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The great majority of cotton spinning took place in the towns of south Lancashire and north Cheshire, and Manchester was for a time the most productive centre of cotton processing. [33] Manchester became known as the world's largest marketplace for cotton goods [23] [34] and was dubbed "Cottonopolis" and "Warehouse City" during the Victorian ...
Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
Map of Manchester from Roman Manchester (1900) (from History of Manchester) Image 25 Sale Town Hall (from Greater Manchester Built-up Area ) Image 26 The Lowry is a combined theatre and exhibition centre at Salford Quays , and is Greater Manchester's most visited tourist attraction.
Manchester United, Manchester City, and Lancashire CCC all have dedicated museums illustrating their histories. Wigan Pier, best known from George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier, [279] was the name of a wharf on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan. It will re-open as a visitor attraction in 2023, after years of closure. [280]
Black Chew Head is the highest point of Greater Manchester, rising 542 metres (1,778 ft) above sea-level, within the parish of Saddleworth. [2] Chat Moss at 10.6 square miles (27 km 2) comprises the largest area of Grade 1 and 2 farmland in Greater Manchester and contains the largest block of semi-natural woodland in the county. [3]
The M postcode area, also known as the Manchester postcode area, [2] is a group of postcode districts in the North West of England.. The districts are subdivisions of three post towns: Manchester, Salford and Sale and cover parts of all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, primarily the cities of Manchester and Salford and the majority of the borough of Trafford.
The octagonal Jubilee Tower at grid reference on Beacon Hill overlooking the town of Darwen in Lancashire, England, was completed in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and also to celebrate the victory of the local people for the right to access the moor. 85ft in height, walkers can climb to the top via the internal staircase to admire the views of North Yorkshire, Morecambe ...
Worsley (/ ˈ w ɜːr z l i /) is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 10,090. [1] It lies along Worsley Brook, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there is evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity, including two Roman roads.