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Market Street, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 1QD

The A56 heading into Altrincham town centre, though the active part of the town centre is off to the right.

This building on Old Market Place was built for William Cunliffe Brooks. Brooks (born 1819, died 1900) was a barrister, banker and Conservative politician. At the 1886 election he was elected as MP for Altrincham, holding the seat until he stood down at the 1892 general election. He was a partner in the Manchester-based banking business of Cunliffe, Brooks & Co. The business was acquired by Lloyds Bank in 1900. For more information, please see http://www.francisfrith.com/altrincham/photos/old-bank-1897_39064/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Cunliffe_Brooks,_1st_Baronet and http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/about_us/company_heritage/Lloyds_heritage/Cunliffe.asp .

The cross is a replica (erected in 1990) of the original market cross which stood here, in front of the seventeenth century Buttermarket. The "Orange Tree", behind the cross, and some of the adjacent buildings have fragments of 16th and 17th century buildings. The Orange Tree, which has been a pub only since the 1880’s, consists of two ancient timber buildings which had an alley on the left and has wattle and daub remains in a back room. For more details, see http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page2.phtml (Altrincham History Society)

The replica market cross was erected in 1990 where the original once stood outside the seventeenth century buttermarket. A plaque at its base (Image]) gives more detail. To the left is The Orange Tree. It and some of the adjacent buildings have fragments of 16th and 17th century buildings. The Orange Tree, which has been a pub only since the 1880’s, consists of two ancient timber buildings which had an alley on the left and has wattle and daub remains in a back room. Behind the cross, in this view, is the Old Market Tavern. Formerly The Unicorn, it was a mail coaching inn. It is a listed building. For more details, see http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page2.phtml (Altrincham History Society)

Plaque and inscription at the base of the replica market cross (Image]).

Now bisected and made inoperable by the busy A56 running through it.

This replica of Altrincham's historic Market Cross was commissioned by Altrincham and Bowdon Civic Society. It was erected on 7th October 1990 in the 700th year of the granting of Altrincham's Royal Charter.

Grade 2 listed building at 18, High Street, Altrincham. The Grey family, who became Earls of Stamford in 1628, were domiciled at Dunham Massey Hall, near Altrincham, where they remained until the death - without issue - of the 10th Earl, who arranged that the property pass to the National Trust. The 1st Earl had been Baron Grey of Groby (a village in Leicestershire) and the name is commemorated as adjacent Groby Road which runs past St Vincent's Church to the edge of Bowdon. Dunham Massey Estate, with its Hall and deer park, has become much used by townspeople and visitors, and the Stamford name has been used on pubs and public buildings. It is also reflected in Stamford Park, close to the centre, which was once part of the ancient Hale Moss and was gifted to the town by the Earl of Stamford in 1878. See further details relating to this settlement: Image

The present building dates from 1881 having replaced an earlier pub of the same name which burnt down in 1880. It is currently owned by the Ei Group. Image

Sign for the Orange Tree Inn Image