The Greater Manchester village that's a step back in time - hidden behind a busy inner city road

It once had its own night-watchmen, a farm, a bakery, and its own fire service.

The Fairfield Moravian Settlement in Fairfield Square lies behind rows of terraced houses in Droylsden off the A635.

Standing on its cobblestone streets among its beautiful Georgian houses, you’ll feel as though you’ve slipped back in time.

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The village was founded in 1785 and was planned and built by its own people - the Moravians.

The religious group were among the earliest Protestants who rebelled against the Catholic Church.

Fleeing persecution in their homelands of the Czech Republic and Bohemia, they moved to England on their way to the New World.

Within the first two years of them settling in Tameside, they established 13 dwellings and of course their own church, which remains the neighbourhood’s focus after more than 200 years.

Up until around 1830, the area was entirely self-contained, with someone in charge of shop weights and measures, and someone in charge of roads and footpaths.

Education was of huge importance, with a Sunday school, their own boys’ and girls’ schools, and brother and sister houses - where they made bread and lace.

But, as men began to move away for work, Fairfield’s population dwindled.

The boys’ school eventually closed for good in 1890, while the girl’s school was taken over by the local authority and became Fairfield High School for girls, which remains open today.

Rows of houses were built in the 1900s and by the late 1960s, the remaining farm buildings were pulled down.

Still, most of what can be seen here today was built within the first 10 years of its creation, archivist Barbara Derbyshire says.

She moved to the