Rusholme is now a suburban locality in Manchester, England, about two miles south of Manchester city centre. It has a large student population, with several student halls and many students renting privately in the area. There are larger houses towards the Victoria Park neighbourhood, however most of the housing consists of low-cost terraced houses, around 70–100 years old. Wilmslow Road is the major thoroughfare through the area. In the south-wes...
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Rusholme is now a suburban locality in Manchester, England, about two miles south of Manchester city centre. It has a large student population, with several student halls and many students renting privately in the area. There are larger houses towards the Victoria Park neighbourhood, however most of the housing consists of low-cost terraced houses, around 70–100 years old. Wilmslow Road is the major thoroughfare through the area. In the south-west is a large public park, Platt Fields Park, featuring a large pleasure lake and Platt Hall.
Rusholme, unlike other place names in Manchester with the suffix holme is not a true water meadow. Its name derives from ryscum the dative plural of the Old English rysc, a "rush" meaning at the rushes. The name was recorded as Russum in 1235, Ryssham in 1316 and Rysholme in 1551.
Late in the Roman occupation of Britain a hoard of about 200 gold coins was hidden in the valley of the Gore Brook. These coins date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and...
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