MANCHESTER COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES

City of Manchester

COMMEMORATIVE

PLAQUES

A list of locations and inscriptions of plaques to commemorate people, places and events that are part of Manchester's historic past

Manchester City Council, Planning Department, P.O. Box 463, Manchester M60 3NY

MANCHESTER COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES

The suggestion that buildings in Manchester, associated with famous people, should be suitably marked by the City Council was first put forward by the late Alderman Clement Stott. After consultation with historical and architectural interests, the City Council in 1960 adopted the suggestion, but financial restraints at that time made it impracticable to make other than an experimental start.

By 1970, however, largely due to the enthusiasm of the late Alderman Sir Richard Harper - a keen local historian - the programme was effectively commenced.

Since then the Council has sponsored a programme of commemorative plaques and this booklet records those now fixed.

The scheme originally proposed that only buildings where famous people had lived would be marked. Experience soon showed that the continuing redevelopment of the City has swept away many of the old buildings associated with notable people or events.

A minor variation of the scheme was therefore introduced to mark historic sites. Some of these, now radically changed in appearance, are of great interest in the City's history; examples include "Peterloo" (No.6 - Free Trade Hall) and Bonnie Prince Charlie's gun park (No.23 - Artillery Street, Deansgate).

There are no rigid or formal rules for the selection of plaques but the general principles followed are that the person commemorated should have been eminent and sufficiently famous for his or her name to be familiar to a succeeding generation. No commemoration is generally undertaken until 25 years after death.

A great deal of work goes into researching the facts and ensuring sitings are accurate. In this work the Local History Library gives invaluable help. Owing to the severe restriction of local government budgets the responsibility for this and for the costs in manufacturing and installing plaques now rests with those making the request.

All commemorative plaques up to 1984 were in blue ceramic encaustic ware. The manufacturer ceased production and subsequent plaques are cast aluminium. In 1985 colour coding was introduced: Blue to commemorate people: Red to commemorate events of importance to the social history of the City: Black indicates buildings of special architectural or historic interest: Green is for subjects which fall into none of the above categories.

Here they are, memoria to the famous men and women, writers, artists, musicians, soldiers, and others who have made our history. It is hoped that this booklet and the plaques themselves will excite the interest of the public, especially the young, to know more about the persons and events the plaques commemorate.

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES IN MANCHESTER

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
1	Richard Cobden County Court Quay Street	Blue	Richard Cobden MP a pioneer of free trade lived here (1834 - 1843). Owens College (later Manchester University) occupied the building (1851 - 1873).	1960
2	York Hotel National Westminster Bank King Street	Blue	The site of the York Hotel where Manchester Borough Council held its first meetings (1838 - 1840).	1972
3	William Harrison Ainsworth National Westminster Bank King Street	Blue	Wm. Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1883). Novelist born in a house, which stood on this site.	1972
4	Gaiety Theatre Peter Street	Blue	The site of the Gaiety Theatre directed by Miss A.E.F. Horniman (1908 - 1921)	1972
5	Salford Hundred Court Crown Square	Blue	The Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford in the County of Lancaster (1869 - 1971) held its sittings in these Courts of Justice (1962 - 1971).	1972
6	Peterloo Free Trade Hall Peter Street Replaced with a red plaque, number 116 in 2007	Blue	The site of St. Peter's Fields where on 16th August 1819 Henry Hunt, Radical orator addressed an assembly of about 60,000 people. Their subsequent dispersal by the military is remembered as 'Peterloo'.	1972 2007
7	James Sadler Corporation Street and Balloon Street	Blue	From a garden on this site James Sadler pioneer English aeronaut made the first manned balloon ascent in Manchester 12th May 1785.	1972
8	Frances Hodgson Burnett 385 Cheetham Hill Road Building demolished - plaque now in Manchester Metropolitan University (former Manchester Polytechnic)	Blue	Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924) Novelist and Authoress of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy' and many other works lived here (1852 - 1854)	1974

