Union
Baptist Chapel - Oxford Road
Built circa 1873
the Union Baptist Chapel on Oxford Road sat on a
plot of land between St. Mary's Hospital and the
Manchester Royal Infirmary.
It was designed by the
architects Medland and Henry Taylor and built at a
cost of £20,000.
This chapel was a new
home for the congregation who had previously worshipped
at a chapel just beyond Grafton Street. As you can
see, that chapel had an adjoining sunday school.
This map dates from 1844. You will note that
beyond Grafton Street is Oxford House and then Nelson
Street. Next to Nelson House on Nelson Street you
can see two semi-detached houses. In 1858 Emmeline
Pankhurst and her daughters moved into number 62 the one
on the left on the map.
Eventually the chapel was purchased by St. Mary's Hospital and demolished.