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Covent Garden steps,
Hillgate.

Royal Oak Yard, and steps leading up to High Street.

Wellington Bridge from Chestergate looking East. The River Mersey is on the left behind the railings, and Mersey Square is in the distance framed by the bridge arch.

The Electricity Works,
Millgate.

The Warren Alms Houses in the Folley beside St. Mary's Parish Church.

A perspective of St. Mary's Church from the Millgate entrance to Millgate Bridge. On the right is the Arden Arms public house. Behind the lamp-post Millgate slopes up westward to the Market Place. Just in front of the church, along the Folley, are some of the buildings of the Warren Alms Houses.

A view of the northern side of Millgate as it slopes down eastward from the Market Place. To the right, but out of the photograph, is the Arden Arms public house at the junction with Corporation Street . In the foreground is a postman in contemporary uniform.

A view of Windmill Street looking due north. This street lay just to the east, and behind, Mount Tabor Chapel and the British Schools on Wellington Road South. It formed a junction with Edward Street , and almost a cross-road with Lord Street beyond.

Castle Yard, taken from the eastern side of the Market Place, can be seen to the left of the photograph. To the right of Castle Yard, behind the tall new electric street lamp, is Vernon Street that slopes down to Warren Street.

The Stockport Grammar School building at the junction of Wellington Road South, and Greek Street (now the site of the War Memorial & Art Gallery). To the left is the Technical School. On the pavement is a cab rank stand.

Chestergate undergoing road widening. This perspective, looking due east, is from a point near the edge of Carr Green (now south end of Mersey Square ). The continuation of Daw Bank is visible as it rises up to St. Peter's Square (right), and also the end wall of St. Peter's School. The projecting buildings further down on the left of Chestergate were part of the Stockport Co-operative.

 

Rock Row, Daw Bank, being demolished to make way for new buildings. To the right, but off the picture, is Chestergate, and on the right-hand edge is Carr Green (now the southern end of Mersey Square).

The entrance gate to the graveyard of St. Mary's Parish Church to the south-east of St. Mary's Gate. Bodies and coffins were taken from the church and churchyard, through the metal gate, across St. Mary's Gate and through the decorated brick gate for burial.

Entrance to the Folley, and the Warren Alms Houses, from Millgate.

A view of Pickford's Brow (left) and Chestergate (right). The brow led to St. Peter's Square, and the tower of the church can be just seen top-centre. The exit of High Street to Chestergate is visible on the left-hand edge. The White Hart public house can be seen in the centre behind the gas lamp on the stone post.

A photograph of High Street from a point where it meets Pickford's Brow and Chestergate. High Street curved around to a cross-road with St. Peter's Gate and St. Peter's Gate Bridge. High Bank side lies above the high retaining wall to the right.

 

The foreground depicted in this view is Wellington Road South, and on the eastern side of the road is Ebenezer Chapel (left). The street entrance to the left of the chapel is Eliza Street (behind the horse). To the right of the chapel is the site of the National Schools (only partly visible).

 

The north side of Great Underbank. At the time Underbank Hall, the half-timbered building (left), was occupied by the Liverpool and Manchester Bank.

 

High Bank Side from Chestergate showing a demolition site. The top of Pickford's Brow is visible behind the railings (top centre), and High Bank Steps – behind the brick wall – can be seen just to the right.

This view was taken downwards from the top of Pickford's Brow at a point where it meets High Bank Steps. The row of Shops in the centre belonged to the Stockport Co-operative movement.

Entrance to the steps on High Street leading down to Royal Oak Yard.

Hope's Carr looking due north showing the road entrance and steps down to the Lower Carrs.

Hope's Carr (also called High Carrs) and the steps leading down to the Lower Carrs.

A shop at the top of Hope's Carr (High Carrs) on the west side, and at the junction with Waterloo Road. The entrance to Canal Street lies in the bottom foreground.