St Matthews Tavern was named after the impressive St Matthews Church which once stood in the Castlefield area just off the lower end of Deansgate around Liverpool Road. It is seen here in 1949 and here with the White Lion pub on the right in 1955. The pub itself was fairly nondescript as shown in these two photos from the 1970s - the only indication is the small Whitbread tankard sign. It was next-door-but one to the Haymarket Tavern as shown on the right in this map from Manchesterhistory.net.
St Matthews Church, Castlefield, around 1830. (c) Antique Maps and Prints.
My gt.gt.gt. grandfather Ebenezer Heap, who was born in 1797, was the licencee of St. Matthew' Tavern in 1850. I think he was probably there only a year or two and handed over the licence to Rosetta Johnson. (from The Manchester Times 20 November 1850)
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ReplyDeleteMy father was licensee of St Matthew's from March 1964 to Sept 1966, hence I spent my formative years there. I remember Dougie & Auntie May from the Haymarket. I also remember mum taking me to Kendal Milnes on Saturdays to have my hair cut. Other than that, I vaguely remember the huge indoor fruit & veg market across the road on Tonman St, but can't remember its name, something like "City Hall", but that cannot be right!
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