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
9	Prince Rupert Didsbury Library	Blue	In May 1644 at 'Barloe More' near this site Prince Rupert (1619 - 1682) and his Royalist Army encamped on their march to the battle of Marston Moor, Yorkshire, 2nd July 1644.	1973
10	Portico Library Mosley Street	Blue	Portico Library 1806, Thomas Harrison Architect (1744 - 1829) Richard Cobden, John Dalton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sir Robert Peel, Thomas de Quincey, Peter Mark Roget were readers here.	1973
11	Elilzabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 84 Plymouth Grove	Blue	Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 1865) Novelist and Authoress of 'Mary Barton', 'Cranford' and many other works lived here (1849 - 1865).	1974
12	Charlotte Bronte Boundary Lane	Blue	In 1846 at 83 Mount Pleasant on this site Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855) Novelist began to write 'Jane Eyre'.	1974
13	Frederick Henry Royce Charles Barry Crescent Hulme	Blue	In Cook Street on this site in 1884 Frederick Henry Royce (1863 - 1933) opened an engineering workshop and built there the first Rolls Royce car in 1904.	1974
14	Sir Charles Halle Duxbury Square Moss Side	Blue	Sir Charles Halle (1819 - 1895) founder of the world-renowned orchestra lived from (1858 - 1895) at No.70 Greenheys Lane, which stood on this site.	1973
15	Major General Charles Worsley Platt Hall, Rusholme	Blue	The family home of Charles Worsley MP (1623 - 1656) First Member for Manchester (1654), Puritan soldier and Cromwell's Major General.	1974
16	Richard Lane Grosvenor Street All Saints	Blue	The site of Chorlton-upon-Medlock Town Hall (1830 -1970). Richard Lane Architect fl. (1815 - 1858). His Doric Portico still remains.	1973

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
17	Captain Sir John Alcock 6 Kingswood Road Fallowfield	Blue	Capt. Sir John Alcock KBE DSC (1892 - 1919) who with Lieut. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown made the first non-stop aeroplane crossing of the Atlantic 14 - 15 June 1919 lived here.	1973
18	Lieut. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown 6 Oswald Road Chorlton-cum-Hardy	Blue	Lieut. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown KBE (1886 - 1948) who with Capt. Sir John Alcock made the first non-stop aeroplane crossing of the Atlantic 14 - 15 June 1919 lived here.	1974
19	Manchester Poor House Spinningfield Deansgate	Blue	From 1764 to 1792 there stood on this site in Cumberland St. the Manchester Poor House. The building later became 'The Duke of Cumberland' tavern from (1819 - 1901).	1973
20	Revd. John Wesley Central Hall Oldham Street	Blue	On this site The Revd. John Wesley (1703 - 1791) opened the second Methodist Preaching House in Manchester, 30th March 1781.	1974
21	Sir William Brereton Didsbury Library	Blue	In May 1645 Parliamentary troops under Sir William Brereton (1604 - 1661) of Handforth Hall also mustered at Prince Rupert's `Barloe More' rendezvous.	1974
22	Site of Alport Lodge Deansgate and St.John Street	Blue	Site of Alport Lodge. In a siege of the town in September 1642 Lord Strange's Royalist forces fired cannon from here along Deansgate.	1976
23	Charles Edward Stuart Byrom Street and Artillery Street	Blue	In November 1745 Jacobite forces under Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonny Prince Charlie') (1720 - 1788) used this site as a gun park.	1976
24	Charles Robert Cockerell King Street	Blue	From (1845 - 1971) the Bank of England occupied this building designed by Charles Robert Cockerell RA, (1788 - 1863) Architect and archaeologist.	1976

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
25	Early Methodist Preaching Room Blackfriars Street and Deansgate	Blue	Site of Rose and Crown Yard. Here in a weaver's cottage John Bennet and John Nelson opened an early Methodist preaching room (c. 1747).	1976
26	Robert Bradshaw John Rosworm Victoria Bridge Street	Blue	Siege of Manchester (1642). Captains Robert Bradshaw and John Rosworm commanding the town's forces repulsed Royalist troops on the old bridge next to this site.	1977
27	Louis Paulhan 25 - 27 Paulhan Road Didsbury	Blue	Louis Paulhan (1883 - 1963) Pioneer French aviator landed a Farman biplane in a field on this site making the first London / Manchester flight, 28 April 1910.	1976
28	Friedrich Engels Aberdeen House University	Blue	Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) Social philosopher and writer lived at No.6 Thorncliffe Grove, which once stood on this site.	1976
29	Manchester Ship Canal Meeting 1882 Shirley Institute Wilmslow Road, Didsbury	Blue	Lodge of 'The Towers' Daniel Adamson's home where the historic decision to build Manchester Ship Canal was taken 27 June 1882.	1978
30	Daniel Adamson 'The Towers' (Shirley Institute)	Blue	Daniel Adamson (1820 - 1890) Engineer, Ironfounder and leading promoter of Manchester Ship Canal lived here.	1978
31	Edgar Wood Daisy Bank Road Victoria Park	Blue	Edgar Wood (1860 - 1936) Artist - Architect designed this former First Church of Christ Scientist (1903)	1978
32	Sir Harry Smith Daisy Bank Road Victoria Park	Blue	Sir Harry Smith Bart (1787 - 1860) Soldier, Statesman and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, lived here.	1979

