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unusual facts about Hyde, Greater Manchester



Alexander Hyde

His father Sir Lawrence Hyde was the second son of Lawrence Hyde of Gussage St. Michael, Dorset, who was third son of Robert Hyde of Norbury, Cheshire.

Animal Hospital

The animal hospitals are still in use today and are situated at Sonderburg Road in Islington, North London, Clarendon Drive in Putney, South London, and Eccles New Road, Salford, Greater Manchester.

Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon

Sir John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died April 1617), married Mary Hyde, by whom he had issue.

Barbodhan

The largest population of Barbodhians outside India is in Bolton, Greater Manchester, where the community settled in the 1950s and 1960s.

Bendix Hyde carbine

The Bendix Aviation Corporation submitted the rifle, designed by George Hyde to the United States.

Carrollton, Illinois

John Hyde (1865-1912), American Presbyterian Missionary to India; known as "Praying Hyde"

Chris Gollon

In 2010, art historian Tamsin Pickeral's book 'Chris Gollon: Humanity in Art' on Chris Gollon's life and work was published by Hyde & Hughes.

City region

The New Local Government Network proposed the creation of city regions as part of on-going reform efforts, while a report released by the IPPR's Centre for Cities proposed the creation of four large city-regions based on Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Greater Manchester.

Coinslot

Coinslot originated as a section of the World's Fair newspaper, published by the eponymous publishing house based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, before becoming a separate title at the end of the 1960s.

Douglas Hyde

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt called President Hyde a "fine and scholarly old gentleman", while President Hyde and King George V corresponded about stamp collecting.

Dubnobasswithmyheadman

When Hyde returned to the UK he found his former bandmate Rick Smith had been collaborating on dance tracks with a teenage DJ named Darren Emerson at Hyde and Smith's studio in Romford.

Empress Mill, Ince

Empress Mill, Ince was a single storey shed mill alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, spinning cotton in Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Frederick Blackburn

Fred Blackburn (1902–1990), British Labour politician, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1951–1970

Hamilton Place, London

After the Restoration they were leased from the Crown by James Hamilton (died 1673) a courtier during the reign of Charles II who held the position of Hyde Park Ranger.

Haslingden Canal

The Haslingden Canal was a proposed canal link between the Bury arm of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in Greater Manchester, England, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Accrington, England, passing through Haslingden.

Hendon Brewery

With the growth of the Welsh Harp as a place of entertainment, Robb expanded the business by engaging engineers to build a new brewery in The Hyde by 1855.

Henry Baldwin Hyde

Hyde sought to guarantee that his son James Hazen Hyde would continue the family’s control of the company after his death.

Falsely accused through a media smear campaign initiated by board directors E. H. Harriman, Henry Clay Frick, J.P. Morgan, and company President James Waddel Alexander of charging the $200,000 party to his company, Hyde soon found himself drawn into a maelstrom of allegations of his corporate malfeasance.

Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

The NCB continued to use Austerities in the 1970s and a small number remained in service until the early 1980s, notably at Bickershaw Colliery, Greater Manchester.

Hyde Central railway station

Hyde Central is served by a half-hourly weekday & Saturday (until 19.00) DMU service either way between Manchester Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple.

Hyde North railway station

Hyde North is served by alternate services (hourly in each direction) DMU on the route between Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple (Mon-Fri).

Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings

Sefton, a horse that survived the attack at Hyde Park despite incurring serious injuries including wounds to his head, neck and back, became well-known due to the Horse of the Year Show, where he was awarded "Horse of the Year", and his numerous television appearances.

Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney

In 1991, Hyde Park Barracks underwent conservation and adaptation work by award-winning architects Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and conservation architects Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners.

Hyde Park Corner

In the centre of the Hyde Park Corner traffic island stands the Wellington Arch (or Constitution Arch), designed by Decimus Burton and planned as a northern gate to the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

James Hazen Hyde

James Hazen Hyde (1876–1959) was the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde, the founder of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Jennifer James

Jennifer James (born Jennifer Marie Reynolds; 3 December 1977) is an English actress born in Billinge Higher End, Wigan in Greater Manchester.

John Maines

In addition to his everyday banding activities Maines was for many years the presenter of the long running BBC weekly band programme "GMR Brass” and in 1999 received the Manchester Music Makers award for his contribution to music broadcasting in the Greater Manchester area.

