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Scottish migration in to Manchester can be traced back to before 1745 when the Jacobites marched through the city but the population of Scottish born residents peaked at almost 2% of the city's total population in 1871. Many of the city's machine making firms which powered the Industrial Revolution had their roots in emigrant Scottish engineers.
25 July: The City of Manchester Stadium opens, inaugurating the 2002 Commonwealth Games [4] (which continue until 4 August). 21 October: Largest earthquake in a swarm to hit Manchester. [130] Piccadilly Gardens remodelling completed. 2003 10 August: Manchester City F.C. play their first match at the City of Manchester Stadium, having moved from ...
The name Manchester, though officially applied only to the metropolitan district within Greater Manchester, has been applied to other, wider divisions of land, particularly across much of the Greater Manchester county and urban area. The "Manchester City Zone", "Manchester post town" and the "Manchester Congestion Charge" are all examples of this.
The City of Manchester Stadium, the main venue of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and home to Manchester City F.C. (from Greater Manchester) Image 16 Eccles cake is a small round flaky pastry cake filled with currants, sugar and spice.
Manchester city centre, the central business district of Greater Manchester, is a major centre of trade and commerce and provides Greater Manchester with a global identity, specialist activities and employment opportunities; similarly, the economy of the city centre is dependent upon the rest of the county for its population as an employment ...
The architecture of Manchester demonstrates a rich variety of architectural styles. The city is a product of the Industrial Revolution and is known as the first modern, industrial city. [1] Manchester is noted for its warehouses, railway viaducts, cotton mills and canals – remnants of its past
This category lists articles relating to the history of the city of Manchester, England Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 ...
The history of Manchester shows that, from the Industrial Revolution onwards, the city was settled by migrants from many countries, notably from Ireland and other areas of the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Italy and Germany. In modern times, greater numbers have arrived from the Indian subcontinent and the West Indies.