Gorton
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- For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gorton. For people name Gorton, see Gorton (surname).
Gorton is a district in Manchester, England, to the south-east of the city centre.
A derivation of the name of the township: "About the year 920 a battle took place between the invading Danes and the Saxons, when the former were routed on Winning Hill. The stream running through the township was discoloured with blood, hence the name Gore Brook, from which the town Gore Town (Gorton) is derived." This statement is explicit and definite and apparently fully worthy of credence. "Gore Brook" runs through the township to-day and through the centre of Sunnybrow Park situated between Hengist Street and Knutsford Road.
In 1849 a locomotive works was built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, later the Great Central Railway. It was known locally as the 'Gorton Tank'. It carried out repairs and major overhauls, producing new boilers and all LNER castings. There was also a carriage and wagon works which had been built in 1881 which carried out light repairs. Both were closed in 1962.
Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan, 19th century High Victorian Gothic Monastery. Also Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road. See Brookfield Church Memorabilia
Myra Hindley was born and grew up in Gorton [1]. She and Ian Brady lived there at the time of the first three Moors murders, before moving to Hattersley where they committed two further murders and were arrested in 1965.
[edit] Gorton constituency
See Manchester Gorton for details about this parliamentary constituency. The current MP is the Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman.
[edit] Gorton wards
See Gorton North and Gorton South for the two local government wards covering the district.
[edit] References
- ^ Murder on the Moors: The Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Story - Crime Library
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