No.
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Name and Location
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Colour
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Inscription
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Installed
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82
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First Automatic Traffic Signals in the North West
Market Street,
Cross Street
|
Red
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The first automatic traffic signals in the North West of England were installed at this junction on November 14th 1928.
|
1988
|
83
|
Thomas de la Warre
Cathedral Street
|
Blue
|
Thomas de la Warre 1359 - c.1426 Rector of Manchester founded the Collegiate Church in 1421 with its community of priests, lay clerks and boys.
|
1989
|
84
|
John Bradford and Edward Barlow
Cathedral Street
|
Blue
|
John Bradford 1510 - 1555
Edward Barlow 1585 - 1641
Natives of Manchester both martyred for their religious beliefs.
|
1989
|
85
|
James Prince Lee
Cathedral Street
|
Blue
|
James Prince Lee 1804 - 1869
First Bishop of Manchester
1847 - 1869. Consecrated 110 new churches.
|
1989
|
86
|
Peter Green
Cathedral Street
|
Blue
|
Peter Green 1871 - 1961 Rector of St. Philip's, Salford. Canon Residentiary of Manchester 1911 - 1951 Evangelist writer.
|
1989
|
87
|
William Temple
Cathedral Street
|
Blue
|
William Temple 1881 - 1944
Bishop of Manchester 1921 - 1928. Later Archbishop of York, then Archbishop of Canterbury, writer, social reformer, Apostle of Church Unity.
|
1989
|
88
|
Fund
Grocer's Warehouse,
Castle Street,
Castlefield
|
Green
|
Many of the improvements in the Castlefield Urban Heritage Park have been carried out by Manchester City Council with financial assistance from the European Community through the Regional Development Fund.
|
1989
|
89
|
Commission of the Peace
The Magistrates' Court
Crown Square
|
Red
|
The first Commission of the Peace was granted to Manchester in 1839 by H.M. Queen Victoria. The first court sitting was held in Brown Street, the court moved to Minshull Street in 1872 and to Crown Square in 1971.
|
1,989
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No.
|
Name and Location
|
Colour
|
Inscription
|
Installed
|
90
|
Declaration of the
Rights of Man
Hanging Ditch
|
Green
|
Declaration of the Rights of Man. The two "Liberty" trees were planted by representatives of the French Government on 17th October 1989 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man in Paris 26 August 1789".
|
1989
|
91
|
Little Ireland
Great Marlborough St.
|
Red
|
Site of Little Ireland. Large numbers of immigrant Irish workers lived here in appalling housing conditions. Built c.1827 vacated c.1847, demolished c.1877.
|
1992
|
92
|
First Gas Works
St. Mary's Parsonage
|
Red
|
Site of first Manchester Gas Works. First municipal gas installation in the world to sell gas to the public. Erected by the Commissioners of Police 1817.
|
1993
|
93
|
School of Chiropody
Upper Brook Street
|
Red
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Manchester Foot Hospital 1929 - 1931 original site of Manchester School of Chiropody 1930 - 1931. Post curam otium.
|
1990
|
94
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Thomas Wright
Sidney Street, All Saints
|
Blue
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Thomas Wright 1789 - 1876 "The Prisoners' Friend" Born in Manchester and lived in Sidney Street. Dedicated his life to the relief of human suffering and in particular to the poor and needy of this City.
|
1992
|
95
|
Co-operative Insurance Co.
103 Princess Street
|
Red
|
The first meeting of the Co-operative Insurance Company (now CIS) was held here 16th November 1867.
|
1992
|
96
|
Orford Road Burial Ground, Seabrook Road/Orford Road Newton Heath
|
Red
|
The bodies of 6,000 Newton Heath residents were interred here between 1860 and 1950.
|
1993
|
97
|
Pals Battalions
Manchester Regiment
Main entrance,
Heaton Park,
Bury Old Road
|
Red
|
The 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Pals Battalions of the Manchester Regiment trained at Heaton Park between September 1914 and April 1915.
|
1993
|
No.
|
Name and Location
|
Colour
|
Inscription
|
Installed
|
98
|
Peak District and Northern Counties Footpaths Preservation Society
St. George's House,
Peter Street
|
Red
|
The Peak District and Northern Counties Footpaths Preservation Society was founded on this site 16th August 1894.
|
1994
|
99
|
Palatine Court
The Crown Court
Crown Square
|
Red
|
The Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster founded in or before 1351 sat here from 1962 until replaced by the High Court, Chancery Division on 1st January 1972.
