Manchester City: A Division
Bridgewater Street [North] Knott Mill
18th Feb 1897 Notice of the purchase of land from John Hamill and John Alcock Johnson of premises in Bridgewater Street for £4,057.17.6.
6th May 1897 LUSC: site for the PS and pound between Bridgewater St, Barton St, Worsley St Estimate £3,600 but requires the ejection of the tenants in houses currently in the site.
13th May 1897 Sale of building materials from cottages £80
2nd Sept 1897 LUSC: Tenders Messer’s Burgess and Galls. £3,455 [not the very cheapest]
30th Sept 1897 LUSC: Complaint received from Mr Warburton who tendered £3,280 thus a saving of £175 to the taxpayer and asking why with all the other public commissions he had performed he was not trusted.
19th May 1898 LUSC: Bridgewater St PS - removal of half of the time of the Clerk of Works.
Heating apparatus tender Samuel Sanders £44 [3rd cheapest].
29th Sept 1898 Now ready for occupation. Transfer of caretaker from Water St City Pound to Bridgewater St.
1st Dec 1898 LUSC: Dog kennels require additional netting prior to additional bars.
25th Jan 1899 Complaint of public nuisance re dogs’ barking at the City Pound at Bridgewater St by the landlord of dwellings on Barton St and Worsley St.
9th Feb 1899 The investigation into the dog barking nuisance recommends the daily removal to the Dog’s Home Harpurhey to reduce fees and inconvenience and cost to the WC.
23rd Feb 1899 To place a glass roof over the Bridgewater St PS yard and slight alterations to the stables, and with accommodation provided at two stalls at Goulden St, this would provide sufficient accommodation for horses, vans and conveyances for all requirements.
That the station be connected by telephone and opened for the reception of prisoners
6th April 1899 Alteration tenders required.
'Pinfold' charges at the City Pound £50.
Pinfold is a word used from the previous century and means a keep for animals. Of note is that the 1849 OS map shows a pinfold at the rear of Cavendish Police Station or Town Hall.
21st April 1899 LUSC Enquiry into a ‘right of light’ regarding adjoining premises.
Tenders for the glass roof - £150 Burgess and Galt.
19th Oct 1899 Proposed windows to be ‘broken out’ on Barton St and Worsley St and the approved plans to protect the ancient lights over the opposite properties.
7th Dec 1899 Alterations tender - £152 Mr H Bridge.
1899 Caminada’s report details sale of Knott Mill to the GNR and the erection of Bridgewater Street PS [North] for £4,000, ‘ for which not a single prisoner could be found for months after its completion in 1898’.
1st Feb 1900 LUSC: New bath and a wc.
1st March 1900 Painting and repairs required.- Dean & Co £42.10
29th March 1900 LUSC: The substitution of a self acting w.c in lieu of those provided in the cells of the various police stations.
15th May 1901 Quinquennial Valuations: £8,555
2012 Premises have now been demolished and converted into offices and flats with only the thin front elevation façade remaining.
See the link to the Our Manchester website for more photographs including the rear elevation.
6th May 1897 LUSC: site for the PS and pound between Bridgewater St, Barton St, Worsley St Estimate £3,600 but requires the ejection of the tenants in houses currently in the site.
13th May 1897 Sale of building materials from cottages £80
2nd Sept 1897 LUSC: Tenders Messer’s Burgess and Galls. £3,455 [not the very cheapest]
30th Sept 1897 LUSC: Complaint received from Mr Warburton who tendered £3,280 thus a saving of £175 to the taxpayer and asking why with all the other public commissions he had performed he was not trusted.
19th May 1898 LUSC: Bridgewater St PS - removal of half of the time of the Clerk of Works.
Heating apparatus tender Samuel Sanders £44 [3rd cheapest].
29th Sept 1898 Now ready for occupation. Transfer of caretaker from Water St City Pound to Bridgewater St.
1st Dec 1898 LUSC: Dog kennels require additional netting prior to additional bars.
25th Jan 1899 Complaint of public nuisance re dogs’ barking at the City Pound at Bridgewater St by the landlord of dwellings on Barton St and Worsley St.
9th Feb 1899 The investigation into the dog barking nuisance recommends the daily removal to the Dog’s Home Harpurhey to reduce fees and inconvenience and cost to the WC.
23rd Feb 1899 To place a glass roof over the Bridgewater St PS yard and slight alterations to the stables, and with accommodation provided at two stalls at Goulden St, this would provide sufficient accommodation for horses, vans and conveyances for all requirements.
That the station be connected by telephone and opened for the reception of prisoners
6th April 1899 Alteration tenders required.
'Pinfold' charges at the City Pound £50.
Pinfold is a word used from the previous century and means a keep for animals. Of note is that the 1849 OS map shows a pinfold at the rear of Cavendish Police Station or Town Hall.
21st April 1899 LUSC Enquiry into a ‘right of light’ regarding adjoining premises.
Tenders for the glass roof - £150 Burgess and Galt.
19th Oct 1899 Proposed windows to be ‘broken out’ on Barton St and Worsley St and the approved plans to protect the ancient lights over the opposite properties.
7th Dec 1899 Alterations tender - £152 Mr H Bridge.
1899 Caminada’s report details sale of Knott Mill to the GNR and the erection of Bridgewater Street PS [North] for £4,000, ‘ for which not a single prisoner could be found for months after its completion in 1898’.
1st Feb 1900 LUSC: New bath and a wc.
1st March 1900 Painting and repairs required.- Dean & Co £42.10
29th March 1900 LUSC: The substitution of a self acting w.c in lieu of those provided in the cells of the various police stations.
15th May 1901 Quinquennial Valuations: £8,555
2012 Premises have now been demolished and converted into offices and flats with only the thin front elevation façade remaining.
See the link to the Our Manchester website for more photographs including the rear elevation.
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