Didsbury it is thought to have been before the middle of the 13th century. When the plague reached the village in 1352 the chapel yard was consecrated to provide a cemetery for the victims, it being "inconvenient to carry the dead all the way to Manchester". The BBC Radio 4 "Daily Service" programme of Christian worship – the world's oldest continuous radio programme – is often broadcast from Emmanuel Church, on Barlow Moor Road. Two of Didsbury's religious buildings are Grade II listed: Didsbury Methodist Church of St Paul (now an office building), and the Nazarene Theological College. Didsbury was once
New Moston Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. The area expanded consideraby following the opening of the A633, Broadway, in 1925. Nuthurst Park was opened in 1915 following a campaign for a public park in the area by the 'New Moston Improvement Association'. The area is home to New Moston Primary School (founded in 1901), St Margaret Mary's Primary school, New Moston Library and New Moston Athletic football club, who play in the Chapel Road 6-a-side League. St Margaret Mary RC Church was founded in 1935. The current church building opened in 1957. This growing parish was formed in 1935, partly