The District of Hulme, Manchester in the County of -- Lancashire --

The Township of Hulme, in the parish of Manchester, lies one mile to the south west of Manchester city centre. It covers an area of 440 acres and at it's time of highest population in the 1870's was home to 86,267 people. Its population in 1773-4 was 162, 1801, 1,677, 1811, 3,081, 1821, 4,234, 1831, 9,624. By the outbreak of World War 2 the population had declined to about 46,000 as many inhabitants moved to better areas such as Longsight and Moss Side.

Hulme is an old settlement and was a sub-manor of Manchester as early as 1320, although it's population was probably less than thirty at that time. The name derives from the Danish Holme, an island or high place surrounded by water or marsh, which indeed Hulme is, having as it's boundaries the rivers Irwell, Medlock and Cornbrook.

In 1838 the borough of Manchester was formed and Hulme was incorporated into that borough, adding its inhabitants to the 150,000 already resident in Manchester.

In the 20 years after 1850, there were 8 church of England churches built in Hulme! In 1841 it had one church, St Georges, built 1827.

The statistics presented in this brief introduction are from http://www.mancuniensis.info/HulmeFP.htm and "Cherished Though They May Be, The Churches of Hulme" R.J. Murphy, pub Manchester Polytechnic ISBN 0 9511944 0 2

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