Manchester Stock Exchange
53°28′55″N 2°14′33″W / 53.48201°N 2.24248°W
The Manchester Stock Exchange, later a branch of the Northern Stock Exchange, is now a
Description
A three-storey rectangular
History
The first Manchester stock exchange opened in 1836, as a branch of the London Stock Exchange, to allow regional businesses to raise finance and trade those shares and bonds locally. The exchange listed railway companies as well as those involved in insurance, mining and manufacture, helping bring a "joint stock mania" to Manchester.[2]
The thriving stock exchange was continually short of space and so this new building that reflected the confidence of the community was commissioned. Initially, trade in the new premises trebled and it became the busiest regional exchange for industrial stocks in the country.[4]
Trading on the market was severely disrupted by the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and eventually, as with other regional exchanges, its role became very much secondary to the capital market in London. In the 1960s it was reduced to being a branch of the Northern Stock Exchange, a grouping of fellow regional exchanges.[4]
1973's merger of the Northern Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange led to computerisation of the trading floor but shortly afterwards that was closed, the premises employed as offices.[4]
The building became a restaurant then was bought for £1.5 million by former
References
- ^ a b Historic England. "Northern Stock Exchange (Grade II) (1271383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Diane (18 October 2015). "Man United stars Neville and Giggs tell hotel squatters: stay for winter". The Guardian UK/Society. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ a b c Barlow, Nigel (25 November 2015). "Manchester Stock Exchange". About Manchester. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Williams, Jennifer (24 February 2015). "Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs net permission to turn historic Stock Exchange into boutique hotel". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Bainbridge, Luke (25 October 2015). "Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs: a striking partnership changing the face of Manchester". Observer. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.