Old Street drill hall, Ashton-under-Lyne
53°29′12″N 2°05′54″W / 53.48673°N 2.09845°W / 53.48673; -2.09845
The Old Street drill hall is a former military installation in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 7th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps and completed in 1887. This unit evolved to become the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment in 1888 and the 9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment in 1908.[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.[2] Follow the cut-backs in 1967, the presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, C (Manchester) Company, 2nd Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers in 1971; this unit evolved to become C Company, 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1975 and C Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1986.[3] The Ministry of Defence made the decision to dispose of the building in 2013.[4]
References
- ^ "9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Manchester Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "4th Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Ashton campaigners in battle on to save the historic Armoury". Manchester Evening News. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, England
- Ashton Town Hall
- Cavendish Mill, Ashton
- Denton Town Hall
- Dukinfield Town Hall
- Hartshead Pike Tower
- Hyde Hall, Denton
- Hyde Town Hall
- Old Street drill hall, Ashton
- Stayley Hall, Stalybridge
- Tower Mill, Dukinfield
- Alder Community High School
- All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield
- Audenshaw School
- Copley Academy
- Denton Community College
- Droylsden Academy
- Fairfield High School for Girls
- Great Academy Ashton
- Hyde High School
- Longdendale High School
- Mossley Hollins High School
- Rayner Stephens High School
- St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic College
- West Hill School
- Ashton-under-Lyne bus station
- Ashton-under-Lyne railway station
- Denton railway station
- Fairfield railway station
- Flowery Field railway station
- Godley railway station
- Guide Bridge railway station
- Hattersley railway station
- Hyde Central railway station
- Hyde North railway station
- Mossley railway station
- Newton for Hyde railway station
- Stalybridge railway station
