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  • Strategies
    • Manchester’s New Corporation and Watch Committee
    • Operational Needs
    • Architectural Design
    • Domestication
    • Rationalisation 1898
    • Civic Pride and Cleansing the City
  • Police Estate
    • Introduction: Police Estate
    • Manchester's first expansion 1838/9
    • Sir Charles Shaw and the Watch Committee 1839-1845
    • Operational Replacements from 1846
    • Strategic Requirements 1860 - 1885
    • Manchester's Second Expansion 1885
    • Manchester's Third Expansion 1890
    • Rationalisation of the Police Estate 1898
  • Police Personnel
    • Introduction: Police Personnel
    • A Policeman's Lot 1872.
    • A Policeman's Lot 1885-1901
    • Police Matrons
    • Jerome Caminada
  • Police Stations [38] & Maps
    • 1838/9 Map 1 [11 PS] >
      • Manchester Town Hall Police Office King Street.
      • Deansgate Police Station and lock-up Knott Mill
      • Ridgefield Station House off John Dalton Street – City
      • Swan St Police Lock-up - New Cross
      • Oldham Road Police Station - New Cross
      • Kirby St - Ancoats
      • Cavendish St Town Hall - Chorlton on Medlock.
      • Great Jackson St (Park Place) Town Hall Hulme.
      • Hanover St jct Edward St Smithfield Market
      • London Rd/ Brook St, - Piccadilly.
      • Allum St, Ancoats
    • 1839-1845 Map 2 [2 PS] >
      • Fairfield Street Police Station - Ardwick
      • Moss Lane Station House - Hulme
    • 1846-1859 Map Fig 3 [4 PS] >
      • Harpurhey Village
      • Cheetham Hill PS Temple
      • Grove St/ Bury New Rd Broughton
      • Livesey Street PS. New Cross
    • 1860-1884 Map Fig 4 [6 PS] >
      • Albert Street PS - City
      • Goulden St PS - Collyhurst
      • New Town Hall Lever St
      • Willert St PS Collyhurst
      • Fairfield St (East) Ardwick
      • Newton St PS - City
    • 1885-1889 Map 5 [4 PS] >
      • Brook St P.S. Bradford
      • Monmouth St P.S. Rusholme
      • Cannel Street P.S. Ancoats
      • Derby St P.S. Stangeways
    • 1890-1897 Map 6,7,8 [9 PS] >
      • 1890 Map 7 [7 PS] >
        • Moston Lane P.S. Harpurhey
        • Clarendon Rd P.S. Crumpsall
        • Newton Health P.S. Oldham Road
        • Openshaw P.S. Ashton Old Road
        • South St P.S. - Longsight
        • Lowe St P.S. Miles Platting
        • Belle Vue St P.S. Gorton
      • 1891-1897 Map 8 [2] >
        • Bridgewater St P.S. (Southside) 1892/7
        • Bridgewater St P.S. (Northside) 1897
    • 1898-1903 Maps 9, 10 [2 PS] >
      • Mill St P.S. Beswick
      • Whitworth St P.S. in London Road Fire Station
  • Statistics
    • Table 1 Manchester Police Stations and Buildings 1794 - 1906
    • Table 2 Expenditure Police Stations & Lock-up Houses 1852 – 1879
    • Table 3 Manchester Police Establishment and Offences 1858-1901
    • Table 4 Prisoners at Manchester Police Stations 1897 - 1898.
    • Table 5 Manchester Population, Rates, Police 1839-1901
    • Table 6 Manchester Crime and Census Statistics 1881 - 1901
    • Table 7 Manchester Rateable Values 1839 -1901.
    • Table 8 Report into Manchester Extension 1890
    • Table 9 Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham Police 1892
  • Bibliography
    • Bibliography
    • Primary Sources
    • Secondary Sources
    • Other Bibliographies
Victorian Police Stations
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Cannel St Police Station

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Cannel St PS middle right as a square red box opposite Kirby St the site of the previous station. Thumbnails reproduced from @ http://manchester.publicprofiler.org including the Bartholomew 1900 Colour Map
The current day street view showing the demolition of the old streets for the creation of New Islington.
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Manchester City Surveyors Plans 1900-1910 photocopy held at GMP Museum & Archive: Old Police Buildings.
Ardwick: C Division

Nov 24th 1887              Resolved Kirkby St Station unfit for police purposes and desirable a new station be erected in the neighbourhood. City Surveyor to pursue.

July 7th 1888                To take properties at 103-111 Canal Street [previous spelling] and 1-9 Horne St New Islington for new station in lieu of Kirkby St. To buy from Mr Kershaw and Son 452sq yds C. Rent of £11.3.6d p.a. for £750 City Surveyor to prepare plans and include a mortuary. Building to be in brick not stone. 
                                         Issue remains of right of way to rear plot with hand carts. To obtain the ROW before sale by offering alternative access. 12’ passage agreed.
                                         Tender to build Canal Street Mr Wallwork £2050.

Dec 6th 1888                Agreed purchase of land at agreed rates and ROW with a passage way with window and door onto it from adjoining premises.

March 7th 1889           To finalise purchase and settle claim for rent since agreement made.

March 31st 1889          Increase in the building tender due to rise in timber costs.

April 4th 1889               Sale of the building materials [clearance] on site. £44 by auction.

May 30th 1889              Agreement with Club adjoining passage to alter length og rear extension and back door. 

Jan 23rd 1890                Now occupied in lieu of Kirkby St.

Feb 6th 1890                  £9.10.0d for new telephone to new station.

Feb 29th 1890                WC now required.

March 11th 1890          A strong earthen ware WC to be fixed in each cell with 3 gall cisterns, 1 ½ “ flushing pipe similar to those already in Canal Street. £130.

April 30th 1891             Painting of the stations: £61.

July 23rd 1891               Twinquennial valuation of properties owned by the W.C only: £2,987

1895 Slater’s                  Cannel St          101 Police Station:

20th Feb 1896                Visit of the LUSC to assess the mortuary problem to remove the offensive smells. See below proceedings document form the dated sheets held at GMP Museum and Archive.

27th Feb 1896                 Resolved to carry out actions

21st May 1896                Quinquennial Valuation  and Inventory of Furniture of properties of the WC. 
                                            £2,807.0.0.                                      £107.6.2.

19th May 1898             LUSC: £60 estimate for small painting jobs by men in the premises

19th May 1898             City Surveyor to be instructed to obtain an estimate of the cost of fixing of glass fanlights instead of perforated iron ones at the various police stations. [believed this is to the cell doors such as Fairfield St PS] Tender £126.

1901                                Caminada’s report details station as unnecessary with the building of Mill Street.

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: £2,914

2012    Street and premises now demolished.
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