History of Greater Manchester

The Manchester City Centre bombing was an attack in Manchester, England by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). ...more on Wikipedia about "1996 Manchester City Centre bombing"

The Diocese of Manchester, England is a diocese of the Anglican Church in the Province of York. It was founded in 1847, having previously been part of the Diocese of Chester. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anglican Diocese of Manchester"

Belle Vue Zoo was a large zoo located at Belle Vue in the east of Manchester in England from 1837 until it closed in 1977. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belle Vue Zoo"

Beyer-Peacock was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beyer-Peacock"

On August 22, 1985, Flight 28M, a Boeing 737-236 flying the colours of British Airtours, took off from Manchester International Airport in Manchester in England, on an international passenger flight to Kerkira Airport on the Greek island of Kerkira. The aircraft, known by the company as River Orrin, had 131 passengers and 6 crew on the manifest. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Airtours Flight 28M"

Charles Frederick Beyer (an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Frederick Beyer) ( 14 May 1814 — 1876) was a German- British locomotive engineer, co-founder of the firm Beyer-Peacock. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Beyer"

The Right Honourable Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, PC ( Waverley Abbey September 13, 1799 - September 19, 1841 Kingston) was the first Governor of the united Province of Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham"

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The cotton famine ( 1861 – 1865) was a depression in the textile industry in northwest England, brought about by the American Civil War. It was estimated at the time to have cost the Lancashire mill-owners about £m30. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cotton famine"

Cross Street Chapel is a Unitarian church in Manchester, England, famous in civic and national life for its contributions to piety and civil society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cross Street Chapel"

Enriqueta Augustina Rylands ( May 31, 1843 - February 4, 1908) was the founder of the John Rylands Library, Manchester. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enriqueta Augustina Rylands"

Granada Studios Tour was an entertainment complex in Castlefield, Manchester operating from 1988 to 1999. It was situated on Water Street, adjacent to Granada Television's Quay Street complex. ...more on Wikipedia about "Granada Studios Tour"

The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the former upper-tier administrative body for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Manchester County Council"

Manchester developed over little more than a century from a minor town into the world's first industrial city. Its remarkable history embraces the world's first passenger railway station and first public library. It also led the political and economic reform of nineteenth century Britain as the vanguard of free trade. By the start of the twenty-first century it had become a post-industrial city dominated by sport, broadcasting and education. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Manchester"

Hyde Road was a football stadium in Ardwick, Manchester. It was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1887 until 1923, when they moved to Maine Road. The ground was also known as Bennett Street by some supporters. The most prestigious match to be held at Hyde Road was an FA Cup semi-final between Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday in 1905. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hyde Road"

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James Fraser ( August 18, 1818- October 22, 1885) was a reforming Anglican bishop of Manchester, England. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Fraser (bishop)"

James Prescott Joule ( December 24, 1818– October 11, 1889) was an English physicist, born in Salford, near Manchester. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Prescott Joule"

John E. Blakeley ( October 1, 1888 - February 20, 1958) was a British film producer, director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films. ...more on Wikipedia about "John E. Blakeley"

John Henry Reynolds ( February 8, 1842 - July 17, 1927) was a British educationist and administrator, particularly associated with the development of the Manchester educational institution that was to go on to become UMIST. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Henry Reynolds"

The John Rylands Library (inaugurated October 1899) is a collection of historic books and manuscripts in Manchester, England. In 1972, it merged with the library of the Victoria University of Manchester to form the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Notably, the John Rylands Library holds the oldest extant New Testament document, Rylands Library Papyrus P52, the so-called St John's fragment. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Rylands Library"

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England. It was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003, when they moved to the City of Manchester Stadium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maine Road"

The Manchester assize courts were law courts once located in Strangeways, Manchester in England. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, they were demolished in the 1950s due to heavy damage caused during World War 2. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manchester assize courts" Good to know shortopedia. History_of_Greater_Manchester

The Manchester Storm was an ice hockey team from Manchester, England. The team formed in 1995, playing their home games at the then newly built Nynex Arena (since renamed to the MEN Arena). Storm hold the record for the largest ice hockey attendance in Britain, set on February 23 1997, when 17,245 people watched a match against the Sheffield Steelers. At the time, this was also a european record. The team folded in 2002 after running into financial problems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manchester Storm"

Mancunian Films was a motion picture production company based in Manchester, England that gave birth to the Mancunian Film Studios in 1947. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mancunian Films"

Mancunium is the name often (though perhaps incorrectly) given as the Romano-British name of Manchester, England. Here, close to the River Medlock, in the district still called Castlefield near Knott Mill, stood in Roman days a fort garrisoned by a cohort of Roman auxiliary soldiers. The site is now obscured by houses, railways and the Rochdale canal, but vestiges of Roman ramparts can still be seen, and other remains were found in 1907 and previous years. Traces of Romano-British inhabitation have been noted elsewhere in Manchester, especially near the cathedral. But there was no town here, nothing more than a fort guarding the roads running north through Lancashire and east into Yorkshire, and the dwellings of women-folk and traders which would naturally spring up outside such a fort. The ancient name is unknown. Roman authorities give both Mancunium and Mamucium, but it is not clear that either form is correct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mancunium"

Mark Philips ( 1800 - 1873) was one of Manchester, England's first pair of Members of Parliament of the post-reform era. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mark Philips" I wish I had a shortopedia.

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