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
33	Ford Madox Brown and Charles Halle. Addison Terrace, Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park.	Blue	Charles Halle (1819 - 1895) Musician and Conductor Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893) Pre-Raphaelite Artist lived here.	1981
34	John Hay Beith Wilmslow Road, Rusholme	Blue	John Hay Beith ('Ian Hay') (1876 - 1952) Novelist and playwright born at Platt Abbey on this site 17th April 1876.	1979
35	Alliot Verdon Roe Great Ancoats Street (Provisional)	Blue	Sir Alliot Verdon Roe (1877 - 1958). The first Englishman to fly an aircraft of his own design and construction 8th June 1908. Opened a workshop here 1st January 1910.
36	Ellen Wilkinson Balsam Close, Brunswick.	Blue	Ellen Wilkinson (1891 - 1947) Stateswoman and Cabinet Minister was born at 41 Coral Street on this site.	1980
37	Edwin Chadwick 5 Kingfisher Close, Stockport Road, Longsight	Blue	Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890) Poor Law and Sanitary reformer and administrator was born in a cottage on this site.	1980
38	John Dalton 36 George Street, City. See also 117	Blue	John Dalton (1766 - 1844) Founder of the scientific atomic theory President of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society had his laboratory here. (See also 117)	1980
39	Ernest Jones Bow Chambers, Bow Lane, City.	Blue	Ernest Jones (1819 - 1869) Chartist leader and barrister at law practised from chambers here c1863 - 1869. (Also see 117)	c1983
40	Barton Arcade and the Catenian Association Barton Square	Blue	Barton Arcade 1871. The founder members of the Catenian Association held their first meeting here in March 1908.	c1983
41	Walter Carroll 117 Lapwing Lane Didsbury	Blue	Walter Carroll (1869 - 1955) Musician and composer lived here.	c1984

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
42	Hiroshima Bridge Street, River Irwell	Green	Dedicated to all those whose lives were taken in the first atomic bombings, 40 years ago this week in Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... and to all who strive to rid the world of nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear war. Manchester City Council 1945 - August 6th - 1985 Greater Manchester CND Hiroshima Day August 6th. This plaque unveiled on the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. By Hibakusha (Hiroshima survivors).	1985
43	Pan African Conference Chorlton Town Hall Chorlton-on-Medlock	Red	Fifth Pan African Conference was held here 15th - 21st October 1945. Decisions taken at this conference led to liberation of African countries. Participants in this historic event included Ras Makonnen, Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Amy Garvey, W.E. Du Bois, George Padmore.	1985
44	Nuclear Free City Town Hall Albert Square	Red	Manchester. The World's first City to be declared a Nuclear Free zone (5th November 1980).	1985
45	Frank Kingdon-Ward Former 14 Heaton Road, Withington	Blue	Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885 - 1958) Plant explorer, botanist and author. Born at No.14 Heaton Road, Withington, which stood on this site.	1985
46	Nuclear Free Zone Town Hall Interior	Red	By resolution of the City Council on November 5th 1980 Manchester became Britain's first Nuclear Free Zone. That same historic resolution inspired the formation of a National and International Nuclear Free Zone Movement. Manchester City Council firmly believes that the possession of nuclear weapons will not protect the people of this country against the horrors of nuclear war and that Civil Defence against nuclear war is a dangerous sham.	1985

