Crumpsall

"CRUMPSALL, a township in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, 3 miles N.E. of Manchester. The village, which is situated on the river Esk, contains many good houses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester, and in the patronage of the bishop. There is no church, but divine service is performed in the schoolroom. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, and two at Lower Crumpsall. The principal industry is in bleaching and dying, and in the manufacture of silk and cotton. Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, and founder of the Manchester grammar school, George Clarks, and Humphrey Chetham, were born here. Crumpsall Hall was the seat of the Chethams."