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This section of the website explores the history of the Humphrey Park area.
To read the pages in this section in order, use the "NEXT" links at the bottom of each page.
Acknowledgements
With thanks to everyone who has contributed to the content of these pages. It would not have been possible without your generosity.
Alan Crossland of Urmston for kindly allowing us to reproduce text, photos and maps from his project "The History of Humphrey Park and Newcroft" and his book "Looking Back at Urmston".
"The History of our Town" on urmston.net.
"History" on stretfordtowncentre.org.uk.
Wikipedia pages about Urmston and Stretford.
"Districts & Townships of the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County" on manchester2002-uk.com.
"Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester", Chetham Society 1903, digitised by Google.
Oxford History of British Place Names.
Trafford Council for kindly allowing us to reproduce some of their photos.
Local newspapers: Stretford and Urmston News; Urmston County Express and News-Telegraph.
Detailed old map of Urmston, Lancashire on the ArchiUK website.
Start your journey through the history of Humphrey Park by reading about the Humphrey Park & District Residents Society.
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