No.	Name and Location	Colour	Inscription	Installed
47	Town Hall Albert Square	Black	Building of Architectural or historic Interest Grade I Town Hall (1877) Victorian Gothic style Architect - Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905).	1986
48	Chethams Hospital Long Millgate	Black	Building of Architectural or Historic Interest Grade I - Chetham's Hospital Manor House of Thomas de la Warre given to the Collegiate Church (now Cathedral) in 1421. In 1653 Humphrey Chetham founded a school and free public library. Became a music school in 1969.	1986
49	Elizabeth Raffald Marks & Spencer Shambles Square	Blue	Elizabeth Raffald (1733 - 1781) Published the first street and trade directory of Manchester. Wrote one of the earliest cookery books. Started the first employment agency for domestic servants. Ran the Bulls Head Inn which stood on this site.	1986
50	Howard Spring 26 Hesketh Avenue West Didsbury	Blue	Robert Howard Spring (1889 - 1965) Journalist and Novelist lived here (1920 - 1931).	1986
51	First Provincial School of Anatomy 70 Bridge Street	Red	The site of the First Provincial School of Anatomy founded 1st October 1814 by Joseph Jordan (1787 - 1873).	1986
52	Sir William Fairbairn Arndale Centre, High Street	Blue	Sir William Fairbairn (1789 - 1874) Engineer, inventor of the riveting machine, designed the Lancashire Boiler and jointly set up the Mechanics Institute. Started business from a workshop in High Street in 1817.	1986
53	Cathedral Fennel Street	Black	Building of Architectural or Historic Interest Grade 1. Cathedral Church of St. Mary, St. Denys and St. George. A Saxon church stood here. The Parish Church became a Collegiate Church in 1421 and Cathedral in 1847. Existing structure dates from 15^th Century many parts having been rebuilt since.	1986

No.		Name and Location		Colour	Inscription	Installed
54		Shudehill Fight Arndale Centre Shudehill		Red	Shudehill Fight. One of several food riots took place here. 4 people died and 15 were injured during the night of 14 - 15th November 1757.	1986
55		First Aerodrome in Manchester Sports Pavilion, Hough End Playing Fields		Red	The first Aerodrome in Manchester (1917 - 1924) was situated here.	1986
56		Queens Park Upper Lodge		Red	Queens Park (Harpurhey), Philips Park (Beswick and Clayton), Peel Park (Salford). The first three Municipal public parks in Manchester and Salford opened simultaneously on 22nd August 1846.	1986
57		Philips Park Upper Lodge		Red	Queens Park (Harpurhey) Philips Park (Beswick and Clayton) Peel Park (Salford). The first three Municipal public parks in Manchester and Salford opened simultaneously on 22nd August 1846.	1986
58		Cross Street Chapel Chapel Walks, Cross Street		Red	First School and Chapel House built here 1734. Early meeting place of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded 1781. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865) worshipped here.	1986
59		Royal Hotel 124 - 130 Market Street		Red	Site of the Royal Hotel. Royal Mail Coach Inn. First Booking Office for Liverpool and Manchester Railway.	1986
60	Liverpool Road Station		Black		Building of Architectural or Historic Interest. Grade I Liverpool Road Station. The world's first passenger railway station, terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was opened by the Duke of Wellington on 15th September 1830.	1986

No.

Name and Location

Colour

Inscription

Installed

Ernest Lord Rutherford

Museum Building,

Oxford Road

Blue

Ernest Lord Rutherford (1871 - 1937). Langworthy Professor of Physics University of Manchester (1907 - 1919) (in Coupland I Building). Pioneer in Nuclear Physics. First to split the atom. Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1908.

1986

Sam Wild

57 Birch Hall Lane

Rusholme

Blue

Sam Wild Commander of the British Battalion of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War lived here 1940 - 1959.

1986

Caribbean Focus

West Indian Centre

Carmoor Road

Green

To commemorate Manchester Caribbean Focus 1986. Remembering those who come before us, and the others we leave behind us. We are united in an everlasting bond, throughout all eternity.

1987

Soho Foundry

Fragment in Peace Garden,

Princess Street, Mosley St.

Black

This wheel, the sign of the millwright, was originally used as a clock face at Soho Foundry, Pollard Street, Ancoats. Founded 1804 demolished 1976 the foundry produced castings for machinery for the cotton industry.

1987

Adolphe Valette

Polytechnic,

Grosvenor Street,

All Saints.

Blue

Adolphe Valette (1876 - 1942) French painter and teacher in the School of Art 1907 - 1920.

