Manchester, Market Street 1889
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This street was once called Market Stead Lane, and led from the newly-emerging warehouses around Piccadilly to the Market Place, Acres Field and the Shambles. Before it was widened, Market Street was a narrow, crooked and steeply-rising lane; in places it was so narrow that only one cart could pass at a time. Things became so bad that an Act to improve Market Street was passed in 1821. The buildings we see here were constructed around 1850, and the street became the main shopping area for Manchester.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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