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| Place | Manchester City Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Local authority | Manchester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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St Peter's Square is a Manchester Metrolink station located on St Peter's Square, Manchester City Centre.
Metrolink trams from Altrincham and Eccles serve two platforms in the west of the square which are located directly in front of Manchester Central Library. The square is located south-east of Manchester Town Hall and it is between G-Mex and Piccadilly Gardens.
Metrolink's official documents and signs use either St Peter's Square or St Peters [sic] Square as the station name.
To the west of the square is Peter Street, on which is the Midland Hotel, and to the east is Oxford Street.
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History
The area around St Peter's Square was previously known as St Peter's Field[1], which went down in history as the location of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. The name derives from St Peter's Church which was built where the gardens are today in the late 18th century and also gave its name to Peter Street. It was a building in Classical style (architect James Wyatt: built 1788-94) and once famous for its church music. It was demolished in 1907 and the Cenotaph replaced it in 1924. A stone cross (1908) commemorates the church. The square is the site for the City's Remembrance Day commemoration each year.
In more peaceful times, the square was redeveloped around the construction of the Central Library and Town Hall extension (1930-34). Plans had existed since the early 1970s for a rapid transit station in St Peter's Square; proposals for the abandoned Picc-Vic tunnel envisaged the construction of an underground station to serve both St Peter's and the neighbouring Albert Square.[2] The early proposals for an on-street light rail system in Manchester revived the idea of a station in the square, and the idea was retained as the project evolved, becoming a reality when the Metrolink system opened in 1992. The Manchester Peace Garden[3] is on the site of Victorian buildings which once included the Mechanics' Institute, Cooper Street: there is an allegorical bronze statue in the garden.
Cenotaph
This is the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens and has similarities to the Cenotaph in London: part of the garden wall was removed for the tram station to be built. It was inaugurated in 1924.
Metrolink infrastructure project, 2009
The station is now demolished and will be rebuilt in an improved form.
References
- ^ Revived by recent developers as 'Peter's Fields' for the area to the west.
- ^ SELNEC PTE (October 1971), SELNEC Picc-Vic Line, SELNEC PTE publicity brochure
- ^ "Hiroshima Feature". BBC Manchester. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/08/05/060805_hiroshima_manchester_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2.
- Hartwell, Clare (2001) Manchester (Pevsner Architectural Guides) London: Penguin (reissued New Haven: Yale U. P.) ISBN 0-300-09666-6; p. 202-03
External links
- Tram times and station information for St Peter's Square Metrolink station from Manchester Metrolink
- St Peter's Square Underground Station - an artist's impression of the Picc-Vic station
Coordinates: 53°28′40″N 2°14′37″W / 53.4779°N 2.2437°W
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Eccles line |
toward Eccles
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