EPW057318 ENGLAND (1938). Blackfriars Street, the Telephone Exchange (Dial House), Exchange Station and environs, Salford, 1938

Greengate & Irwell Rubber Co

Greengate

Dial House

Victoria building, 1876, destroyed by bombing Christmas 1940. Now No 1 Deansgate and Harvey Nichols

Waterloo Bridge

The ornate front of Exchange station was destroyed by bombing in 1940

Parsonage Gardens. This was the site of St Marys Church, erected 1756. The church was closed (surplus to requirements) October 4th, 1890.

Manchester Exchange Station. The bulk of the station is on the West bank of the River Irwell and therefore actually in Salford. An LNWR station opened in 1884. From 1920 platform 3 was extended over the Irwell and joined (then) platform 11 at Manchester Victoria, forming a single platform of 682m. Victoria's platforms have since been reduced and renumbered. The station was closed 5th May 1969, the site is now occupied by a car park (although lines continue through the site, from Victoria station).

Blackfriars Bridge crossing the River Irwell. Replaced a 1761 pedestrian footbridge. This 3 arch sandstone bridge was opened in 1820. Grade 2 listed.

Blackfriars Road - it becomes Blackfriars Street on the other side of the railway.

Victoria Bridge Street, built 1839, replaced a 14th C bridge "Salford Old Bridge", which in turn was on the site of an old fording point- the ford of Sal ford. (Ford by the sallows). The 1839 bridge is single arch, sandstone, grade 2 listed. Alongside is an old illustration of the three arch Salford Old Bridge with Manchester Cathedral beyond. The Cathedral is outside the aerial image, close to the bridge but off to the right.

Sacred Trinity Church. Claims to be the first church in Salford, it was built as a chapel of ease in 1635. The present building is mostly of 1752, restored 1877. William Webb Ellis was Christened here. Webb Ellis is famed for inventing the game of Rugby by running with the ball in 1823 whilst at Rugby School.

Bury Street

John Street

Clowes Street

Bury Street

Gravel Lane

Barlows Croft

Booth Street

St Marys Gate (road name)

This side of the River Irwell is Manchester

This side of the River Irwell is Salford

Deansgate

Parsonage (road name)

Chapel Street

Blackfriars Street

River Irwell