The Midland Hotel is situated in Manchester city centre near to the Manchester Central Convention Complex. Opened in September 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve the adjacent Manchester Central railway station. The building is grade II listed.
The hotel was regularly used by American cotton traders whilst they were on business selling their raw cotton to Lancashire cotton cloth manufacturers.
The Midland is perhaps most famous for being the meeting place of Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce leading to the formation of Rolls-Royce Limited in 1906.
The corridors contain a collection of memorabilia that reflects the history of The Midland. |
