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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Albert Square, Manchester, All Saints' Church, Whitefield, All Saints' Church, Wigan, Besses United Reform Church, Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield, Christ Church, Walmsley, Church of All Souls, Bolton, Church of St John the Evangelist, Cheetham Hill, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, City Police Courts, Manchester, Holy Trinity Church, Bury, Holy Trinity Platt Church, Manchester Law Library, Manchester Reform Club, Manchester Town Hall, Memorial Hall, Manchester, St Alban's Church, Broadheath, St Anne's Church, Hindsford, St Clement's Church, Ordsall, St David's Church, Haigh, St George's Church, Heaviley, St George's Church, Hyde, St George's Church, Tyldesley, St James' Church, Broughton, St James' Church, Daisy Hill, St James' Church, Poolstock, St John's Church, Dukinfield, St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton, St John the Baptist's Church, Smallbridge, St John the Divine's Church, Pemberton, St John the Evangelist's Church, Abram, St Luke's Church, Orrell, St Margaret's Church, Halliwell, St Mary's Church, Lowton, St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh, St Matthew's Church, Wigan, St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw, St Michael's Church, Middleton, St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge, St Paul's Church, Bury, St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, St Peter's Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester, St Saviour's Church, Astley Bridge, St Stephen's Church, Whelley, St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge, St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield, St Thomas' Church, Halliwell, St Thomas' Church, Pendleton, St Wilfrid and St Ann's Church, Newton Heath, Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester. Excerpt: Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. Designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse the town hall was completed in 1877. The building occupies a triangular site facing Albert Square and contains offices and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with the imposing Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown illustrating the history of the city. The entrance and Sculpture Hall contain busts and statues of influential figures including Dalton, Joule and Barbirolli. The exterior is dominated by the clock tower which rises to 87 metres (285 feet) and houses Great Abel, the clock bell. In 1938, a detached Town Hall Extension was completed and is connected by two covered bridges over Lloyd Street. The town hall, which was granted Grade I listed building status on 25 February 1952, is regarded as one of the finest interpretations of Gothic revival architecture in the world. The original Manchester Town HallManchester's original civic administration was housed in the Police Office in King Street. It was replaced by the first Town Hall, to accommodate the growing local government and its civic assembly rooms. The Town Hall, also located in King Street at the corner of Cross Street, was designed by Francis Goodwin and constructed during 1822 25, much of it by David Bellhouse. The building was designed with a screen of Ionic columns across a recessed centre, in a classicising manner strongly influenced by John Soane. The building was 134 feet long and 76 feet deep, the ground floor housed committee rooms and offices for the Chief Constable, Surveyor, Treasurer, other officers and clerks. The first floor held the Assembly Rooms. The building and land cost 39,587. As the size and wealth of the city grew, largely as a result of the textile industry, its administration outstripped the existing facilitie
