Newton Heath
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Newton Heath is a district in the city of Manchester, England. It is on the A62 Oldham Road, about three miles northeast of the city centre.It is famous primarily for two things:
- The birthplace of Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club (est. 1878), later to become Manchester United. An old nickname for the team was "the Heathens" - clearly derived from their original name, this is often cited as the origin of "The Red Devils". However Salford rugby league club acquired the nickname in the 30s and this was copied by Matt Busby in the wake of the Munich air disaster.
- Manchester rhyming slang for "teeth".
From February 10, 1883, until the slum clearances of the 1970s a Salvation Army corps existed in Thorp Road.
Newton Heath is served by Dean Lane railway station, on the Manchester Victoria - Oldham - Rochdale 'Loop' line and trains are frequent. There were plans for this line to be converted to Metrolink operation but this is now uncertain.The station is adjacent to the Newton Heath railway depot, which maintain's diesel unit trains for Northern Rail.
Clayton Vale separates Newton Heath from Clayton, the district to where Manchester United moved before moving on to Old Trafford.
Wilsons Brewery was situated in Newton Heath before closing in the late 1980s.Template:Manchester-geo-stub