1987

Lord and Lady Simon

Wythenshawe Hall

Blue

Ernest Darwin Simon (1879-1960)

Shena Dorothy Simon (1883-1972)

Lord and Lady Simon purchased Wythenshawe Hall and Park as a gift to the City of Manchester in 1926.

1987

Dr. Chaim Weizmann

Jewish Museum,

190 Cheetham Hill Road

Blue

Dr. Chain Weizmann (1874-1952) Scientist, Zionist leader and first president of the State of Israel (1948) lived in Manchester (1904-1917)

1987

No.	Name and Location		Colour		Inscription	Installed
68	Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Jewish Museum 190 Cheetham Hill Road		Black		Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest Grade II* Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue 1874. A building with Spanish Saracenic motifs Architect Edward Salomons (1828-1906).	1987
69	Church of Saint Ann St. Ann Street		Black		Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest Grade 1, Church of Saint Ann (1712) Architect probably John Barker.	1987
70	Church of Saint Cross Ashton New Road, Clayton		Black		Building of special architectural or historic interest Grade 1, Church of Saint Cross (1866) Architect William Butterfield (1814-1900).	1987
71	Vine Street School Birley High School Chichester Road Hulme		Red		Vine Street School The first school built by the Manchester School Board. Foundation Stone laid 11th June 1874 by Herbert Birley on a site near here. Opened 9th August 1875.	1987
72	1930s Unemployed London Road, Fairfield Street		Red		Demonstration of unemployed marched from Ardwick Green until their dispersal by police and fire brigade using hoses (7th October 1931).	1989
73		Fenian Ambush Hyde Road Railway Bridge		Red	Fenian Ambush (September 1867) Site of the rescue of two Fenian prisoners. Following the shooting of a policeman three of the rescuers were executed at the last public hanging in the Manchester area (November 1867).	1989
74		Manchester United FC Northampton Road Newton Heath		Red	From 1878 to 1893 as Newton Heath (LYR) C & FC and later Newton Heath FC. Manchester United played here on the North Road Ground.	Not yet installed
75		Manchester City FC Clowes Street, West Gorton		Blue	In 1880 as St. Mark's, West Gorton, Manchester City FC first played near here.	Not yet installed

No.		Name and Location		Colour	Inscription	Installed
76		Manchester United FC Bank Street, Clayton On a school building, now demolished. Plaque's whereabouts unknown		Red	Opposite this plaque was the Bank Street Ground home of Manchester United, formerly Newton Heath FC. 1893 to 1910.	1989
77		Sir Nigel Gresley Railway Hotel, Dean Lane, Newton Heath		Blue	Sir Nigel Gresley (1876 - 1941). Locomotive designer and engineer was employed near here at Newton Heath Railway Depot from 1898 to 1905 first as apprentice, subsequently as manager.	Not yet installed
78		Pioneer Quay Deansgate		Green	Pioneer Quay was named by Marie Ashworth from Bury to commemorate the Rochdale Pioneers who founded the Co-operative movement. She chose the name to win the 'Quay with No Name' competition on the Phil Sayer programme BBC Radio Manchester. April 21st 1987.	1987
79		Collyhurst Village Park		Green	Collyhurst Village Park. Designed by the pupils of Saviour & St. Augustine's Primary Schools funded by the Manchester City Council and the Department of the Environment. Opened by Cllr. Arnold Spencer, Chair of the Planning Committee July 1987.	Not yet installed
80	Emmeline Pankhurst 62 Nelson Street		Blue		Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, founders of the Suffragette Movement, lived here 1897 - 1907.	1987
81	Manchester Coat of Arms Cannon Street Corporation Street		Black		This sandstone Manchester coat of arms formerly stood on the top of the Manchester and County Bank, situated on Corporation Street, erected in 1889 and demolished in 1971 to make way for the Arndale Centre. The coat of arms was salvaged by Mr. Rupert Smith who donated it to the City of Manchester in 1984. Relocated on this site by the Planning Committee of Manchester City Council May 1987.	1988

No.	Name and Location		Colour		Inscription		Installed
82	First Automatic Traffic Signals in the North West Market Street, Cross Street		Red		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		European Community Regional Development 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

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		Manchester Foot Hospital 1929 - 1931 original site of Manchester School of Chiropody 1930 - 1931. Post curam otium.		1990
94		Thomas Wright Sidney Street, All Saints		Blue		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

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

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.	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 16^th 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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