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Manchester was also an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement. Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th century. Many of the great public buildings (including the town hall) date from then. The city's cosmopolitan atmosphere contributed to a vibrant culture, which included the Hallé Orchestra.
The University of Manchester is the second largest full-time non-collegiate university in the United Kingdom, [211] created in 2004 by the merger of Victoria University of Manchester, founded in 1904, and UMIST, founded in 1956, [212] having developed from the Mechanics' Institute founded, as indicated in the university's logo, in 1824.
CWS (Manchester) Band formed as the CWS Tobacco Factory Band. [86] 1902 February: The British Cotton Growing Association is founded, based in Manchester [87] 28 April: Manchester United F.C. is formed by John Henry Davies in a name change from Newton Heath, the football club that he recently saved from going out of business. [88]
The Brigantes were the major Celtic tribe in what is now known as Northern England; they had a stronghold in the locality at a sandstone outcrop on which Manchester Cathedral now
M. Mamucium; Manchester (ancient parish) Manchester (ancient township) Manchester (Wythenshawe) Aerodrome; Manchester and Salford Police; Manchester and Salford Wesleyan Methodist Mission
Around the 1780s, Manchester's population was beginning to expand, and as the Industrial Revolution increased prosperity, there was a growth of church building in the town. St Peter's Church was established to provide a place of Christian worship for the town's expanding population.
Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium , currently known as the Etihad Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923.
Today, Greater Manchester is the economic centre of the North West region of England and is the largest sub-regional economy in the UK outside London and South East England. [195] Greater Manchester represents more than £82.7 billion in GDP, more than Wales, Northern Ireland or North East England. [196]