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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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