca Long-Bailey has been the MP for Salford and Eccles since 2015, a member of UK Labour. This diocese was divided in 1541, upon the creation of the See of Chester. [68] This was in spite of the opposition of civil servants in the Home Office who dismissed the borough as "merely a scratch collection of 240,000 people cut off from Manchester by the river". [128][129] The city is served by a complex road infrastructure, with connections from the M602 motorway to several major motorways, and A-roads including the A57 Regent Road and the A6042 Trinity Way. Salford City held their nerve to beat Portsmouth 4-2 ⦠As a result, much of the built environment is poor.[45]. Made an important save in the first half from Towell but did his bit by claiming some big catches. By 1861 this had risen to about 460,000, and so in the same year John Greenwood Jr. made an application to Salford Borough Council and to the Pendleton Turnpike Trust, to build a tramway from Pendleton to Albert Bridge in Salford. It is a listed building and gained international fame in 1986 when the pop band The Smiths posed in front of it for the inside cover of their album The Queen Is Dead. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Geoff Bent, another Manchester United player who died at Munich, was born in Salford. In 1969 Nikolaus Pevsner wrote: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, That [neighbouring] Stretford and Salford are not administratively one with Manchester is one of the most curious anomalies of England. [124], The Liverpool and Manchester Railway â the world's first steam driven inter-city passenger railway â opened through Salford on 15 September 1830. The wooden roof is Victorian. [56] Many of the high-rise housing blocks from the 1960s and 1970s were demolished during the 1990s, "a sign that the great social engineering schemes (from that period) had failed". [169] Local band Doves released a song on their 2005 album Some Cities called "Shadows of Salford". Now, Bates insists all the players need to put right the wrongs of Saturday afternoon when Salford City arrive in town tonight. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886,[1] Salford is located in a meander of the River Irwell which forms part of its boundary with Manchester. The force's "(F) Division" has its headquarters for policing the City of Salford at Swinton, with further police stations in Little Hulton, Higher Broughton and Salford. In 1879 he purchased a small textile-chain making business in Ordsall from James Slater and founded the Hans Renold Company, what is now Renold, a firm which still produces chains. [51] Salford's social amenities and the night-time economy folded amid criminal "intimidation", "drug use, fights and demands for money". [58] Work is ongoing to regenerate the area known as Middlewood Locks, with the restored Salford terminus of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal forming the centrepiece of a brand new residential development. Salford City held their nerve to beat Portsmouth 4-2 ⦠Pevsner, N. 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Not his night. In around 1115, for their support during the rebellion, Henry I placed the Hundred of Salford under the control of the Earldom of Lancaster,[22] and it is from this exchange that the Hundred of Salford became a royal manor. Rising unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s,[44] and a significant economic decline in the decades following the Second World War contributed toward a fall in Salford's population. You can see why Ian Evatt likes to use Isgrove away from home – worked himself to a standstill and grabbed a vital goal. Salford did not know what to do with him at times in the first half. [71] From 1868 it returned two MPs to the House of Commons until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the constituency was split into three single-member divisions: Salford North, Salford South and Salford West. A network of lines crossed the region, with coordinated services running through Salford, Manchester and the surrounding areas. Many engineering companies were established in this area, including Samuel Ellis and Company at the Irwell Foundry. The well-established textile processing and trading infrastructure, and the ready supply of water from the River Irwell and its tributaries, attracted entrepreneurs who built cotton mills along the banks of the river in Pendleton and Ordsall. [145] John Wesley preached in the building, before his break with the Anglican Church. [126], By 1801 the population of both Manchester and Salford was about 94,000. [22][27] The charter gave its burgesses certain commercial rights, privileges and advantages over traders living outside Salford; one of the 26 clauses of the charter stated that no one could work in the Hundred of Salford unless they also lived in the borough. Here are a few talking points after Salford's stoppage-time goal condemned the Bantams to a ⦠Land use in Salford is overwhelmingly urban, with a number of green spaces. Best game in a Bolton shirt. Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004,[191] was born in Salford. Salford Royal Hospital dated back to 1830 and was extended in 1911. It is the type of chain most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power on bicycles, motorbikes, to industrial and agricultural machinery to uses as varied as rollercoasters and escalators. The USD had a slightly larger percentage of Asian and black people. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales. The name of Salford derives from the Old English word Sealhford, meaning a ford by the willow trees. Some absolutely heroic defending at the end, shutting out Touray’s effort when it looked like it was heading towards goal. Defended really well but struggled a little with his set pieces on a poor playing surface. As its cotton spinning industries faltered its economy turned increasingly to other textiles and to the finishing trades, including rexine and silk dyeing, and fulling and bleaching, at a string of works in Salford. [66] From then until 1791, when police commissioners were appointed, it was governed by a reeve, a medieval administrator and law enforcement official. They participate in the Super League. Made a difficult night look comfortable. Couldn’t be quite as tidy in possession as usual, such was the pace, but dug his heels in when it mattered. A notable development, the £700m Middlewood Locks began construction in 2016. