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The Briton's
Protection
 The Briton's Protection
public house sits on the corner of Great Bridgewater
Street and Lower Mosley Street.  As unusal as the name is, there were infact two Briton's Protection pubs in Manchester in 1863. The other was at 75 Oldham Road. In recent times the pub has had a new exterior paint job and a new pub sign.     
An article on the
Manchester Confidential website reported that the pub
will be celebrating its 200th anniversary in June of
2011. It can be seen on the map below which is
dated 1844 - 49. It also appears in the Pigot
& Dean's New Directory of Manchester & Salford
for 1821 and 1822. At that time the landlord was
Parker Horsfield.
The arrow on the aerial
image below, dated 1953, points to the pub, which, as
you can see, was across from Central Station and
adjacent to the Lower Mosley Street Bus Station.
Below is an image of the
pub prior to the repainting.  |
