On the corner of Russell Street and Palmerston Street, the Church Inn was a Groves & Whitnall house that lasted until 1966. It was known locally as "Bill Illingworth's", the landlord, who was also a partner in Illingworth & Ingham's builders of Old Trafford [1]. The old location of the Church Inn is roughly where the pin is on this modern day map of Palmerston Street on the Ancoats / Beswick border.
