[1] The name incorporates the Old English word halh, meaning "a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river".

[2] In 1142, Kereshale was given to the Priory of Lenton, an order of Cluniac monks, who established an early cell there named St Leonard's.

It was sold eight years later to Ralph Kenyon, who was acting on behalf of himself, James Chetham of Crumpsall and Richard Siddall of Withington.

[1] After John and his wife's death Kersal Cell was left to his daughter the enthusiastic Jacobite Elizabeth Byrom.

They usually took place around Whit Week when large numbers of people turned the area into a giant fairground for several days.

[5] Kersal Moor was also host to one of the great political events of the 19th century, when it was the meeting place for the largest of the Chartist Assemblies attended by at least 30,000 people in September 1838 and again in May 1839.

The architect for the racecourse, Ernest Atherden, showed this to the directors of Manchester United who opened their first executive box in 1965, and hence began the modern corporatisation of sport.

When Bury New Road was built in 1831 a gate or bar was erected and travellers had to pay a toll to the turnpike trust to pass through.

[9] The exterior of the house remains largely unchanged to this day, although it was renovated in 2007 with a two-storey extension being added to the rear.

Much of it has now been developed for residential purposes or as a football ground, and the open land known today as Kersal Moor comprises an area of only 12 acres (0.05 km2).

A profile of the ward conducted by Salford City Council in 2014 recorded a population of 12,929 with 86.8% of people describing themselves as white, 2.3% African, 1.4% Pakistani and 2.7% as other ethnic group.

[21] Churches in Kersal include the Anglican St Paul's Church on Moor Lane, built at the instigation of Colonel William Legh Clowes and Eleanora Atherton of Kersal Cell "for the benefit of the poor of Rainscow" (Rainsough — a hamlet just across the border in Prestwich) in 1851–1852.

[citation needed] The former Catholic Chaplaincy at St Philip's Church on Northallerton Road, Lower Kersal, is now home to the "Just Youth" ministry of the Holy Ghost Fathers.

The mortality rate in Lower Kersal and Charlestown is more than twice the national average and approximately one third of the population has a chronic illness.

[26] New Deal for Communities (NDC) was a programme that was part of the Government strategy to regenerate deprived neighbourhoods in England.

It focused on health, crime, education and employment, young people, building communities and the physical environment.

[27] Salford City Football Club ("The Ammies") is based at the Moor Lane ground in Kersal.

Castle Irwell later staged a Classic – the 1941 St Leger Stakes, and was most famous as home of the Lancashire Oaks (nowadays run at Haydock Park Racecourse) and the November Handicap, which was traditionally the last major race of the British flat season.

[31] The Salford Ranger Team organise environmental walks and talks, educational programmes for schools and other activities.

A soap factory was established in Kersal Vale, by the side of the River Irwell on the border with Prestwich in 1920 by Alexander Tom Cussons.

The factory produced the famous brands of Carex, Cussons Imperial Leather and Morning Fresh but was closed down in 2009 and was demolished in 2010.

The plans have not been universally welcomed and action groups have been formed to protest at the perceived lack of consultation and the threat to existing homes.