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. [62], Salford now has many tourist attractions, such as Ordsall Hall, the Bridgewater Canal and the Lowry Centre, an award-winning theatre and art gallery complex, consisting of two theatres and three art galleries. Salford developed several civic institutions; in 1806, Chapel Street became the first street in the world to be lit by gas (supplied by Phillips and Lee's cotton mill). Salford City Council is responsible for the administration and maintenance of public roads and footpaths throughout the city. It was closed and converted into flats. However, with the introduction of the steam engine in the late 18th century, merchants began to construct mills closer to the centres of Salford and Manchester, where supplies of labour and coal were more readily available (the first steam-powered mill was built in Manchester in 1780). [15][16], The Brigantes were the major Celtic tribe in what is now Northern England. Erratic hardly covered it in the first half – and both managers could point to odd decisions that just did not make sense. Salford Quays has been shortlisted as the new possible city centre by 2020. They finished two points outside the play-offs this season in eighth place. Hampson (1972), Book Four: 1800â1930, Chapter VI: "Peel Park and the Irwell Floods", pp. The line was opened in two stages, in 1999 and 2000, as Phase 2 of the system's development. [127], Electric trams were a common sight in early 20th century Salford, and had from 1901 replaced the earlier horse-drawn vehicles. [38] These industries became more important as Salford faced increasing competition from the nearby towns of Bolton and Oldham. [82], Salford's built environment is made up of a range of building stock. At 53°28â²59â³N 2°17â²35â³W / 53.48306°N 2.29306°W / 53.48306; -2.29306 (53.483°, â2.2931°), and 205 miles (330 km) northwest of central London, Salford stands about 177 feet (54 m) above sea level,[76] on relatively flat ground to the west of a meander of the River Irwell â the city's main topographical feature. In 1228, Henry III granted the caput of Salford the right to hold a market and an annual fair. [131], Public transport in Salford is now co-ordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), a county-wide public body with direct operational responsibilities such as supporting (and in some cases running) local bus services, and managing integrated ticketing in Greater Manchester. Organised crime in Salford, particularly in Ordsall and Pendleton, "began to have a disturbing effect on grass roots democracy. [61] Other schemes such as the Charlestown and Lower Kersal New deal for Communities, have concentrated on renovating existing terraced housing stock by block improvement and alleygating, as well as demolishing unsuitable properties and building new facilities, in consultation with the local community. [69] In 1961, a small part of the Municipal Borough of Eccles was added to the city,[66] and in 1966, Salford was twinned with Clermont-Ferrand in France.[70]. compared to 20% nationwide. "[118] In 2007, the Manchester Evening News reported that the club was third in a nationwide hunt to find the most iconic buildings in the country. [164] A more modern fictional setting influenced by the area is Coronation Street's Weatherfield. [90] Of those aged 16â74, 37.3% had no academic qualifications, similar to that of 35.5% in all of the City of Salford but significantly higher than 28.9% in all of England. In 1892 the road was propped with timber supports. The A580 "East Lancashire Road" terminates at Salford, entering the area from Pendlebury. [163], Harold Brighouse's play Hobson's Choice takes place in the Salford of 1880, and the 1954 film version was shot in the town. The former County Borough of Salford, which also included Broughton, Pendleton and Kersal, was granted city status in 1926. Ran himself into the ground. Hans Renold, a Swiss-born engineer, came to Salford in the late 19th century. [93] Many migrated to Salford because of the Great Hunger in Ireland combined with Salford's reputation as a hub for employment in its factories and docks. United Utilities also manages Salford's drinking and waste water.[184]. [104], Salford is credited as the birthplace of the Bush Roller Chain. MARK Trueman admitted Cityâs latest loss was tough to take after disputing Salfordâs stoppage-time winner. Compared with national figures, Salford had a relatively low percentage of residents working in agriculture. [12] Willow trees are still found in Lower Broughton. [135], The Eccles line of the Manchester Metrolink runs through Salford, with stations at Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, Anchorage, Harbour City, Broadway, Langworthy, Weaste and more recently MediaCityUK. By 1818 Manchester, Salford and Eccles had about 80 mills, but it was the completion of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 which triggered Salford's development as a major inland port. [3] Salford received its town charter from Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, then Lord of the Manor, in 1230. It was restored between 1871 and 1874. [78] Greengate, the original centre of Salford, is located at a fording point on the river opposite Manchester Cathedral. [120] Turnpike roads had a huge impact on the nature of business transport around the region. It replaced an earlier place of worship on Cheetham Hill Road, and an earlier chapel on Wellington Street. [167] Salford is also home to the theatre venue Studio Salford. [45], A survey in 1931 concluded that parts of Salford contained some of the worst slums in the country. [39] In 1850, under the terms of the Museums Act 1845, the municipal borough council established the Royal Museum and Public Library, said to have been the first unconditional free public library in England,[7][8][40] preceding the Public Libraries Act 1850. Salford has thirty-two primary schools, and five secondary schools. [170] One of the most famous photographs of band The Smiths shows them standing outside the Salford Lads Club, and was featured in the artwork for their album The Queen Is Dead. [115] The University of Salford campus, visible partly from the Crescent, contains a number of interesting buildings including the Royal Art Gallery and the Peel Building. Approval was granted and work commenced immediately, with the horse-pulled tramway finished in September 1861. The rest of the figures were roughly inline with national trends. 