Name Burnage is thought to have stemmed from "Brown Hedge", from the old brown stone walls or "hedges" which were common there in medieval times.
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13 Facts About Burnage
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Burnage did not have its own manor but the land was shared between the farmers from the Manors of Withington and Heaton Norris as it was a border district between two neighbouring lordships.
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In 1919 the Manchester Babies Hospital moved to Cringle Hall in Burnage having previously been in Levenshulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock.
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Burnage is a mainly residential area, mostly semi-detached houses built in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Burnage was a township in the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire .
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Burnage remained under the manor of Withington for several centuries.
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Burnage was in Chorlton Poor Law Union from 1837 to 1915, and in Manchester Poor Law Union from 1915 to 1930.
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Burnage is one of seven Manchester City Council wards in the parliamentary constituency of Manchester Withington, currently represented by Jeff Smith MP .
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Burnage is home to three primary schools and one secondary.
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Burnage Academy for Boys is a former grammar school and Media Arts College which converted to an academy in 2014.
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Burnage is covered by the South Manchester division of Greater Manchester Police.
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Burnage is served by two railway stations: Burnage railway station, which is located on Fog Lane, and Mauldeth Road, which is to the north of the area and serves Ladybarn.
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Burnage is close to junction 5 of Manchester's ring road, the M60 motorway.
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