Crumpsall
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| Crumpsall shown within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 15,959 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SD838026 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M8 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Crumpsall is a suburban area and electoral ward of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. The Ward population at the 2011 census was 15,959. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Manchester city centre. The area is adjacent to the Cheetham Hill, Blackley and Harpurhey wards of the City of Manchester, Broughton of the City of Salford and Prestwich town of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.
Historically part of Lancashire, Crumpsall was a township within the parish of Manchester, Salford Hundred.
It is the location of North Manchester General Hospital. This was previously three hospitals: Crumpsall Hospital (a general hospital), Springfield Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) and Delaunay's Hospital (a geriatric hospital).
The name Crumpsall derives from old English and means a "crooked piece of land beside a river". It is first mentioned in 1291. In 1472 Crumpsall was held in socage by James Radcliffe subject to an annual rent of ten shillings. It later passed to the family of Edward Coke who held it until 1789 when it was divided. One part was sold to Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton and another, 188 acres, to William Marsden of Liverpool. Marsden's portion was divided into three farms: Boardman's Tennement, Pendleton Tennement and Oldham's Tennement and a dyeworks known as Holland's Tennement. Oldham's Tennement, 45 acres, was sold to the Guardians of the Poor of Manchester in 1855 as a site for the new workhouse, later known as Springfield Hospital. Pendleton Tennement was bought by the Delaunay family and later sold to the Prestwich Poor law union as the site for a workhouse.
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