King William Street, Adelaide

King William Road was referenced in the John Schumann song "Hyde Park Calling (King William Road Scene 1)" on the 1993 album True Believers.

Kulveer Ranger

At the 2005 General Election, Ranger stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Makerfield, Greater Manchester, against the Labour incumbent Ian McCartney.

Linda McLean

McLean was added to a roster with an eclectic assortment of artists including Johnny Dowd, Paul Hyde, Jeb Loy Nicols among many others; artists hand selected by Alfonso to suit his personal attraction to strong lyrics and innovative musical arrangements.

Manchester Martyrs

On 18 September 1867, Kelly and Deasy were being transferred from the courthouse to Belle Vue Gaol on Hyde Road, Gorton.

Medwin Peek

Peek was born January 26, 1900, in Palatka, Putnam County, Florida, to Gouverneur Frank Peek and Rebecca Medwin Hyde.

Mountains and hills of England

The Yorkshire Dales end at Skipton, and a short distance to the south is a range of moors that rises up between the urban cores of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

National Literary Society

It featured poetry by T. W. Rolleston, Hyde, Katherine Tynan, Lionel Johnson, AE and several others, with notes and an introduction by himself.

Neilson and Company

By 1861, business had increased to such an extent, that a new works was built at Springburn, also named "Hyde Park Works."

Nick Stone Missions

The script for the movie has been written by McNab and John Connor, with Hyde Park's Ashok Amritraj set to co-produce the film with Timmerman.

Norman Hyde

Having started his own performance parts business early in 1976, Hyde used his engineering experience to design his own bikes and in 1987 he introduced the Hyde Harrier, a café racer kit for Bonneville and Trident engines using a frame developed with Harris Performance.

Older Than You

The film clip for "Older Than You" was shot over 14 hours at Sydney's Hyde Park in 2004 by the critically acclaimed director, Nash Edgerton, who had previously directed Eskimo Joe's "Liar" film clip.

Patti Russo

Patti's television credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Qcheck, Huckabee, Lopez Tonight, The USA Music Challenge, Top Of The Pops, Brit Awards, American Music Awards, Party in the Park- Hyde Park UK, Prince's Trust- UK, Pres.

Pennine Blue

Pennine Blue, later known as First Pennine, was a bus company serving the Tameside area of Greater Manchester, England.

Peter Smagorinsky

After working as a hall monitor and substitute teacher in New Jersey (primarily the public schools in Trenton) after graduating from college in 1974, Smagorinsky began his teaching career as an English teacher in the Upward Bound/Pilot Enrichment Program under the direction of Larry Hawkins, in Hyde Park on Chicago's South Side, where the University of Chicago is located.

Roanoke-Hatteras tribe

The Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe are descendants of the historic Hatteras, Roanoke, and other Algonkian speaking Indians who occupied Hatteras and Roanoke Islands, the Outer Banks, and the mainland of Hyde and Dare Counties.

Saddleworth, South Australia

Saddleworth was originally established as one of many settlements on the road to Burra, and was named after Saddleworth Lodge pastoral station, a local landholding which itself was named after a town of Saddleworth in Greater Manchester (formerly in Yorkshire), England.

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Shortly after the tragedy, Hindley and Brady move with Hindley's grandmother Ellen Maybury, to a new council house: 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, on the Hattersley estate near Hyde.

Stockport Sports F.C.

Stockport Sports F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

The Peel Group

The Group moved into the energy sector in 2008 with the opening of Scout Moor Wind Farm on the West Pennine Moors in Greater Manchester nearby Edenfield and Rochdale.

Thomas R. Chandler

He faced incumbent Jacquelyn K. O'Brien in the 37th Ohio House district, which included the eastern Cincinnati neighborhoods of Oakley, the East End, Hyde Park, Mount Lookout, Columbia Tusculum, Linwood, California and Mount Washington; the cities of Norwood and Newtown; and Anderson Township.

Watts Warehouse

The bronze statue depicts the sentry wearing a Tommy helmet, World War I battle gear and a cape, standing on guard with his rifle with fixed bayonet upright, and was commissioned from the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger who also designed the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, London.

Wayne Massarelli

Wayne Armand Massarelli (August 30, 1949 – July 13, 2012) was an American make-up artist whose film credits included My Fellow Americans, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, These Old Broads and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


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