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'''Manchester''' is a major industrial city in the North West of [[England]], in the [[metropolitan county]] of [[Greater Manchester]], and formerly a part of Lancashire. It is the third largest city in England after [[London]] and [[Birmingham]]. It was formerly an important inland port, served by the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] beside the [[River Mersey]].

'''Manchester''' is a major industrial city in the North West of [[England]], in the metropolitan [[county]] of [[Greater Manchester]], and formerly a part of [[Lancashire]]. It is the third largest city in England after [[London]] and [[Birmingham]]. It was formerly an important inland port, served by the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] beside the [[River Mersey]].

== History ==

== History ==

Originally a Roman military settlement named ''Mamcumium'', and later of a tenth century [[burh]] (Anglo-Saxon fortified place), Manchester was of only regional importance until the [[Industrial Revolution]], when it became a major center of the [[cotton]] industry and renowned as a "shock city", a place where new urban and social developments were undertaken. Manchester and its environs saw the first large-scale application of factory technology and organisation; Manchester was the first city to experience full-scale suburbanisation; it was (with Liverpool) the first city to have a fully locomotive-hauled public railway, in 1830. It also experienced in full measure the negative aspects of this headlong rush to modernise and urbanise in its terrible slums, described in a dramtic piece of reportage by [[Friedrich Engels]], ''The Condition of the Working Class in England'' (1844-45; first published in English 1892). In recent years the city centre has seen large scale renovation, including that of a quarter damaged by an [[IRA]] [[terrorist]] bomb in 1996. The city is home to the [[University of Manchester]] and [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].

Originally a Roman military settlement named ''Mamcumium'', and later of a tenth century [[burh]] (Anglo-Saxon fortified place), Manchester was of only regional importance until the [[Industrial Revolution]], when it became a major centre of the [[cotton]] industry and renowned as a "shock city", a place where new urban and social developments were undertaken. Manchester and its environs saw the first large-scale application of factory technology and organisation; Manchester was the first city to experience full-scale suburbanisation; it was (with Liverpool) the first city to have a fully locomotive-hauled public railway, in 1830. It also experienced in full measure the negative aspects of this headlong rush to modernise and urbanise in its terrible slums, described in a dramtic piece of reportage by [[Friedrich Engels]], ''The Condition of the Working Class in England'' (1844-45; first published in English 1892). In recent years the city centre has seen large scale renovation, including that of a quarter damaged by an [[IRA]] [[terrorist]] bomb in 1996. The city is home to the [[University of Manchester]] and [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].

== Culture ==

== Culture ==

*It is the home of two major football teams, [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].

*It is the home of two major football teams, [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].

*Lancashire county [[cricket]] club play many of their matches at Old Trafford, which has also been the venue of many [[test match]]es.

*Lancashire County [[Cricket (game)|Cricket]] Club play many of their matches at Old Trafford, which has also been the venue of many test matches.

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]