The District of Collyhurst, Manchester in the County of -- Lancashire --

Collyhurst is 1.5 miles northeast of Manchester City Centre, on Rochdale Road and Oldham Road. The River Irk passes through the area.

The name Collyhurst originally meant "wooded hill". The hill is actually largely made up of red sandstone. Collyhurst existed as a grazing or pasture land at the time of the Norman Invasion of 1066, and remained largely rural up to the early 19th century. A burial ground for plague victims was also located at Collyhurst Clough. The district was incorporated into Manchester in 1885.

By the mid-19th century, Collyhurst had begun to expand rapidly as coal was discovered nearby and houses were constructed to house the coal workers at the newly created St George's Colliery.

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