The Salvation Army in Manchester

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The Salvation Army first came to Manchester in 1878.

Over the years there have been corps (Salvation Army term for local churches) in the following locations:

• Manchester I (Manchester Temple), Grosvenor Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, 1879 to current. A modern Salvation Army building stands on the site now, and is called Manchester Central.
• Manchester II (Star Hall), Pollard Street, Ancoats, 1878. The corps met from 1879 to 1920 in the Round Chapel, in Every Street.
• Manchester III (Openshaw Citadel) (also known as the Poor Man's Palace), Dyer Street, 1879.
• Manchester IV (Miles Platting), Cash Street, 1880
• Manchester V (Bradford Road), Marcar Street, 1882 to 1924.
• Manchester VI (Newton Heath), Thorp Road, 1883
• Manchester VII (Gorton), Knutsford Road, 1883
• Manchester VIII (Harpurhey), Orpington Close, 1883 to 2006.
• Manchester IX (Hightown), Marlborough Street, 1885
• Manchester X (Hulme), Russell Street, 1885
• Manchester XI (Moss Side), Darnecombe Street, 1885
• Manchester XII (Longsight), South Street, 1886
• Manchester XIII (Greenheys), Chapel Street, 1886
• Manchester XIV (Collyhurst), Monsall Street, 1903
• Manchester XV (Higher Openshaw), Fairfield Road, 1903 to current.
• Manchester XVI (Droylsden), Greenside Lane, 1883
• Manchester XVII (Wythenshawe), Boothfield Road, 1937
• Denton, 1883
• Eccles Citadel
• Salford I, (Cross Lane), St Stephens Street, 1880
• Salford II, (Lower Broughton), Halton Street, 1882
• Salford III, near Infantry Barracks 1888 to 1900

Today the Salvation Army works out of centres at Manchester Central, Eccles, Harpurhey and Higher Openshaw.