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Standing on the towpath on the south side, you can see an old stone wall.

The wall is of the same stone as the nearby canal buildings and was probably built around the same time. It surrounds a housing estate now, but this used to be open land around the Fairfield Moravian Settlement. The settlement is a planned village, built in 1773 by the Moravian religious community, who still run it today.

The first buildings to be formally opened were the Sisters' and Brethren's houses, built to house unmarried men and women separately. The settlement was largely self-sufficient, with its own doctor, schools, bakery, fire engine and nightwatchmen.

As you can see from this early painting, when it was built, the settlement was among fields, several miles from Manchester. Although the area around has been built up since then, the shape and layout of the Moravian settlement are still recognisable from satellite images.

Stone wall, Fairfield Moravian Settlement

Manchester

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