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High Bank, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 4NS

The Unitarian Chapel was founded in 1814; this building dates from 1872.

Dunham Road Unitarian Chapel, built 1872. For more information, see http://www.altrinchamunitarians.org/

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 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

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.