Manchester Gallery

LCC-LFB Manchester Square fire station

Manchester Square fire station, Chiltern Street, W1, built 1888, now closed. By 1900 a number of new fire stations were being opened across London: many were substantial and elegant buildings. This was a district station supervising the work of 18 fire stations, also providing family accommodation for many firefighters on call. Now occupied by the Chiltern Firehouse restaurant (2014)

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Crumpsall, Manchester

Aerial view of the Manchester Union workhouse and infirmary at Crumpsall. At the bottom of the picture can be seen the original workhouse (later Springfield Hospital) with an entrance on the right. Above centre is the Union infirmary (later Crumpsall Infirmary). At the top left lies the originally separate Prestwich Union workhouse (later Delaunay's Hospital). The whole site later became North Manchester General Hospital

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, Cheadle Hulme

The Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, on Claremont Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The school was founded in 1855 by a group of Manchester businessmen to care for and educate orphans and necessitous children'. The Claremont Road building was opened in 1869. The school is now known as Cheadle Hulme School

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection