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Levenshulme is an area of Manchester in North West England bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish, approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre away on the A6. Levenshulme is predominantly residential with a predominance of fast food shops, public houses and antique stores. It has a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic population of 12,691.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Neighbourhood Statistics: Levenshulme (Ward): Key Statistics )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Neighbourhood Statistics: Levenshulme )〕 The Manchester to London railway line passes through Levenshulme railway station. Historically in Lancashire, Levenshulme is a former township and became a part of Manchester in 1909. Levenshulme, like its neighbour Longsight, was historically a wealthy and middle class neighborhood of Manchester,〔http://manchesterhistory.net/LONGSIGHT/HISTORY/history.html〕〔http://manchesterhistory.net/longsight/SETOUR/area4.html〕 though in modern times has lost this status and population. ==History== The very early history is so obscure as to be virtually non-existent. Many of the nearby suburbs, such as Withington, Didsbury, Gorton etc., had a history of developing as villages, but for some reason Levenshulme did not. It has had several names over the millennia (according to East Lancashire expert Eilert Ekwall), including: in 1246 it was called "de Lewyneshulm", in 1322 "Levensholme" and in 1587 it was called "Lensom". The name itself is derived from a possessive version of a person's name, "Leofwine's" and "holm", a Viking term meaning island (usually in a lake or river).〔 "Lywenshulme" also is referred to in the 1322 survey of Manchester and Collegiate Church charters refer to "Leysholme" (1556), "Lensholme" (1578) and "Lentsholme" (1635).〔"Looking back at Levenshulme and Burnage" Willow Publishing 1987 ISBN 0-946361-22-3, page 4.〕 The "Hulme" element is common in Manchester, and was pronounced "Oom", hence Levenshulme was traditionally "Levenzoom" to the residents.〔 The main A6, Stockport Road, dates from 1724 when a turnpike was built between Manchester and Stockport.〔"Looking back at Levenshulme and Burnage" Willow Publishing 1987 ISBN 0-946361-22-3, page 5/6.〕 The district of East Levenshulme used to be known as Talleyrand. It included Talleyrand House (later renamed as Barlow House) and a street, Talleyrand Row.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1848 maps )〕 It was said the French statesman Talleyrand once stayed there during his exile from France (French Revolution), presumably at some point during 1792–94.〔"Looking back at Levenshulme and Burnage" Willow Publishing 1987 ISBN 0-946361-22-3, page 29.〕 The place name "Talley Rand" is also found on the old post office sorting labels displayed in the POD cafe based in the former main post office. Legend has it that the famous highwayman Dick Turpin regularly visited the Blue Bell Inn on Barlow Road which shares the name of his birthplace. There has been an inn on this site for 700 years.〔"Looking back at Levenshulme and Burnage" Willow Publishing 1987 ISBN 0-946361-22-3, page 31.〕 The current pub was built after the previous Blue Bell Inn was destroyed during a German bombing raid in the Second World War. Levenshulme, a dependency of Withington, was once the feudal lands held by the Lord of the Manor of Levenshulme from 1319–17th century. In 1319 possession was given to William Legh of Baguley by his grandfather Sir William de Baguley of Baguley in Cheshire. William Legh's descendants continued to hold the Manor until the 17th century. In 1917, the McVitie & Price biscuit factory was opened. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Levenshulme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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