EPW019111 ENGLAND (1927). St Mary's Church and the Unicorn Brewery, Stockport, 1927

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Title [EPW019111] St Mary's Church and the Unicorn Brewery, Stockport, 1927
Reference EPW019111
Date 4-August-1927
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Place name STOCKPORT
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 389760, 390366
Longitude / Latitude -2.1540617205186, 53.409747449741
National Grid Reference SJ898904

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Comercial Inn, 45 Millgate, Stockport. Run by Robert Jones and his daughters Mary Jane "Jinny" and Margaret "Maggie"

Kate Lamb
Friday 19th of January 2018 10:47:58 PM

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:19:48 PM

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:18:14 PM
Hope's Carr (site of the air crash in June 1967)

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:17:05 PM

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:14:40 PM
Robinsons Brewery now has stables on this road where they keep their two (occasionally three) Shire horses. You may also see one of them being trained pulling the brewery dray cart around Stockport town centre in the mornings.

Also recommended is the Robinsons Visitor Centre on Apsley Street; highlighting the history of a family-run brewing company that is still going strong in 2017 and is fully operational, brewing good beer most days.

In the visitor centre you can also join in a guided tour (fee payable- booking recommended) around the old Unicorn Brewery building.



Robinsons Beer can be purchased with food in the Visitor Centre afterwards or do what we do which is just call in and have a bite to eat and enjoy a pint or two.

Paula B
Tuesday 14th of February 2017 07:05:41 PM
Wellington Street

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:13:50 PM

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:12:38 PM
Middle Hillgate (before the construction of Wellington Road as an early "Stockport by-pass" in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, this was the main road from the south into Stockport and on towards Manchester.

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:12:14 PM
Bakers Vaults pub, still open in 2012, sells "real ale".

totoro
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:54:06 PM
A lovely pub, the Buck and Dog, on the banks of the River Mersey. On this site now stands a branch of Barclays Bank, but the old main pub door with its stonework and sculpture has been preserved at the side of the modern building.

totoro
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:51:31 PM
This is almost the start of the River Mersey, formed where the rivers Goyt and Tame join, just off picture to the right.

totoro
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:45:34 PM
On the pre 1974 Lancashire side of the River Mersey this is Lancashire Hill, the original route between Stockport and Manchester. Now replaced by Wellington Road to the West (not in image).

totoro
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:44:45 PM
Castle Yard. The river on the far side with the steep side (facing away) made this a good defensible site. Location of motte and bailey castle. Also medieval fortifications. Old castle now buried under new shops. The yard remains.

totoro
Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:41:49 PM

totoro
Friday 22nd of June 2012 02:34:05 PM
Robinson's Unicorn Brewery. Unicorn is still brewed here in 2012.

totoro
Friday 22nd of June 2012 02:33:25 PM
St Mary's Parish Church. As this is on the South bank of the River Mersey it is in the Diocese of Chester.

totoro
Friday 22nd of June 2012 02:32:42 PM
Although most of the church was rebuilt in the early 19th century, the chancel dates back to around 1310 and there are small parts surviving from the original 12th century building. It is Grade I listed.

John Ellis
Tuesday 7th of August 2012 10:03:08 PM

totoro
Friday 22nd of June 2012 02:31:08 PM