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Manchester was the subject of Friedrich Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Engels himself spending much of his life in and around Manchester. Manchester was also an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement. [citation needed] Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th ...
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]
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age is an informal history of the European Middle Ages by American historian William Manchester. Published in 1992, the book is divided into three sections: "The Medieval Mind", "The Shattering", and "One Man Alone".
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
A 2015 survey by YouGov showed that 30% thought Manchester was the second city, 20% thought Birmingham and 12% thought Edinburgh. [90] A 2017 survey by BMG Research, commissioned by the Birmingham Mail, showed 38% preferred Manchester as the second city versus 36% for Birmingham. 16% choose Edinburgh with 10% for other cities. The opinion poll ...
Manchester has historically influenced political and social thinking in Britain and been a hotbed for new, radical thinking, particularly during the Industrial Revolution. [ 1 ] The city was a centre for the women's suffrage , Co-operative , Communist , Chartist , and Anti-Corn Law movements.
M. Mamucium; Manchester (ancient parish) Manchester (ancient township) Manchester (Wythenshawe) Aerodrome; Manchester and Salford Police; Manchester and Salford Wesleyan Methodist Mission
In the Victorian era, both cities underwent substantial industrialisation. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 was the world's first inter-city railway, [2] and the first railway to rely exclusively on locomotives driven by steam power, with no horse-drawn traffic permitted at any time; the first to be entirely double track throughout its length; the first to have a signalling system ...