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    • Rationalisation 1898
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  • 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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Oldham Road Police Station from 1838

Oldham Road

Oct 9th 1839                Included in GP and Finance Committee report as to Watch Office Lock-ups surrendered to Sir C. Shaw

June 6th  1840             First mention by WC as Sir CS confirms it as a Station House and Lock up. [Not known if this is the ‘North Station’ first mentioned on June 21st 1839.]

1843 Pigot’s & Slater’s : Borough Police Force Corporation of Manchester Capt Edward Wallis: B Division Supt. Charles Stephenson.

May 4th 1843               Chief constable request repairs to the roof and outside.

June 29th 1843             Extensive report as to the poor condition of the ventilation, damp cells, cramp parade room and lobby and nuisance caused by the water closets and poor drainage which cannot be remedied effectively. Fixing the heating £43 and some repairs £11. 

July 6th 1843                Cost of connecting the water closets to the nearest sewer in the nearby streets would be met from the Borough fund at the shortest route.

Feb 28th 1845              Coroner’s verdict as to death in custody. Cells were cold and ‘bad’ and needed wooden boards to prevent damage to incapables lying on the floor.

April 3rd 1845              Report of a great nuisance in the rear yard used as a place of deposit by the Road and Street Cleansing Dept from the accommodation of manure behind the station. Note for the Dept to abate the nuisance

Jan 2nd 1846                WC to rent the yard for £15p.a.

Aug 6th 1846                CC unable to take up use of the rear yard as the Lamp and Scavenging Committee had neglected to move the manure.

Sept 3rd 1846               CC reports the manure removed and the yard needs levelling and gravel. Improvements to the ventilation required.

Feb 22nd 1848             HM Inspector’s report for Sec of State Home Dept into improvements requested to Lock-up accommodations – light and ventilation improvements as explained to the C.C.

1850 Slater’s               Btw 115-123 Police Station: B Division Supt. T. Leary

Feb 6th 1851                Lancs & Yorks Railway Co : station and yard to be sold to them. No objections raised so long as they provide similar quantity of land and erect an enclosed station to the plans approved by the WC. Noted adjoining land and streets already closed off and railway sheds erected.

Aug 7th 1851                Agreed with L&YRC position of land proposed in exchange was eligible [off Livesey Street].  Oldham Road 998 sq. yds. New 1776 sq.yds. L&YRC to pay £1596.10.0 for site and streets taken and provide new site.

Nov 6th 1851               Oldham Street Station to surrender as much land as possible directly to L&YRC whilst the new premises designed and built to move police Station to Livesey Street.

Jan 13th 1852              Rent of yard continues at £3.15.0d

April 20th 1854            Mention of officers now residing at Livesey St signals the end of Oldham Road Police Station which is demolished for the L&YRC.

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