Clarendon Inn, Clarendon Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. (c) Bob Potts [1].
Before the building of the Manchester Metropolitan University on Oxford Road, Clarendon Street used to run just south of and parallel to Chester Street [2]. On the corner with Oxford Road stood the Clarendon Inn, a grand looking pub, shown here in 1958. Its precise location would have been just where the main entrance is to Manchester Metropolitan University is today, at No.1 Clarendon Street. The Clarendon was run by John Spencer according to the 1848 Slater's Directory [2], and it closed in 1964 as a Wilsons house [3].
Former location of Clarendon Inn, Oxford Road (Clarendon Street). (c) Google 2011. View Larger Map.
1. The Old Pubs of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1984).
2. Hulme 1844, Alan Godfrey Maps (2007).
3. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).
2. Hulme 1844, Alan Godfrey Maps (2007).
3. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).
I recall Clarendon Inn, upstairs in large room was Club 43, a Jazz club,( live Jazz )
ReplyDeleteusually on Saturday evening. Tubby Hayes / Phil Seamen / Joe Harriet etc, played here many times. This Pub, was demolished to make way for Manchunian way ( sic ) appx 1964.
Peace to all.