Weaste
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Weaste is a village within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. It is an industrial area, with many industrial estates. The A57 passes straight through Weaste, which also lies close to the M602. It is just north of Salford Quays.
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[edit] Etymology
The name is from French waste "common land, waste".
[edit] The village
Home to St Luke's church, grade II listed building designed by George Gilbert Scott. Emily Pankhurst, the women's suffragette leader, was married in St Lukes.
19th century cotton firm Ermen & Engels—part-owned by the father of Friedrich Engels—established their second factory in 1837 near Weaste Station, on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line. A young Friedrich worked for the factory in their offices based around the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
Salford City Reds have their ground at The Willows, built in 1901, on Weaste Lane close to the B5228. In 2009, the rugby league club—the only professional sports club in Salford—is due to move base at a new facility in Barton.
[edit] Notable connections
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the conductor and composer, originates from Weaste, and Sir Charles Hallé is buried in the cemetery.
Born and raised in Salford, Anthony H. Wilson attended De La Salle Grammar School on Weaste Lane.
[edit] External links
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