History of Trafford

Trafford is a borough in the southwestern part  of Greater Manchester, including towns such as Sale and Altrincham, lies south of the River Mersey in the historic county of Cheshire. However, the historic county of Lancashire encompasses the urban core of the borough north of the Mersey, including Stretford, the Trafford Park Industrial Estate, and Old Trafford, home of both the Lancashire County Cricket Club and the football (soccer) club Manchester United.

Old Trafford was a crossing point over the River Irwell in ancient times. The name Old Trafford possibly derives from the time when there were two Trafford Halls, Old Trafford Hall and New Trafford Hall. ... The name of the area around Old Trafford Hall may subsequently have become shortened to Old Trafford.The places called Trafford in Cheshire have as their first element Old English trog 'trough', 'valley'; while Trafford in Lancashire was originally called Stratford 'ford on a Roman road' but now most people know it as the name of the football stadium which is actually the second biggest football stadium in England.

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The early industrial growth of the borough was stimulated by the building in 1761 of the Bridgewater Canal, which runs north through Trafford Park and southwest through Stretford, Sale, and Altrincham. Development accelerated after 1894 with the completion of the Manchester Ship Canal, which forms the western boundary of the borough. This made Manchester a port and provided the impetus for the development of the Trafford Park Industrial Estate, a centre for manufacturing, engineering, and storage and distribution. Office development is expanding. Parts of the borough near Cheshire have served as residential suburbs for Manchester businesspeople since the 19th century. 

With the current rental values being:

Trafford is fast becoming the top property hots spots especially for swanky new apartments and homes , some examples are :

Westpoint Apartments

Talbot Road M16

• High Quality Residential Units
•    3 Min Walk to Nearest Station
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Yes I have been watching Trafford develop over the past few years and really is one borough oozing with potential.If youre a football fan keep reading , did you know that the original plan of Old Trafford in the early 20th century was to build a stadium that could hold around 100,000 people. The budget for the entire project was about £60,000.When construction started, it became clear, however, that a stadium of this size would cost a lot more. An extra £30,000 was needed to reach this capacity, so instead, it was advised to reduce the capacity to just 80,000.This might not sound like a lot, but with inflation in mind, this would be over £7.2 million today!

There are so many things to do in Trafford whether your by yourself or with family and friends there are a range of indoor and outdoor activities you can get up too. Firstly you can visit the  Intu Trafford Centre, which provides over 207,000 square metres of shopping facilities.

It’s also where Manchester United’s football ground is located which receives visitors in the range of 2.5 million, alongside a whole host of other businesses. Or maybe head down to Chill Factor  which is an indoor ski slope in Trafford Park featuring the UK's longest and widest real snow indoor slope!

Trafford also is home to not one but two medieval castles. Dunham Castle is an early medieval castle in Dunham Massey. It belonged to Hamon de Massey, and was probably still standing in the early 14th century. The bailey was landscaped into the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall and its moat turned into an ornamental pond. Watch Hill Castle is an early medieval motte-and-bailey castle on the border of Dunham Massey and Bowdon. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The motte and surrounding ditch still survives, although it had fallen out of use by the 13th century.

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