Social history Rusholme

platt lane in rusholme

over victorian era, there several different socio-political meanings of rusholme. primarily, township based around general area known rusholme since @ least 13th century. area grew township, , beginning of 19th century, had own government responsible public health, roads, policing, poor relief, , other local government tasks. rusholme politically autonomous entity vital self-conception discrete area after lost political self-control upon incorporation manchester. low-cost terraced housing built between 1880 , 1930 dominates landscape, along sprawling council housing estate erected in interwar period.