|
1995
| |
100
|
Robert Owen
Royal Exchange
St. Ann's Square
|
Blue
|
Robert Owen 1771 - 1858. Welsh entrepreneur and social reformer whose ideas formed the basis of the world-wide co-operative movement. Lived and worked in Manchester for 12 years working first in a business on this site. c.1788.
|
1994
| |
101
|
Aircrew Cadets
Heaton Hall, Heaton Park
|
Blue
|
To commemorate the 133,516 aircrew cadets who were stationed at Heaton Park during World War II en route overseas for flying training.
|
1995
| |
102
|
Rugby League
Hanging Ditch/
Corporation Street
|
Red
|
The Lancashire Rugby Football Union held meetings in the Spread Eagle Hotel, which stood on this site. In 1895 the Lancashire & Yorkshire Unions amalgamated to form the Northern Rugby Football Union (later renamed League) thereby seceding from the Rugby Union.
|
1996
| |
103
|
Football League
Royal Buildings, 124-130 Market Street.
|
Red
|
The Football League was founded on 17th April 1888 at the Royal Hotel, which stood on this site.
|
1996
|
104
|
|
|
|
|
No.
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Name and Location
|
Colour
|
Inscription
|
Installed
|
105
|
Hannah Mitchell
18 Ingham Street,
Newton Heath
|
Blue
|
Hannah Maria Mitchell 1871 - 1956 radical suffragist, City Councillor and Magistrate lived here.
|
1996
| |
106
|
69 - 77 Lever Street
75 Lever Street
|
Black
|
Buildings of special Architectural or Historic Interest. Grade II. 69 - 77 Lever Street. Five Georgian town houses built in 1787, which were also used as places of business. Their close relationship with workshops and artisans dwellings at the rear make the group of buildings unique in Manchester.
|
|
107
|
4, 6 & 8 Bradley Street
6 Bradley Street
|
Black
|
Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Grade II. 4, 6 & 8 Bradley Street. Two 'one up one down' houses in each of these three outriggers to the rear of the grander properties on Lever Street were built in 1787. Although rebuilt and altered in 1996 they represent the last surviving examples of this type of accommodation in the City. Records indicate as many as 12 people living in one property.
|
1997
|
108
|
Junior Art School
Platt Hall, Platt Fields Park,
Fallowfield
|
Red
|
From 1943 to 1946 The Manchester Junior Art School was situated here under the directorship of Eric Mayer (1903 - 1971).
|
1997
|
109
|
Japanese Mission to Manchester
Lloyds Bank, Cheapside
|
Red
|
This plaque commemorates the 125th anniversary of the visit of the Iwakura Ambassadors' Mission from Japan, which was received by the Lord Mayor in the original Manchester Town Hall, which stood on this site. The 40-member Japanese delegation came to Manchester and the North West to learn from its civic, industrial and commercial success.
|
2001
|
110
|
British Deaf History Society
Elizabeth House, St. Peters Square
|
Red
|
Original site of the Manchester & Salford Adult Deaf & Dumb Benevolent Association, founded in 1846 by deaf tailor James Herriot, British Deaf History Society.
|
1998
|
No.
|
Name and Location
|
Colour
|
Inscription
|
Installed
|
111
|
Platt Chapel (Unitarian)
Platt Chapel, Rusholme
|
Red
|
Platt Chapel (Unitarian)
1700 - 1970 congregation
founded at Birch, Rusholme in 1646.
|
2000
|
112
|
Catholic Social Guild
Chorlton Street
|
Red
|
21st September 1909 Catholic Social Guild was founded at Ingham's Hotel, which stood on this site. Decisions led to the foundation of the Catholic Workers College, Oxford, later re-named Plater College.
|
2000
|
113
|
Royal Mill
Redhill Street
Royal Visit 1942
|
Red
|
Not erected
|
2007
|
114
|
McConnell and Kennedy
|
Blue
|
Not erected
|
2007
|
115
|
Royal Mills
Redhill Street
|
Black
|
Not erected
|
2007
|
116
|
Peterloo
Free Trade Hall
Peter Street
This replaced blue plaque number 6 installed 1972
|
Red
|
On 16th August 1819, a peaceful rally of 60,000 pro-democracy reformers, men, women and children was attacked by armed cavalry resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries.
|
2007
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