Talk:History of Manchester

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How bout some specific numbers about the rate of Manchester's growth during the Industrial Revolution. I know for a fact it skyrocketed but I didn't see any numbers when skimming through the article.

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manufactures plate off a steam locomotive in Perth Western Australia. I surprised that there no mention of the building of rail equipment in the article. There were a number of different manufactures plates on the museum pieces mostly from Manchester Gnangarra 01:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

On the civil war in Manchester, The Earl of Derby, (Lord Strange) may have been beaten back by the weather - there is speculation that the Irwell River flooded into his powder supplies and rendered them useless. Though Manchester was not attacked directly again in the Civil war, its garrison was used repeatedly in the campaigns. 'Manchester Men' had a fierce reputation on the field, and Thomas Fairfax was briefly stationed in Manchester to lead them. Manchester Men helped to bring about the end of the Royalist hold on Nantwich in 1644. (User:arthurchappell

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we might find it worth mentioning the extent of the ancient parish of Manchester, which included apart from the core parish, Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, also the chapelries/townships of

notably, this contains some areas which are now part of the boroughs of trafford, tameside, stockport and salford.

Morwen - Talk 06:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

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