Angel Meadow and St Michael's Flags
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Angel Meadow and St Michael's Flags
Image: © Keith Williamson Taken: 14 Dec 2005
Situated in Manchester's Northern Quarter, not far from the Cathedral, this pleasant green area has an interesting history, told on information boards around the site. Once the site of a church, a pauper's/plague burial ground and, reputedly, Manchester's worst slums. An estimated 40,000 bodies were buried here between 1787 and 1816. Some details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael's_Flags_and_Angel_Meadow_Park
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Image Location
Latitude
53.488648
Longitude
-2.235975