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Toponymy Didsbury derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon Dyddi’s burg, probably referring to a man known as Dyddi whose stronghold or township it was on a low cliff overlooking a place where the River Mersey could be forded. In the 13th century Didsbury was variously referred to as Dydesbyre, Dydesbiri, Didsbury or Dodesbury. It underwent major refurbishment in and again in the 19th century, although most of the stonework visible today dates from the 17th century. The parsonage soon gained a reputation for being haunted; servants refused to sleep on the premises, and it was abandoned in In , he installed a gateway complete with wrought iron gates which he purchased from the soon to be demolished Spread Eagle Hotel in central Manchester which he once owned, at the entrance to the parsonage’s garden, which, because of the building’s reputation, became known locally as “the gates to Hell”.

The parsonage became a museum, now closed, but the gardens are still open to the public. It is also likely that Bonnie Prince Charlie crossed the Mersey at Didsbury in , in the Jacobite march south from Manchester to Derby, and again in his subsequent retreat. From the s onwards, many of them moved to what were seen as the more “sophisticated” suburbs in the south, such as Withington and Didsbury.

The opening of the Midland Railway line in contributed greatly to the rapid growth in the population of Didsbury, with stations at Didsbury and Withington and West Didsbury offering easy rail connections to Manchester Central. The line closed in , although Didsbury station building remained standing until its demolition in the s.