Engravers Arms, Gee Street

Former location of Engravers Arms, Gee Street (Albert Square). (c) googlemaps.

Before the Town Hall and Albert Square were built the triangular plot bounded by Cross Street, Princess Street and Lloyd Street contained Clarence Street, Back Princess Street and Back Lloyd Street.  Gee Street ran off Clarence Street (would have ran right in front of the Town Hall building front) to meet Pool Street (today's length of Cross Street that runs across Albert Square).  On the corner of Gee Street and Pool Street was the Engravers Arms, and according to the 1849 map, its precise location is marked by the Albert Memorial statue of Prince Albert himself [1]. The old streets and buildings here were cleared over 1863-1869 so the pub was lost between these years.

Former location of Engravers Arms, Gee Street (Albert Square). (c) googlemaps.

1. Manchester City Centre 1849, Alan Godfrey Maps (2008).