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Baguley
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Baguley social housing. The tower-block is Brookway Court
Baguley is located in Greater Manchester
Baguley
Baguley
Population 14,794 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ816891
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MANCHESTER
Postcode district M23
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament
  • Wythenshawe and Sale East
Councillors
  • Luke Rakes (Labour)
  • Tracy Rawlins (Labour Co-op)
  • Paul Andrews (Labour Co-op)
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England
Greater Manchester
53°23′56″N 2°16′34″W / 53.3990°N 2.2760°W / 53.3990; -2.2760

Baguley ( bag-ƏL-ee) is an electoral ward of the city of Manchester in Wythenshawe, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,794.

Baguley is derived from the Old English words Bagca, badger, and Leah, clearing or meadow.

Historically in Cheshire, Baguley is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was incorporated into Manchester in 1931.

History

Baguley Hall is a 14th-century timber-framed manor house that may have replaced an 11th- or 12th-century house.

Most of Baguley was developed for housing after World War II as part of the Wythenshawe Estate, including many council houses and later tower blocks (a typical one shown at right is Brookway Court); Manchester City Council publications refer to Baguley as "one of Europe's biggest housing estates". However, much of the social housing has been sold off under the "Right To Buy" scheme and there are also several private housing developments in the area; and parkland was provided from the start under the development plan.

Administrative history

Baguley was a township of Bowdon, one of the ancient parishes of the Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the township became a civil parish in its own right. In 1931 Manchester extended its boundaries south of the Mersey in to form Wythenshawe; Baguley was incorporated into the civil parish and city of Manchester, along with neighbouring Northenden and Northen Etchells.

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