Manchester, King Street c.1885
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This view looks from the top of King Street down towards Cross Street. We can see that the street narrows towards the bottom. This part of the street was going to be called St James's Square, a challenge by the Roman Catholic, originally Stuart-supporting element, to St Anne's Square, which was named for a Church of England Queen. The third building away from the camera on the right was Manchester's first Town Hall, started in 1825; it was the centre of municipal administration until the new town hall opened in 1877. It then became the Central Library, which it was at the time of this photograph. Next to it towards the camera is the District Bank, later the site of Nat West House, and now up for sale.
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