Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home by Keith Williamson as part of the Geograph project.

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Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home

Image: © Keith Williamson Taken: 7 Apr 2005

The River Irk is underground somewhere near here, having been culverted as the city grew. In November 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite Army camped in Manchester near this spot on their way south. This area has been known as Scotland since that time.

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