ABC Wednesday this week finds me at a nice old building in the eerily named street called Hanging Ditch. There was also a Hanging Bridge which in the 14th century connected the Rivers Irk and Irwell here.
Manchester UK gives two reasons for its name: "...because fullers hung their sheets over the ditch to drain and dry (the fulling-mill is known to have existed in 1282) - hence the long-standing pollution of the River Irk. (There is also a possibility that it was the site of an old gallows, and that felons were, in fact, hanged here)".
I prefer to think of the hanging sheets Chrissy :)
ReplyDeleteMe too I prefer hanging sheetsn :) ! Beautiful house !
ReplyDeleteGattina
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I like this distinguished bldg
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
At this moment i do know know if i like this building or dislike... i think its strange ;-)
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Melody abc-w-team)
Interesting building, I prefer sheets but I bet it's the other.
ReplyDeleteAnn
I like the building, but I wonder about the ditch (as it's not clear from history) - anyways, I like the contrast that the sun gave you in this capture!
ReplyDeleteHanging sheets are definitely preferable to getting hung! Quite distinctive architecture.
ReplyDeleteI love the architecture of this building and enjoyed hearing the background about the sheets.
ReplyDeleteLeslie
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