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ID: 7010477
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Record Type: administrative |
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Manchester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 13 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the River Irwell; destroyed by Danes in 870 and rebuilt in 920; prototype of industrial city, with cotton mills and mining; world's first railway in 1830 and major inland port with opening of canal 1894; known for its reform movements and liberal policies; textile tradition here dates back to 14th-century Flemish weavers; home of the Halle Orchestra and Old Trafford cricket ground. |
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| Manchester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Cottonopolis (H,V,P)
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............ | 19th-century nickname, referring to the cotton industry that thrived here |
| Mamecaster (H,O)
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| Mamecestre (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Mamucium (H,O)
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| Mancenion (H,O)
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| Mancunium (H,O)
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| Memcestre (H,O)
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Manchester (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first established as a Roman stronghold ca. 78 |
| city (C) |
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chartered in 1301 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, GRLPSC, VP] |
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Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000) |
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Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986) |
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Blue Guide: England (1980) 539-543; II, 560 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 560; II, 560-561 |
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Digging Up Cottonopolis, BBC (2006) accessed 13 November 2006 |
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Domesday Book (1985) 156 |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIII, 505-506 |
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Hutchinson Family Encyclopedia Online accessed 8/01 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2602512 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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| English | .......... | [VP] |
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