Mosley Street

Mosley Street

Manchester Metrolink construction on Mosley Street in 1991

Mosley Street is a street in Manchester, [England. It runs between its junction with Piccadilly and Market Street and St. Peter's Square. Beyond St Peter's Square it becomes Lower Mosley Street.

The street was established in the 1780s and by the early 19th century was the centre of the fashionable part of town with institutions such as the Portico Library and the Manchester Institution (now the City Art Gallery). The street was named after the Mosley family who were then Lords of the Manor. The Congregational Chapel in Cannon Street was replaced by a chapel in Mosley Street and in 1848 the congregation moved again out of the centre of Manchester, to the chapel in Cavendish Street, Chorlton on Medlock.

Mosley Street is now used by Metrolink trams and no cars are permitted on the street. Mosley Street Metrolink station is situated near Piccadilly Gardens. During 2009 the tram lines were reconstructed. Buses used Mosley Street en route to Piccadilly Gardens until May 2011 when they were re-routed down Portland Street.

Notable buildings

• Manchester & Salford (later William Deacon's, now RBS) Bank, in Renaissance Revival style by Edward Walters (1860) (west side)
• Portico Library (east side)
• Manchester City Art Gallery (east side)
• Warehouse, 15 Mosley Street, by Edward Walters (1839) (east side)

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  The Portico Library, on the corner of Charlotte Street

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  The Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street

See also

• List of streets and roads in Manchester

Sources

• Bradshaw, L. D. (1985) Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0907511872; pp. 32–34
• Hartwell, Clare (2001) Pevsner Architectural Guides - Manchester New Haven: Yale U. P. ISBN 0-300-09666-6

Coordinates: 53°28′46″N 2°14′28″W / 53.47948°N 2.24112°W / 53.47948; -2.24112