Mitre Hotel was built in 1815 it has witnessed many events in this and is the oldest area of Manchester.The name of the hotel has an obvious connection with the Cathedral and its original name of the "Old Church Tavern" is also indicative of this.Further connected with the Cathedral and the hotel is the probable existence of a secret tunnel between the church and a small underground chapel near to St. Anne's Square, part of this tunnel was under the Mitre Hotel.The fortunes of war are associated with this location with two memorable events. The first of these occurred on the 29th November 1745 when Prince Charles Edward Stuart accompanied by several thousand tartan-clad and bagpipe-clutching soldiers invaded Manchester. The Prince reviewed his ill-fated troops directly on the side of the Mitre Hotel.The second invasion Manchester had to face was on the night of 23rd December 1940, when an air raid destroyed part of the Cathedral and almost all of the old Market Place