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Created page with "'''Stretford''' is a town in southern Lancashire. It is 4 miles south-west of Manchester city centre and the Manchester electoral ward Hulme adjoins the town to the no..."
'''Stretford''' is a town in southern [[Lancashire]]. It is 4 miles south-west of [[Manchester]] city centre and the Manchester electoral ward Hulme adjoins the town to the north-east.
Stretford was known largely as an agricultural village in the 19th century, being nicknamed ''Porkhampton'' for the number of [[pigs]] it supplied to Manchester market.<ref>[https://humphreypark.org.uk/history/stretford/ Stretford Humphrey Park Community Centre]</ref>
Stretford is home to Trafford Town Hall, the meeting place of [[Trafford Council]]. Old Trafford, the home ground for [[Manchester United F.C.]] is based at Stretford as is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, the home ground of Lancashire County Cricket Club.
==Notable people==
* [[Emmeline Pankhurst]] (1858-1928) - suffragette
* Ian Curtis (1956-1980) - lead singer of post-punk band [[Joy Division]]
* [[Morrissey]] (born 1959) - lead singer of [[the Smiths]]
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]
Stretford was known largely as an agricultural village in the 19th century, being nicknamed ''Porkhampton'' for the number of [[pigs]] it supplied to Manchester market.<ref>[https://humphreypark.org.uk/history/stretford/ Stretford Humphrey Park Community Centre]</ref>
Stretford is home to Trafford Town Hall, the meeting place of [[Trafford Council]]. Old Trafford, the home ground for [[Manchester United F.C.]] is based at Stretford as is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, the home ground of Lancashire County Cricket Club.
==Notable people==
* [[Emmeline Pankhurst]] (1858-1928) - suffragette
* Ian Curtis (1956-1980) - lead singer of post-punk band [[Joy Division]]
* [[Morrissey]] (born 1959) - lead singer of [[the Smiths]]
[[Category:Settlements in Lancashire]]