Alport Town was a district of

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, England, that included over 300 houses. It was effectively wiped out by the construction of the

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and its ancillary buildings and roads in the 1890s. Known by several names over a period of years, including Aldeparc, Aldport, Over Alporde, Nether Alteport, Alporton, Hooperton and Upperton, the area was known as Alport or Alport Town around the time of its demise. First appearing in records at least as early as 1281 as a small park, a manorial survey of 1322 recorded Alport as comprising of heathland, pasture and meadow, with the

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running through it. The district had been in the possession of Robert Grelle before passing into ownership of the La Warre family. In 1421, that family gave the land to the collegiate church in Manchester and in 1547, following the dissolution of the monasteries,

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gave it to

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. The property was sold to Sir Randle Brereton by

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, in 1599 and then almost immediately sold again. For many years from 1602, it was in the possession of the Mosley family, who made use of a lodge there until its destruction during the

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. By the time that the Great Northern Warehouse was constructed, Alport was "one of the lowest of Manchester slums", according to ''

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''. The construction cleared those houses.

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