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Great Ancoats Street is a street in the inner suburb of Ancoats, Manchester, England.

Much of Great Ancoats Street was originally named Ancoats Lane and was the location of Ancoats Hall.^[1] The street passed through a thriving manufacturing area during the 19th century. It was in close proximity to the Ashton and Rochdale canals. A number of cotton mills built in the early and mid-Victorian period are nearby, some of which have been converted into residential or office buildings, such as Albion Mills.{{Sfn|Knox|2012|p=5|ps=}} The Pin Mill Works at the junction with Fairfield Street was a late 18th-century pin works, that became a cotton mill run by J & J Thompson and works for dyeing and calico-printing.{{sfn|Ashmore|1982|p=110|ps=}} Brownsfield Mill, a Grade II* listed building, was built in 1825.

In 1939 the Grade II* listed Daily Express Building designed by engineer, Sir Owen Williams was built on the street.{{sfn|Hartwell|2002|p=285|ps=}} In the 1980s, a significant area by Great Ancoats Street was redeveloped as Central Retail Park, which has been described as a "row of big-box stores fronted by sterile parking space".{{Sfn|Knox|2012|p=5|ps=}} It contains branches of Toys "R" Us, Mothercare and others. An Ibis hotel is at the corner of Pollard Street, south of the Ashton Canal and there are other hotels including a Travelodge and The City Warehouse Aparthotel near the junction with Oldham Road and where Great Ancoats Street becomes Swan Street. The street has been reported as being gentrified.^[2]

Great Ancoats street forms the western boundary of the regenerated New Islington area of Manchester on the side of the Rochdale Canal.

References

• {{citation |last=Ashmore |first=Owen |title=The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXa7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA110 |year=1982 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-0820-7}}
• {{citation |last=Hartwell |first=Clare |title=Manchester |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-300-09666-8}}
• {{citation |last=Knox |first=Paul |title=Palimpsests: Biographies of 50 City Districts. International Case Studies of Urban Change |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_E6POSpU1JQC&pg=PA26 |year=2012 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-0346-1212-8}}

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