12. [136], Despite the rapid progress made during the Industrial Revolution, by 1851 education in Salford was judged "inadequate to the wants of the population", and for those children who did get schooling "order and cleanliness were little regarded ... [they] were for the most part crowded in close and dirty rooms".[137]. [30] Other cottage industries prevalent at this time included clogging, cobbling, weaving and brewing. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. His former home was demolished in the early 1970s. [186][187] Musicians Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook, who were members of Joy Division â which later reformed as New Order â are both from Salford. Work was scheduled to begin on the £180 million redevelopment of the Greengate area of Salford in January 2007. Salford has become a lot more ethnically diverse since the previous census, probably due to the relocation of many BBC establishments from London between 2011 and 2012. Hazel Blears â a member of the Labour Party â has been the MP for the constituency since 1997. [19], Following the emergence of the united Kingdom of England, Salford became a caput or central manor within a broad rural area in part held by the Kings of England, including Edward the Confessor. [175] Since 1974, Home Office policing in Salford has been provided by the Greater Manchester Police. Following the Roman conquest of Britain, General Agricola ordered the construction of a Roman fort named Mamucium (Manchester) to protect the routes to Deva Victrix (Chester) and Eboracum (York) from the Brigantes. Salford, who are backed by the 'Class of 92' Manchester United legends, hope Bowyer is the man to lead them into League One. The centre is named after the artist L. S. Lowry, who attended Salford School of Art and lived in nearby Pendlebury for 40 years. The tram service along the road was discontinued in 1925, and the road closed to mechanically propelled vehicles in January 1926. Ten-man Salford kept their promotion hopes alive as they cut the gap on the play-off places to one point after a 2-0 home victory over ⦠[173], Under the requirements of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, the County Borough of Salford was obliged to appoint a Watch Committee to establish a police force and appoint a chief constable. CITY'S latest loss threw up more questions as the difficult run continued. [10][11] The ford was about where Victoria Bridge is today. The sixteen churches in the deanery include the Parish Church of Saint Paul the Apostle in Paddington, St. Thomas' in Pendleton, St Philip with St Stephen in Salford and St Clement's in Ordsall. The Bishop of Salford's official residence is at Wardley Hall. [158][159], During the early part of the 20th century speedway was staged at Albion Stadium.[160]. In 1974 the wider Metropolitan Borough of the City of Salford was established with responsibility for a significantly larger region. [14], The earliest known evidence of human activity in what is now Salford is provided by the Neolithic flint arrow-heads and workings discovered on Kersal Moor and the River Irwell, suggesting that the area was inhabited 7â10,000 years ago. A notable regeneration project is MediaCityUK, located at Salford Quays. Worked hard, used the ball well, but could have played until midnight and not scored. The wards of Broughton and Kersal, however, are to be part of the cross boundary constituency of Blackley and Broughton. They merged to create Salford City College in January 2009. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Salford (/ Ë s É l f Ér d /) is a city in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford in Greater Manchester, England.In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886, Salford is located in a meander of the River Irwell which forms part of its boundary with Manchester.The former County Borough of Salford, which also included Broughton, Pendleton and Kersal, was granted city status in 1926. The Lord of the Manor was either the English monarch, or a feudal land owner who administered the manor for the king. [155], Salford Red Devils is the city's rugby league club and has been based in Salford since 1873. and min. Increased foreign competition began to undermine the competitiveness of local textile processing businesses. The effect on Salford of the Industrial Revolution has been described as "phenomenal". It dates back over 750 years, although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century. The largest is Kersal Dale Country Park, which covers about 32 hectares (0.32 km2). Between 2003 and 2006 £115M was invested in the Manchester and City of Salford housing markets, £44M of which was invested in central Salford. Dapo Afolayan goes on the attack for Wanderers against Salford. [34], Canal building provided a further stimulus for Salford's industrial development. Printing was another source of trade; the earliest recorded in the region was a calique printer in the Manchester Parish Register of 1763. [108] Closer to the centre of the settlement, the tower of the Church of the Sacred Trinity dates from 1635, the main building from 1752. [26] The Earls of Chester aided the development of the caput, and in 1230 Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester made Salford a burgage, or free borough.