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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
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Figure 14. Detailed drawing from 1849 OS Map : 1 yard to the mile. Note Chief Constable's office front right with Police Office and Chief Superintendent's office behind. The cells were down the steps in the basement.


Figure 15 Google Map location

Manchester City: A Division

King Street: Town Hall and Assize Court 

1821 Salter’s                 Police Office: 53 King St Boroughreeve, Deputy Constable & Beadle James Brierley 

1822 - 1825                    The building in the classical style of the Town Hall designed by Francis Goodwin on King Street. The building housed, around a central lobby, rooms for the Chief Constable and the police along with the Weights and Measures and other council functions including the Gas Office. [J. J. Parkinson-Bailey, Manchester: and architectural history, (Manchester: MUP 2000).pp.59-61.]

June 21st 1839             Contract with the waterworks Co for supplying water – Offices King Street £2. 2. 0.

2nd Dec 1839               Water Works Co expense recorded*.

Jan 6th 1840                 Sir Charles Shaw declines the Borough Office on King Street and the key is returned to agents but retains lock-up and police office.

1841 Slater’s                Police Station. Wm Martin. Superintendent.

                                         Borough Police Office. Commissioner Sir Charles Shaw : Knight.

                                         Officers of the Boroughreeve Constables of Manchester. 
                                         Officers appointed for the Court Leet of Manchester.

Sept 27th 1842             Take over by WC listed as A Div and Force HQ.

1843 Pigot’s & Slater’s : Borough Police Force Corporation of Manchester Capt Edward Wallis: A Division Supt. James Sawley

July 27th 1843              Window tax for all stations at £13.7.4

Aug 22nd 1844             Cells under the Town Hall infested with vermin and require repairs.

Feb 22nd 1848              HM Inspector’s report for Sec of State Home Dept into improvements requested to Lock-up accommodations – Cells introduce gas lighting with iron protection from inmates, improve the ventilation, widen the seats [beds]. Further that a new set of cells be erected on land adjoining the police office and a new Borough Court to accommodate all the persons together [Later Minshull Street and Strangeways]

July 7th 1847                C.C. Reports the poor state of the cells and offices due to bad ventilation and repairs required as Constables now giving up their situations and remainder complain of poor health as a consequence. Copied to the General Purpose Committee of the Council to decide best course for the future.

April 26th 1849             To knock down an interior wall btw charge office and lobby to improve light and ventilation.

Dec 9th 1858                  Sec of State certification of force as efficient but cells in the Town Hall damp and poor ventilation and only lit by gas.

Jan 27th 1859                Report concerning the A Div lock-ups and police stations to the General Purpose Committee, stated well founded complaints over a lengthy period of the insufficient accommodation existing in the Town Hall, supported by the Government Inspector of the Sec of State. The unsatisfactory and unhealthy character of the cells, charge office Supt's office and parade room to affect the health of the officers.£5 require in gas to heat and light the underground station. No parade ground to drill the officers and too far distant from the main residences in Hulme to secure the PCs attendance. [see Albert Road]

June 22nd 1860             Complaint from the jury of the Court of Record that a man held for a misdemeanour was kept overnight in cells heated by steam with uncovered convenience that were unfit for human habitation and placed with felons and thieves. Improper that a man held only on suspicion should be held with known characters.

Feb 20th 1862                Removal of offices form ‘Cross Street’ to Albert Street in Aug 1860 left 3 PCs minding the warehouse and premises key boxes which earns £681 p.a. This process continues throughout the century.

25th July 1893               Mention of the remaining existence of the Keys Office in the basement of the now Public Library. This process is returning some £1,600 pa on £1pa per key deposited.

21st May 1896               Quinquennial Valuation  and Inventory of Furniture of properties of the WC.
                                          £ 0 main building                      £13.0.0 office only

14th July 1898              Keys Office requires new w.c £10

2012                                 Building now demolished, main façade now in Heaton Park as seen in 1916 below.

I have included a link to the excellent Our Manchester website which has more on what became of the old Town Hall site. The link expands for numerous Manchester buildings, information and tours
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