East Didsbury tram stop East Didsbury tram stop East Didsbury is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, and the terminus of the system's South Manchester Line (SML). It is on the east side of Kingsway in East Didsbury, close to Manchester's boundary with Stockport. It was built as part of Phase 3b of the network's expansion and opened on 23 May 2013. East Didsbury tram stop was built on the Midland Railway's former from Manchester Central Station. East Didsbury Metrolink station is northeast of East Didsbury railway station, which is a heavy National Rail station on the Styal Line. Together
Didsbury was variously referred to as Dydesbyre, Dydesbiri, Didsbury or Dodesbury. A charter granted in about 1260 shows that a corn-grinding mill was operating in Didsbury, along the River Mersey, but the earliest reference to Didsbury is in a document dating from 1235, recording a grant of land for the building of a chapel. The church was named St James Church in 1855. It underwent major refurbishment in 1620 and again in the 19th century, although most of the stonework visible today dates from the 17th century. A parsonage was built next to one of the two public houses that flanked