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Chapel Street, SALFORD, M3 5EQ

The Egerton Arms public house in Salford.

The Copperheads pub and hotel, which was once the Bulls Head, stands at the corner of New Bailey Street and Chapel Street (A6). The pub was reputedly http://www.visitsalford.info/documents/chapelstreettrail.pdf a favourite haunt of Manchester United star George Best.

The pub dates from at least 1841 and was once a Joseph Holt pub. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/SALFORD/egertonarms.html

The sign of the Egerton Arms Hotel Image] has a coat of arms on it with the motto Virtuti - Non - Armis - Fido which translates as "I Trust to virtue not to arms" which is the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton. In 1784 Sir Thomas Egerton, 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grey de Wilton. The Egertons were the owners of the Tatton Park Estate and his descendent Lord Egerton of Tatton was chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. It was he that turned the first sod in the building of the canal. It may be that the Egerton Arms derives its name from that family. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/SALFORD/egertonarms.html

Gore Street, Salford.

At the road junction with Chapel Street and New Bailey Street.

The A6 in Salford.

Modern materials and techniques make contemporary buildings less and less conventional in their construction.

Salford Central Railway Station, opened in 1838 as the terminus and head offices of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway, has three bridges, taking trains to and from Manchester Victoria Station. The three unique bridges that span New Bailey Street are an example of the lack of cooperation between railway companies at the time. Influenced by the Greek style, they are each different in design and are each individually Grade II or II* listed buildings. This is the northernmost bridge (English Heritage ID:471585 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471585-northern-railway-viaduct- ) viewed from the opposite side of Chapel Street. It was built in 1844 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. A view of the southern bridge (English Heritage ID:471586 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471586-southern-railway-viaduct-and-colonnade- ) also built in 1844 but for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway can be seen at Image The central bridge (English Heritage ID: 471584 http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-471584-central-railway-viaduct- ) is squeezed in between the other two and is almost impossible to photograph from street level. It was added in 1865.