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provide homes for the necessary workforce. By the middle of the 20th century, with the decline in manufacturing industry and the closure of its local industries, Miles
Platting had become a slum area inhabited by a deprived community. Today, Miles Platting contains just under 2,000 housing units, many of them managed by Adactus Housing Association on behalf of
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The name is derived from platting, a local word, meaning a small bridge across a stream. The Court leet records of the manor of
Manchester dated 13 October 1742 record "Mr Henry Booth for suffering his Platting leading from Tib Lane into the Long Pitfield to lye broken in such manner that severall
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and Ducie Mill were among the largest. By the 1870s a chemical works, timber yard, gas works and a tannery were also operating in the area alongside the many mills. This volume of industry in such a relatively small area inevitably led to the construction of densely packed back-to-back housing to
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has been served since 1889 by the
Norbertine (Premonstratensian) Order, becoming an independent canonry of the order in 2004. Due to falling numbers and mounting repair and maintenance costs the basilica is now closed; the final Mass was celebrated by the
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lay at the junction of the lines from
Manchester Victoria to Oldham and Stalybridge, but this closed in 1995, and the station was subsequently demolished. The railway line, which remains open for passenger traffic, separates Miles Platting from
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persons have fall'n and been ill brused". The footnote says "Platting, a local word, meaning a small bridge across a stream". This platting was a mile from
Manchester (measured from New Cross at the bottom of Oldham Road). Hence Miles Platting.
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Miles
Platting first appeared on a map in 1790 at the point where Oldham Road crossed Newton Brook and a track led to Collyhurst Hall. The track became Collyhurst Street and the track on the opposite side of Oldham Road became Varley Street.
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that looms over the district and now houses offices and apartments. Its restoration was directed by Fr
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in the latter year. The station was then converted to become a major railway goods depot by the
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on 27 April 2007. The basilica has been converted into the
Usmania Banqueting Hall.
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A prominent building of Miles Platting is Victoria Mill, a huge former
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Miles Platting does also have a very small Muslim minority.
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863:"Basilica closes after 118 years"
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325:53.489167°N 2.215833°W
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1165:Ancoats & Beswick
1000:Television programmes
739:Stagecoach Manchester
681:Corpus Christi Priory
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413:Industrial Revolution
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