Bridge Street drill hall

Bridge Street drill hall
Macclesfield
Bridge Street drill hall
Bridge Street drill hall Location in Cheshire
Coordinates	53°15′38″N2°07′53″W / 53.26054°N 2.13150°W / 53.26054; -2.13150
Type	Drill hall
Site history
Built	1871
Built for	War Office
In use	1871 – 1990

The Bridge Street drill hall is a former military installation in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 8th Cheshire Rifle Volunteers and opened in 1871. ^[1] This unit evolved to become the 5th Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1883 ^[2] and the 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1908. ^[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front. ^[4] The battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion to form the 4th/7th Battalion in 1967. ^[3] The presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, B Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, in 1988. ^[5] B Company moved to new premises at Ypres Barracks in Chester Road in 1990 ^[6] and the Bridge Street drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted into apartments. ^[2]

References

1. "Macclesfield" . Retrieved 19 August 2017.
2. "Macclesfield". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
3. "The Cheshire Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
4. "Cheshire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
5. "3rd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
6. "3rd Battalion 'B' Company 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment about to Depart from the Old Drill Hall, Macclesfield for the New Ypres Barracks 3 No.1990". Art UK. Retrieved 19 August 2017.