St. Anne Street was one of the original sixteen wards established as a result of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
The ward ceased to exist in 1952 "All such portions of the said borough as are included within a line drawn from the point at which Shaw's-brow meets Byrom-street, northwards along the centre of Byrom-street, to the point where the same joins Scotland-place, thence along the centre of Scotland-place, to the point at which the same joins Scotland-road, thence along the centre of Scotland-road, to the point at which the same is met by Rose-place, thence eastward along the centre of Rose-place, to the point at which the same meets the boundary line of the township of Everton, thence south-ward along the boundary of the Lime-street Ward, to the point first described.
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