Editing Rusholme (section)

===Social history===
[[File:Platt Lane in Rusholme.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Platt Lane in Rusholme]]
Over the [[Victorian era]], there were several different socio-political meanings of Rusholme. Primarily, it was a township based around a general area known as Rusholme since at least the 13th century. The area grew into a township, and by the beginning of the 19th century, it had its own government responsible for public health, roads, policing, poor relief, and other local government tasks. Rusholme was originally a politically autonomous entity, which was vital to its self-conception as a discrete area even after its incorporation into Manchester. Low-cost terraced housing built between 1880 and 1930 dominates the landscape, along with a sprawling [[council housing]] estate from the interwar period.