IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Kenion Street, ROCHDALE, OL16 1SN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Kenion Street, OL16 1SN by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (398 Images Found)
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Umar Enterprises, Robinson Street, Rochdale
Variously described online as Haberdashers or Trimmers. Either way, a remnant of Rochdale's textile industry still in business.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.00 miles
2
Rochdale: Former printing works
This building, which is actually on Baron Street, is so marked on an early 1:2500 OS map in my possession. It was photographed from Drake Street through a short passage.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 18 Mar 2011
0.02 miles
3
Castle Works
Castle Works on Baron Street was originally a printing works Image but has been home to Stones Window Blinds http://stoneswindowblinds.co.uk/ since 1979. On a rear gable end of the building behind is a faded ghost sign reading "Umar Enterprises". On the wall is a blue plague commemorating the nearby birthplace of Gracie Fields Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 22 Sep 2016
0.02 miles
4
Blue plaque: Dame Gracie Fields
The blue plaque on Baron Street Image reads:
DAME GRACIE FIELDS
1898-1979
10 Baron Street
Opposite was Gracie's childhood home
from 1902 to 1910, before it was demolished.
It was here, the former theatrical boarding
house, where Gracie was 'discovered' and
encouraged to enter her first singing
contest, aged 7. In 1911, Gracie and her
family lived at 45 Kenion Street,
before it was demolished.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 22 Sep 2016
0.02 miles
5
Printworks building, Baron Street, Rochdale
See also Image A plaque Image explains that Gracie Fields, one of Rochdale's most famous residents, lived in a house close to this spot (but which no longer stands).
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.02 miles
6
St Chad's Fold, Baron Street, Rochdale
A former mission church dating from 1908 Image, now home to Early Break (a drug rehab centre). See Image for the front of the building.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.02 miles
7
Gym'll Fix It
Gymnasium on the corner of Water Street and Baron Street. The building was formerly a mission school, St Chad's Fold.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 22 Sep 2016
0.03 miles
8
Part of the former Water Street Mill, Rochdale
The main building of the mill was to the left of this, but was destroyed in a fire on 4 January 1979. See https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterfire/13950163740
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.03 miles
9
St Chad's Fold, Baron Street, Rochdale - detail
The datestone - 1908. For context see Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.03 miles
10
Kenion Street Music Building, Rochdale
A plaque Image explains that this was a music studio from 1977 to 2001, with several well known bands recording here. Its present use is not clear.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 26 Nov 2018
0.03 miles