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The shops, church and Village Inn pub are the only surviving functional elements of the original Trafford Village, the former residential area within the Trafford Park Estate. At the height of the estate, there would be 30 or so trams, later buses, lined up in this street ready to take workers back to Manchester and Salford.

The corner of Third Avenue and Eleventh Street lies at what was the heart of Trafford Park Estate. The old terraced houses that once housed the workers have long been demolished and replaced by modern business units. However here a range of shops including several kinds of eatery still serve workers on the estate.

The memorial to Marshall Stevens Image is inscribed: MARSHALL STEVENS 1852–1936 TO WHOSE FORESIGHT, ENERGY AND ABILITY, THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF TRAFFORD PARK AS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IS DUE. Erected by the Directors and Shareholders of Trafford Park Estates Ltd.

Bronze medallion portrait on the Marshall Stevens Memorial, Trafford Park Village Image

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

The memorial to Marshall Stevens, who is credited with being a prime mover in the creation of the Trafford Park Industrial Estate. Marshall Stevens (1852 – 1936) was a property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894. In 1897, Stevens become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up to develop Trafford Park, the ancestral home of the de Trafford family, into what became the first and largest planned industrial estate in the world. He also 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, the memorial was relocated to Wharfside Promenade with the introduction of a new road layout but as this site became part of Imperial War Museum North, 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 and Eleventh Street, opposite the St Antony Centre. The memorial is inscribed: Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of Trafford Park as an industrial area is due Image] Abridged from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Stevens (Wikipedia)

Bronze plaque on Image It is inscribed: Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of Trafford Park as an industrial area is due

The memorial to Marshall Stevens, who is credited with being a prime mover in the creation of the Trafford Park Industrial Estate. Marshall Stevens (1852 – 1936) was a property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894. In 1897, Stevens become general manager of Trafford Park Estates, a company set up to develop Trafford Park, the ancestral home of the de Trafford family, into what became the first and largest planned industrial estate in the world. He also 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, the memorial was relocated to Wharfside Promenade with the introduction of a new road layout but as this site became part of Imperial War Museum North, 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 and Eleventh Street, opposite the St Antony Centre. The memorial is inscribed: Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of Trafford Park as an industrial area is due Image] Abridged from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Stevens (Wikipedia)

St Antony's Centre http://www.stantonyscentre.org.uk/ is a community based Centre which was established in 1979, serving the industrial, business and faith community of Trafford Park and the surrounding areas. Alongside this, it is home to the Trafford Park Heritage Centre and archive and is the only Centre that celebrates the Heritage and Cultural aspects of industrial life in the Park.

Set up outside the Village Heritage Centre. The Westinghouse factory was one of the earliest and largest to be developed on the Trafford Park Estate. This is all that remains of it.