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The district is served by Patricroft railway station which is situated on Green Lane and is on the main Manchester to Liverpool line. |
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Sir [[Alliott Verdon Roe|Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe]] was born in Patricroft in 1877. He was the first Englishman to make a powered flight (in 1908 at [[Brooklands]]), and the first Englishman to fly an all British machine a year later, on [[Hackney Marshes]]. He founded the [[Avro]] company, one of the world's first aircraft manufacturers, in 1910. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 23:45, 3 June 2007
Patricroft is an area of Eccles in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It's name may derive from 'Pear-tree croft', or more likely, 'Patrick's Croft'.
It was administered by the municipal borough of Eccles in the administrative county of Lancashire until its abolition in 1974.
History
In 1836, James Nasmyth, in partnership with Holbrook Gaskell, built the Bridgewater Foundry in Patricroft. The foundry soon expanded to become a major supplier of steam locomotives. During World War I the factory's production was mainly diverted to munitions work. At the start of the Second World War it became becoming a Royal Ordnance Factory, producing shells, tanks and guns. The engineering works closed in 1989; the site is now part of a business and technology centre.
Transport
The district is served by Patricroft railway station which is situated on Green Lane and is on the main Manchester to Liverpool line.
Notable residents
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe was born in Patricroft in 1877. He was the first Englishman to make a powered flight (in 1908 at Brooklands), and the first Englishman to fly an all British machine a year later, on Hackney Marshes. He founded the Avro company, one of the world's first aircraft manufacturers, in 1910.
References