The Lancashire and Cheshire
Antiquarian Society
Founded 1883
Charity Registration No 1105708
Walk round All Saints Manchester
On Saturday 31 July 2021 Antiquarian Society members enjoyed a walk round All Saints in Manchester led by Terry Wyke. From Grosvenor Square to All Saints.
The making and remaking of a Georgian Square showed us the origins of the area now transformed by the MMU campus. Though planned as an upmarket address for the prosperous encroachment by industry from the city centre soon changed the type of people who were living there, but there were imposing public buildings - All Saints Church, two Presbyterian chapels, the Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall and the Manchester School of Art. Terry also showed us the mile marker used by cab drivers to establish the distance to the city centre (now preserved in the School of Art) and the remains of an old synagogue hidden behind Oxford Road.
