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)
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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
- Blackley
- Chorlton cum Hardy
- Denton
- Didsbury
- Gorton
- Newton
- Salford
- Stretford
- Ardwick
- Bradford
- Broughton
- Burnage
- Cheetham
- Crumpsall
- Harpurhey
- Haughton
- Heaton Norris
- Hulme
- Levenshulme
- Moss Side
- Moston
- Openshaw
- Reddish
- Rusholme
- Withington
- notably, this contains some areas which are now part of the boroughs of trafford, tameside, stockport and salford.
