|
Trafford Centre Bus Station
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space. Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion; it set a record as the costliest single property sale in British history. The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history. , the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema. History Geness In 1922 the Manchester Ship Canal company purchased 2,000 acres of the former de Trafford family estate intending to develop it for industrial uses expanding the existing Trafford Park estate. One 300 acre parcel of land would remain undeveloped as Trafford Park's industry began to decline from the 1960's onwards. The Peel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumplington
Dumplington is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Dumplington was one of several hamlets in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell, in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Eccles in the hundred of Salford. Its name derives from the Old English ''dympel'' and ''ing'' and ''tun'' which means an enclosure by a pool. The hamlet lies six miles south west of Manchester city centre. Dumplington was recorded in the Middle Ages in 1225 in land leases between Sir Robert Grelley and Cecily, daughter of Iorwerth de Hulton and Siegrith de Dumplington. John son of Thomas de Booth was the landowner in 1401. The Roman Catholic church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, designed in 1867-8 by Edward Welby Pugin. Since the late 1990s, there has been significant redevelopment in this area including the Trafford Centre The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
