The park's history
Historically, most of Wythenshawe Park lay within the Cheshire township of Northenden (or Northen). The park we know today was developed from the Wythenshawe demesne, land directly associated with Wythenshawe Hall.
From the late 1300s Wythenshawe descended through the Tatton family, who established their residence at Wythenshawe Hall. The most dramatic incident in the Tattons' long history at the hall was over the winter of 1643-44 when the site was besieged by Cromwell's parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War.
Robert Tatton, a royalist, kept the Hall in a state of defence but surrendered on 27 February 1644 after two cannons were brought from Manchester.
The site developed over the years, with various additions and changes to the hall and its outbuildings, including a walled garden, glass houses, and an ice house.
By 1830 a number of fields around the Hall were opened out to create an area of parkland. By this time the Northenden part of the park also included a number of plantations managed by the Tatton's estate.
The hall and parkland was bought in 1926 by Lord and Lady Simon at a time when Manchester City Council was developing Wythenshawe as 'The Garden City', providing new housing for families being moved out of the then deprived areas of the city. It was given to the city, 'to be kept forever as an open space for the people of Manchester,' and was intended for the recreational use of people living on the newly built Wythenshawe housing estate.
Since that time the park has been a place of recreation, learning and enjoyment for the people of Manchester.
Historia ya Hifadhi Kihistoria, zaidi ya Wythenshawe Park ilikuwa ndani ya Cheshire township ya Northenden (au Northen). Hifadhi tunajua leo ilitengenezwa kutoka Wythenshawe demesne, ardhi moja kwa moja kuhusishwa na Wythenshawe Hall. Tangu mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1300, Wythenshawe alishuka kupitia familia ya Tatton, ambao walianzisha makazi yao katika Wythenshawe Hall. Tukio kubwa zaidi katika historia ya muda mrefu ya Tatton katika ukumbi huo lilikuwa wakati wa majira ya baridi ya 1643-1644, wakati tovuti hiyo ilipozingirwa na askari wa bunge la Cromwell wakati wa Vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Robert Tatton, aliyekuwa mfuasi wa kifalme, aliendelea kulinda jumba hilo lakini alijisalimisha Februari 27, 1644, baada ya makombora mawili kuletwa kutoka Manchester. Eneo hilo lilibadilika kwa miaka mingi, likiwa na nyongeza na mabadiliko mbalimbali katika jumba hilo na majengo yake, kutia ndani bustani yenye kuta, nyumba za kioo, na nyumba ya barafu. Kufikia mwaka 1830, mashamba kadhaa yaliyozunguka Jumba hilo yalifunguliwa ili kutengeneza eneo la bustani. Kufikia wakati huu sehemu ya Northenden ya mbuga pia ilijumuisha idadi ya mashamba yaliyosimamiwa na mali ya Tatton. Jumba hilo na bustani zilinunuliwa mwaka 1926 na Bwana na Bibi Simon wakati Halmashauri ya Jiji la Manchester ilipokuwa ikisitawisha Wythenshawe kama 'Jiji la Bustani', ikitoa makazi mapya kwa familia zilizohamishwa kutoka maeneo yaliyokuwa na ukosefu wa huduma. Ilikuwa kupewa mji, 'kuhifadhiwa milele kama nafasi ya wazi kwa ajili ya watu wa Manchester,' na ilikuwa ni lengo kwa ajili ya matumizi ya burudani ya watu wanaoishi juu ya mpya kujengwa Wythenshawe makazi ya makazi. Tangu wakati huo bustani imekuwa mahali pa burudani, kujifunza na kufurahia kwa watu wa Manchester.