Islington Park Islington Park occupies a site close
to Chapel Street near the junction with what used to be
Irwell Street. This was once the location of the
Irwell Street Chapel and in the grounds of the chapel
17,000 local residents were buried between 1829 and
1858. According to Methodist Records held by
Manchester City Council the Irwell Street Chapel opened
in 1826. It closed its doors for the last time in
1962.
 In the park you will find a circular
mosaic which was designed by local school children in
1992 to commemorate the fact that the author of the
children's classic "The Secret Garden", Frances Hodgson
Burnett, lived nearby as a child. The mosaic has
been recently refurbished with the assistance of some of
the children who helped to created it originally.
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