The Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home
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The Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Mar 2012
The Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls' Home at the corner of Aspin Lane and Dantzic Street, is a relatively rare surviving example of a purpose-built institution of this type. Originally the site of the Charter Street Mission, the first industrial school in Manchester, which opened in 1847, this school building was begun in 1866, and enlarged in 1891 and 1900. In 1892 it was renamed as "Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls Home". See also: Image] Image] and Image] See Manchester history Net (http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour12/area12page42.html ) and Looking at Buildings (http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/cities/manchester/walks-and-tours/socialprovision/ragged-schools-and-ashton-house.html ) for further information.
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