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    • Manchester's first expansion 1838/9
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    • 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
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    • Secondary Sources
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Victorian Police Stations
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Chorlton on Medlock: D Division

Great Jackson Street/ Park Place, Hulme 

Chorlton on Medlock: D Division

Great Jackson Street/ Park Place, Hulme

June 21st 1839              WC resolved to pay half of the rent for the Hulme Constables Office and Lock-ups together with the residence accommodation for the Lock-up keeper

Jan 6th  1840                 Included in list of Sir Charles Shaw as a Station House.

1841 Slater’s                  Hulme Commissioners of Police Church wardens and Overseers 89 Gt Jackson Street Hulme

Dec 2nd 1842                 To secure the rooms at the Town Offices at Jackson Lane Hulme as a police station.

May 4th 1843                 Now operational.

Feb 22nd 1848               HM Inspector’s report for Sec of State Home Dept into improvements requested to Lock-up accommodations – Cells dank and not warmed nor ventilated. To be wholly discontinued until a new and better Police Station provided. Any person brought to the station who cannot be transferred to Cavendish Street to be detained in the office.

March 13th 1856           To erect additional cells for an additional rental of £12p.a.

Jan 13th 1856                 Current cells considered damp and unsafe for placing prisoners for any time and most moved to Chorlton Town Hall. Survey for 3 new cells.

March 15th 1860           Gas Street Vans to be placed in the yard to afford increased facilities for the stoppage of the escape of gas.

April 5th 1860                 Hulme Committee enquiring  of the W.C regarding the new Town Hall [on City Road] and the amount of accommodation required by the Police and the amount they are prepared to pay in rent. [not an offer that was taken up]

August 9th 1860              Rent and for coal and gas £20.11.5d

April 17th 1862                Hulme Committee sell to W.C extra land where old weigh machine was for £1600

Oct 8th 1863                      Approved plans for new police and fire station on Gt. Jackson St and Mr Thompson tender accepted of £930

June 16th 1864                 Works commences

May 16th 1867                  Require painting and cleaning.

Oct 17th 1867                    Following the death of Sgt Brett in the ‘Fenian Outrage’ the LUSC ordered to make arrangements to secure the stations by:-
                                              Plating the doors in iron, wrought iron bars to windows, raise the south walls 5’.


29 Sept 1869                     HMIC Inspection reveals: 5 cells, no rooms for lodging accommodation.

Nov 11th 1875                   Repairs £84

July 3rd 1890                     New entrance gates and oven, with Goulden Street £45.

May 20th 1886                  Valuation of LUSC properties in accordance with the resolution of the Committee Standing Order of the Council. £4908

Sept 5th 1889                     Survey of Stations owned outright for insurance purposes £925

July 23rd 1891                   Twinquennial valuation of properties owned by the W.C only: £4,771

6th July 1893                      Lock -Up Sub- Committee report on their visit to Cavendish St and  Park Place lock up to examine the closets and lavatory. Also to the Bridgewater St PS where a large number of officers and constables parade for duty. Urinal accommodation should be provided for them.

2nd Aug 1894                     Extensive overhaul and closure A report on the drainage indicated the drains were very defective and should be removed as w.c sewage had percolated into the ground causing smells. Suggestion that whilst the floors were up; new cell benches with iron supports, detached from the walls are fitted, a new w.c with a separate flushing cistern, a new hot water system of heating rather than hot air, new concrete floors to the cell corridors with channels and drains to facilitate cleaning, a new w.c in yard to replace the privy, a new w.c in the cell corridor. The station would have to temporarily close as the building was in an unsanitary condition. £70 for the drains and £200 for the additional works.

11th Oct 1894                      Tenders supplied and £280 accepted by Mr Riley.

17th Oct 1895                      Poor rate assessment appeals; Cavendish St £216.15.0, Belle Vue St £13.10.0, South Street £10.5.0, Goulden St £184.8.0, Park Place £10.0.0, as premises used for the residence of a police officer and his family such parts are rateable. At that time Cavendish St not occupied and an Inspector and his family were at Belle Vue St and a Constable and his family at South St.

21st May 1896                      Quinquennial Valuation  and Inventory of Furniture of properties of the WC.
                                                 £4,771.0.0.                                       £14.16.13

18th Feb 1897                       Consideration by the Sec of State of the permanent removal of troops from Manchester, without the consideration of the Lord Mayor. Namely the removal from Salford Barracks is now under discussion but it is not intended to make a change to the Hulme Barracks.

19th May 1898                      LUSC: Painting to the yard and repairing with pitching.

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

8th Aug 1898                         An extensive report as to the construction of the socketed pipes 6” diameter and the defective drainage to cost £60.

1899                                          Caminada’s report stated that a new station between City Road and Chester Road could be used for both A & D Div officers or just Park Place with the closure of Bridgewater St.

14th Sept 1899                        The public clock at Park Place, kept in order by Mr J Wright watchmaker at 167 Gt Jackson Street, should now be handed over to the Organ Bells and Clocks Committee for the same attention as to the other public clocks.

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: £4,786 and Fire Brigade quarters £897.

2012    Building and street now demolished for Mancunian way

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