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Moss Terrace, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 7BW

A busy route for buses from Ashton to Manchester.

The house on the corner was formerly the Welbeck Hotel Image

Welbeck Hotel on Katherine Street.

The former Welbeck House Hotel Image on Katherine Street has been converted into (presumably) apartments.

The first Baptist chapel in Ashton opened on Hodgson Street in 1848. By the 1960s the old church, following two fires in the 1950s had become very dilapidated. A new site, at the junction of Welbeck Street South and Brook Street East was purchased, and compensation from the council enabled the church to demolish the old building and begin work on the new one. The work was completed by July 1965, with the first service taking place on September 19th. In September 2010, Ayi Samson Ake from Ivory Coast became their new Lay Pastor. More information on the church website: http://www.welbeckstreetbc.nwba.org.uk/history.php

The building that survives today was built in 1850 as an extension to the original 1824 cotton mill. Production ceased in 1903 and the original mill has since been demolished. http://ashton-under-lyne.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/portland-mill.html It is now occupied a number of businesses including the Olympic Sports Gym http://www.olympicsportsgym.co.uk/ Tameside Store 'n' Go http://www.tamesidestorengoselfstorage.co.uk/ Boutique Goddess https://www.boutiquegoddess.co.uk/ Sitsiam Camp (Home of Thai martial arts) http://sitsiam-camp.com/ and the Top Cricket Indoor Netting Facility http://top-cricket-indoor-netting-facility.business.site/ Note: Photograph is for record purposes only. The photographer has no personal connection with any of the businesses mentioned.

In the middle of the one-way system that is Margaret Street and Richmond Street there is a small open space with benches around some standing stones. The estate on the right is Richmond Park. The tower blocks and maisonettes were built in 1965, using the BISON prefabricated building system. Along with the West End estate, they are owned by Ashton Pioneer Homes http://www.ashtonpioneerhomes.co.uk/ an arms length management organisation formed in 1999, that took over operations hitherto carried out by Tameside MBC's housing department. Katherine Street on the left is named after the wife of George Henry Grey, the Seventh Earl of Stamford. His wife, whom George married on the 29 August 1855, was a circus bareback rider. https://mancunian1001.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/down-our-street-6-katherine-street-and-penny-meadow-ashton-under-lyne/

The Ring o Bells Image on the corner of Moss Street and Margaret Street. Once surrounded by terraced house, by the 1980s it was surrounded by light industry. Now Margaret Street is part of the one-way system at the West End of Ashton between Katherine Street and Chester Square. The now somewhat isolated pub was originally a beerhouse owned by James Wood from 1863 to 1882. It became a Bents and Gartside's pub in 1939 and granted a full licence in 1953. It became a Bass pub in 1967 but is now a free house.

Once surrounded by terraced house, by the 1980s it was surrounded by light industry. Now Margaret Street Image is part of the one-way system at the West End of Ashton between Katherine Street and Chester Square. The now somewhat isolated pub was originally a beerhouse owned by James Wood from 1863 to 1882. It became a Bents and Gartside's pub in 1939 and granted a full licence in 1953. It became a Bass pub in 1967 but is now a free house. Image Image

Sign for the Ring o Bells Image