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Thursday, 14 October 2010

Fleece Inn, Withy Grove


Former location of Fleece Inn, With Grove. (c) googlemaps.

Long before the Kemsley House / Thompson House / Maxwell House newspaper offices and printing presses were built, Withy Grove had a warren of streets, courts and yards off it.  The Fleece Inn sat on Withy Grove directly opposite the more famous Seven Stars, at No.17 run by William Smallwood in 1850 [1].  The huge and horrible Tiger Tiger bar complex and nightclub entrance marks the spot of the Fleece.

1. Manchester Victoria 1849, Alan Godfrey Maps (2009).

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