Ancoats Goods
Station
The map above is shown with the permission of Eric Rowland of Artus Genealogy Resources
The map above is shown with the permission of Eric Rowland of Artus Genealogy Resources
The Ancoats Goods Station was
located on a site bounded by Great Ancoats Street, Adair Street, St.
Andrew's Square and Helmet Street. The railway lines accessed the
site by way of a viaduct that spanned Great Ancoats Street. It
served the Manchester - Derby and Central Midlands routes, down to and
including the North London area. The station handled general
goods traffic and delivered fruit and vegetables to Smithfield Market.
St Andrew's church sat next to
the station. Before the station was constructed in the 1860s, St
Andrew's had been the centre of a densly populated community of
terraced housing.
Today the church has gone,
although the boundary wall is still visible and a cross still stands in
a corner of the church yard.
The station is gone and a Parcel Force warehouse stands in its place.
A remnant of the viaduct that crossed Great Ancoats Street is still visible, see below.
The station is gone and a Parcel Force warehouse stands in its place.
A remnant of the viaduct that crossed Great Ancoats Street is still visible, see below.