Now I have never walked the entire length of West Mosley Street which starts at Princess Street, and ends at Marble Street.
If I did I would cross first Nicholas Street, then Charlotte Street and lastly York Street.
It was there by the 1790s but twenty years earlier the area was just open land.
It is one of the twisty little streets which originally began at Dickinson Street which ran along the north side of St Peter’s Church
Today both of church and most of Dickinson Street have now gone, although a short stretch of the street does still exist from Portland Street into St Peter’s Square.
Sometime in the 20th century West Mosley Street acquired its present name, which before that was simply
Back Mosley Street.
Location; Manchester
Picture; West Mosley Street, 2016, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
If I did I would cross first Nicholas Street, then Charlotte Street and lastly York Street.
It was there by the 1790s but twenty years earlier the area was just open land.
It is one of the twisty little streets which originally began at Dickinson Street which ran along the north side of St Peter’s Church
Today both of church and most of Dickinson Street have now gone, although a short stretch of the street does still exist from Portland Street into St Peter’s Square.
Sometime in the 20th century West Mosley Street acquired its present name, which before that was simply
Back Mosley Street.
Location; Manchester
Picture; West Mosley Street, 2016, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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