EPW019138 ENGLAND (1927). St Peter's Square, Manchester, 1927
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Details
| Title | [EPW019138] St Peter's Square, Manchester, 1927 |
| Reference | EPW019138 |
| Date | 5-August-1927 |
| Link | |
| Place name | MANCHESTER |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 383910, 397933 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.2424617800614, 53.477624772401 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ839979 |
Pins
 Gaiety Theare |
H.J.Hill |
Friday 8th of March 2019 05:50:16 PM |
| The 3 blocks around this pin are where the Manchester Central Library is now. |
Anthony Appleyard |
Wednesday 12th of November 2014 02:17:56 PM |
| Manchester Town Hall. |
TheBlueCube |
Monday 19th of November 2012 01:39:54 AM |
| Princess Street |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:26:46 PM |
| Friends Meeting House (1830) (Society of Friends- Quakers) |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:24:00 PM |
| From this point the plot for the Central Library and Town Hall Extension (1934) run upwards to the Town Hall and left to Mount Street. |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:18:04 PM |
| Mount Street |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:15:24 PM |
| The Cenotaph - war memorial, erected 1924 |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:14:11 PM |
Designed by Edward Lutyens and similar to his design for the cenotaph in Whitehall. |
Lynda Tubbs |
Tuesday 19th of November 2013 01:54:09 PM |
There are more details about the memorial at www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2024/fromUkniwmSearch/1, but unfortunately no names of soldiers. |
melgibbs |
Friday 3rd of January 2014 06:47:37 PM |
| A stone cross marks the site of St Peters Church, erected 1794 and demolished in 1907 |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:13:39 PM |
| This block is the site of Peters Fields, the site of the Peterloo Massacre of 16th August 1819 when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60-80,000 seeking parliamentary reform. 15 were killed- the first was an infant knocked from its mothers arms. |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:12:28 PM |
| Lower Mosley Street |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:08:52 PM |
| Mosley Street |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:08:23 PM |
| Midland Hotel.Opened 1903 by the Midland Railway to service its nearby Manchester Central railway station (off image to left). Noted as the meeting place of messrs Rolls and Royce prior to the formation of Rolls Royce in 1906. |
totoro |
Monday 9th of July 2012 02:05:52 PM |
| Albert square |
Gibo |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 08:28:50 PM |