Amongst the dissenting chapels and meeting houses, those of the Methodists and Independents are the most prominent for their numbers and size. The Wesleyan Methodists have about a dozen; of which, the principal are the chapels in Oldham-street, Grosvenor-street (Chorlton-on-Medlock); and in Irwell-street, and Gravel-lane, Salford. The New Connexion Methodists have two; the Primitive Methodists, four; the Independent Methodists, two; and the Methodist Association, (the seceders under Dr. Warren,) five or six chapels in the town and suburbs.
The Independents have seven or eight large chapels; the principal ones are, that in Mosley-street, the scene of the late Rev. Dr. McAll’s ministerial labours; that in Grosvenor-street, in which the late Rev. Mr. Roby once ministered; and one in Rusholme-road,—the last being the only one of handsome exterior.
The Particular Baptists have three chapels; the Society of Friends, a very large, neat building, with stone front, in Dickenson-street; the Scotch Church is a neat stone edifice, opposite St. Peter’s Church, St. Peter’s Square; the Scotch Presbyterian, or Secession Church, in Lloyd-street and Mount-street, is a plain brick building.
The Unitarians have four chapels; that in Cross-street, a large brick building, was destroyed by a mob, in what were called the “Sacheverel riots,” and parliament voted £1,500 towards its re-erection. There is a small chapel in Salford, in Dawson’s Croft, Greengate; a large and very handsome stone-fronted edifice in Bridge-street, Strangeways; and a beautiful and spacious structure, one of the purest specimens of the English style of architecture in the town, nearly completed, in Upper Brook-street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, for the congregation formerly worshipping in the Mosley-street chapel.
The Swedenborgians have two chapels; one in Peter-street, Manchester, the other in Bolton-street, Salford. There are seven chapels for the Welsh, of different denominations; three, severally called “Christ Church,” for particular denominations of Dissenters; and the Jews have a synagogue in Halliwell-street.
PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT.
| Royal Theatre, | Fountain-street. |
| Queen’s Theatre, | York-street. |
| Assembly Rooms, | Mosley-street. |
| Club House, | Mosley-street. |
| Concert Hall, | Lower Mosley-street. |
| Albion Club House, | King-street. |
| Billiard Room | Mosley-street. |
BATHS.
Public Baths, situate at the entrance of the Infirmary Walks.
Adelphi Swimming Baths, Reservoir Terrace, Salford.