Environment of Greater Manchester - Carrington Moss (Paperback)

Chapters: Carrington Moss. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Carrington Moss is a large area of peat bog near Carrington in Greater Manchester, England. It is south of the River Mersey, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Manchester, and occupies an area of about 1,100 acres (450 ha). The depth of peat varies between 17 and 20 feet (5.2 and 6.1 m). Originally an unused area of grouse moorland, the Moss was reclaimed in the latter half of the 19th century for farming and the disposal of nearby Manchester's waste. A system of tramways was built to connect the Moss with the Manchester Ship Canal and a nearby railway line. During the Second World War the land was used as a Starfish site, and in the latter half of the 20th century a large industrial complex was built along its northern edge. More recently several sporting facilities have been built on Carrington Moss. Today, the land is still used for farming, and several nature reserves have been established within its bounds. Parts of the Moss are accessible to the public over several rights of way. In the History of Flixton, Urmston, and Davyhulme (1898) the author claims that Carrington may be derived from the Goidelic Celtic root Cathair, a fortress, but a more recent theory is that the name is from an Anglicised form of a Scandinavian personal name. A Carrington Hall once existed to the north of Carrington Moss, at the junction with the modern-day A6144 and B5158 roads. The hall was the seat of the Carrington family, descended from William de Caryngton. Moss, the first use of which is in the 15th century, forms part of the local name for a lowland peat bog, "mosslands." Today the term is also used to describe former bogs that have been converted to farmland. The population of Manches...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22707742