Middleton, The Market Place c.1955
Photo ref:
M311001
More about this scene
Middleton was granted a market charter on 23 June 1791 and the market remained here until 1939. Surrounded by shops and inns, the Market Place was the hub of the town for many years. Ornamental gardens were laid out on the old Market Ground in 1948. They were much appreciated until 1972, when a roundabout replaced them at the time of the building of the Arndale Centre. The Assheton Arms, an old coaching inn, is at the bottom of Long Street, with the Williams Deacons and Salford Bank, designed by Edgar Wood, to its right.
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