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  2. History of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The history of Manchester encompasses its change from a minor Lancastrian township into the pre-eminent industrial metropolis of the United Kingdom and the world. [1] Manchester began expanding "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century as part of a process of unplanned urbanisation brought on by a boom in textile manufacture ...

  3. Timeline of Manchester history - Wikipedia

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    1301 – Manchester is granted a charter from Thomas Gresley making it a baronial borough, governed by a reeve. [4] 1315 – Manchester is the starting point for Adam Banastre's rebellion. [6] 1330 – Lady Chapel (Chetham Chapel) of St Mary's Church is built. [4] 1343 – First reference to the Hanging Bridge. [7]

  4. Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Manchester's museums celebrate Manchester's Roman history, rich industrial heritage and its role in the Industrial Revolution, the textile industry, the Trade Union movement, women's suffrage and football. A reconstructed part of the Roman fort of Mamucium is open to the public in Castlefield. The National Football Museum

  5. Scotland under the Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    Scotland under the Commonwealth is the history of the Kingdom of Scotland between the declaration that the kingdom was part of the Commonwealth of England in February 1652, and the Restoration of the monarchy with Scotland regaining its position as an independent kingdom, in June 1660.

  6. Category:History of Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Architecture of Manchester; History of Manchester Airport; Alexandra Park Aerodrome; Alhambra Theatre, Manchester; Anti Tour; Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857; Assassination of Thomas Ashton; Atlas (computer)

  7. History of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia , inhabited by the Picti , whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall .

  8. Greater Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. The county has an area of 493 sq mi (1,277 km 2) [5] and is highly urbanised, with a population of 2. ...

  9. Robert Angus Smith - Wikipedia

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    Royal Manchester Institution Robert Angus Smith FRS (15 February 1817 – 12 May 1884) was a Scottish chemist , who investigated numerous environmental issues . He is known for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered what came to be known as acid rain .