Marshall Stevens Memorial, Trafford Park Village

Image: © Gerald England Taken: 7 Aug 2020

Marshall Stevens (1852 – 1936) was a property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Stevens become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up to develop Trafford Park. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Eccles from 1918 to 1922. After Stevens died and was buried in St Catherine Church at Barton-upon-Irwell, shareholders in Trafford Park Estates subscribed to pay for a memorial. A 22-ton block of Welsh granite with a bronze portrait medallion and inscription was designed and made by Ashton-upon-Mersey sculptor, Arthur Sherwood Edwards. It was unveiled at the junction of Trafford Park Road and Ashburton Road in October 1937. In 1993, following the introduction of a new road layout the memorial was relocated to Wharfside Promenade. That site became part of Imperial War Museum North and the memorial was put into temporary storage when construction work began on the museum. It is now in Trafford Park Village at the junction of Third Avenue Image and Eleventh Street, opposite the St Antony Centre Image Image Image

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