Baháís have been in Manchester for longer than you might think The first known Baháí in the Greater Manchester areaNorth of England was Sarah Ann Ridgway. She was a loomworker from Stalybridge, and settled in Pendleton, near Salford. She sought a new life in America in silk, after the abolition of slavery and cotton trade crisis. She found out about Baháís in Baltimore during 1899. She returned to the UK in 19031904. Details are scarce because she was not rich or famous. A book has been written about her published by George Ronald. She died in 1913 and was buried in a paupers grave in Agecroft Cemetery, Salfod.

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