Market Hall (9)
A Tuesday market has been held in Altrincham since 1290 when Hamo de Masci created the borough by charter. The Market House is listed and was built on meadows in 1879. It has a Blue Plaque to the left of the door commemorating the origins of the market in 1290 in Old Market Place. The glass-covered outside market was built in 1930 on the site of the Cheshire Rifle Volunteers’ Training Ground and the Saturday Market started in 1932.
The far end of Market Street was originally part of the burying track to Bowdon Church over fields. The track was known as The Narrows and had stumps across it until the late 19th century. It was widened in 1870 to become Bowdon Lane and then just part of Market Street. The Hospital dates from 1870 and the Nurses’ Home to its left was previously Oddfellows Hall, originally the Altrincham Building Society. The rest of the road was built over in the 1880s.