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St Andrew's Church - Travis Street
 The church is seen in the aerial
photograph
above taken by the RAF in 1949, and shown here with the permission of
English Heritage. The church had clearly survived the blitzes of
1940 and 1941 where the buildings around it had not.
The Stranger's Guide To Manchester of
1850 says this of St.
Andrew's
church, Ancoats: "St. Andrew's
Church is a large and handsome stone building, situated in
Travis Street, Ancoats. The expenses of its erection were defrayed by
the Commissioners for Building Churches and amounted to £14,000. It was
consecrated October 6th 1831. The interior has lately been very much
improved; it contains three galleries; in the western one, is a fine
organ. The altar, and a great portion of the ground in front of it, has
been raised several feet, thus forming a chorus cantorum, which is
fitted up with open benches, for the accommodation of the choir. The
reading desk forms a continuation of one of the choir benches, on the
north side. The pulpit is situated opposite to it; between the choir
seats, and immediately in front of the altar rails, is a very handsome
cross, inlaid in Mosaic encaustic tiles into the stone."
The church is seen in the Adshead Map
extract below, shown with the permision of Chetham's Library.
 St. Andrews Church has been demolished but the churchyard wall and a cross remain.  |
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