Patricroft

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Patricroft
Patricroft shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SJ767982
Metropolitan borough	City of Salford
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M30
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Eccles
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°28′48″N 2°21′04″W / 53.48, -2.351

Patricroft is an area of Eccles in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

It was administered by the municipal borough of Eccles in the administrative county of Lancashire until both were abolished in 1974.

1 History
2 Transport
3 Notable people
4 References

[edit] History

Patricroft may derive its name from 'Pear-tree croft', or more likely, 'Patrick's Croft'. In 1836, James Nasmyth, in partnership with Holbrook Gaskell, built the Bridgewater Foundry in Patricroft. The foundry soon expanded to become a major supplier of steam locomotives. During World War I the factory's production was mainly diverted to munitions work. At the start of the Second World War it became a Royal Ordnance Factory, producing shells, tanks and guns. The engineering works closed in 1989: the site is now part of a business and technology centre.

[edit] Transport

The district is served by Patricroft railway station which was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and is situated in Green Lane. A large steam locomotive running shed was situated immediately north of the line until closure in 1967.

Bus services in the area are provided by Arriva Manchester, Arriva North West, and First Manchester.^[1] Routes are co-ordinated by GMPTE.

[edit] Notable people

Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe was born in Patricroft in 1877. He was the first Englishman to make a powered flight (in 1908 at Brooklands), and the first Englishman to fly an all British machine a year later, on Hackney Marshes. He founded the Avro company, one of the world's first aircraft manufacturers, in 1910.