Kersal Moor has a fascinating place in Greater Manchester's history - from its geological quirks to its role in working class movements and Greater Manchester's sporting life. Here, M.E.N Chief Reporter Neal Keeling explores its incredible story.
Moor Lane is one place away fans visiting Salford City FC should never leave their car - unless they want a ticket on a match day.
Centuries ago it was a 'thicket of oaks and a pasture for hogs', according to 18th century historian John Whitaker. The pigs are long gone, but a bird population which flourishes there includes Robins, Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Blackbirds, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Treecreepers, Goldcrest, and that most glorious urban falcon, the Kestrel. Volunteers and council rangers maintain the land.
Tradition has it that this actually happened when Major Roger Aytoun was chosen this way by Barbara Minshull, the 65 year old rich heiress to a massive estate. Until 1888 the Moor was owned by the Clowes family. It was then taken over by Salford council and became a recreation area for walkers. John McKenna, chair of the club, said: “When Old Manchester was founded only the very rich could afford to play. They met every Friday, played golf on the Moor on a course which is now partly lost beneath Salford FC’s Moor Lane stadium, and then sat down to a lavish meal.
Kersal Moor was also used for archery. By 1830, however, it had become the sport of gentlemen and an exclusive club called the 'Broughton Archers' was formed, the membership of which included some of the most influential men in the town. The amateur insect collector was Robert Cribb. In 1829 he collected a series of about fifty small yellow and brown moths from a rotting alder tree on Kersal Moor. These turned out to be a previously unknown species of moth, but they were mistakenly attributed to a friend of Cribb's, the collector R. Wood, who had asked the entomologist, John Curtis, to identify them. The moths were named by Curtis as woodiella in Wood's honour.
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