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Historical interest: Manchester
    
Manchester began when a wooden fort was built by the Roman army on a plateau
about a mile south of the present cathedral in about 80AD. The Romans called
it Mamuciam (breast shaped hill). Soon a civilian settlement grew up around
the fort, however in 407 the Roman army left Britain and the civilian settlement
disappeared. In 7th century the Saxons created a new village. The Saxons called
any Roman town or fort a caster, therefore they called the old fort at Manchester
Mamm caester. In 919 the king repaired the old Roman fort as a defence against
the Danes and named it Castlefield.
Things changed in the 12th century as the population of the country grew and
trade and commerce increased rapidly. The village of Manchester was made into
a town in the early 13th century, and the Lord of the Manor, Robert Grelly,
built a manor house nearby. In the year 1222 Manchester was granted the right
to hold an annual fair, which attracted buyers and sellers from all over Lancashire.
In the late Middle Ages water from a spring was brought along elm pipes to a
conduit in the town where the townspeople could fetch water. The spring gave
its name to Spring Gardens and Fountain Street. Manchester became famous for
wool, cotton and silk.
In the late 18th century the industrial revolution began and the population
of Manchester soared. The town continued to be famous for manufacturing wool,
cotton, linen and silk. St Anns church was built in 1712 and a quay was built
on the Irwell River in 1735. One of the most notorious episodes in Manchester's
history occurred on 16 August 1819. Eleven people died and more than 600 were
wounded by hussars called in to disperse a crowd listening to radical speakers
at St. Peters field. Bitterly the people called the massacre Peterloo after
Waterloo.
Throughout the 19th century Manchester's infrastructure improved. From 1828
horse drawn buses ran in the streets. In 1830 a railway to Liverpool opened.
The Royal Institution for the promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts
was built in 1829 and was made an art gallery in 1882. A natural history museum
opened in 1835, while in 1846 the first public parks were created; Peel Park,
Queens Park and Phillips Park. The church of St Mary was made a cathedral in
1847, and a tower was added in 1868. In the early 19th century Manchester became
world famous as a manufacturing centre. Wool, silk and cotton were manufactured
and vast numbers of working people worked 12 hour days in the mills. There was
also a paper making industry and iron foundries. In 1894 the Manchester ship
canal opened, turning Manchester into an inland port.
During World War II and again in 1996 (by IRA bombs) the centre of Manchester
was devastated and rebuilt. Tourism also became an important industry in the
late 20th century. Many edutainment attractions were constructed, and Castlefield
was turned into an 'Urban Heritage Park', including a reconstruction of the
Roman Fort. From the 1970s a Chinatown grew up in Manchester, and both the Chinese
Arch and Chinese Arts Centre were built in 1987.
Selection of hotels in this region:
The Midland Manchester (Room only) | | The Manchester Whitehouse Hotel | | Alias Hotel Rossetti | | The Midland Manchester | | Princess on Portland | | Great John Street Hotel | | Radisson Edwardian Manchester | | Quality Hotel Manchester Central Park | | Mitre Hotel | | Arora International Manchester | | Travelodge Manchester Central | | Marriott Worsley Park Hotel & Country Club Golf Package | | Travelodge Manchester North (Birch) | | Golden Tulip Manchester | | Britannia Hotel | | Le Meridien Victoria & Albert | | Jurys Manchester Inn | | Sachas Hotel - City Rooms | | Sachas Hotel | | Novotel Manchester West | | Britannia Hotel | | Menzies Avant Hotel | | The Place Apartment Hotel | | Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Bury | | Renaissance Manchester | | Bower Hotel | | Somerset Atrium | | Copthorne Hotel Manchester | | Le Meridien Palace | | Gardens Hotel | | De Vere Mottram Hall | | Jarvis Piccadilly Hotel | | Quality Hotel - Manchester East/Sport City | | Marriott Worsley Park Hotel & Country Club | | Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Hyde | | Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Cheadle | | Malmaison Manchester | | Express by Holiday Inn Manchester East | | The Lowry | | Tulip Inn Trafford Centre | | Novotel Manchester Centre | | Old Trafford Lodge | |
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