11 Facts About Harpurhey

Harpurhey is an inner-city suburb of Manchester in North West England, three miles north east of the city centre.

Areas of Harpurhey include Kingsbridge Estate, Barnes Green, Shiredale Estate and Baywood Estate.

Harpurhey is recorded in 1320 as "Harpourhey", meaning "hedged enclosure by a man called Harpour", who owned the area in the 14th century.

Harpurhey was included in the Parliamentary borough of Manchester from its creation but was not taken into the municipal borough until 1885.

Harpurhey is one of the most economically deprived areas within the Greater Manchester area.

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Harpurhey is within the Blackley and Broughton constituency, which has been represented in the House of Commons by Labour MP Graham Stringer who was first elected to the old Manchester Blackley constituency in 1997.

Harpurhey is served by a number of bus services on the main Rochdale Road corridor, as well as non-radial services to and from Salford Shopping Precinct and Oldham.

Harpurhey is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford, and the Church of England Diocese of Manchester.

Manchester General Cemetery in Harpurhey was founded in 1837 and is still open to existing grave-owners.

Harpurhey Cemetery became the final resting place of Hannah Beswick, the Manchester Mummy.

Library services provided by Policing in Harpurhey is provided by Greater Manchester Police with a part-time station on Moston Lane under the command of North Manchester Division.