Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHINATOWN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
MANCUNIAN
MANORIALTOWNSHIP
METROLINK
METROPOLITANBOROUGH
PETERLOOMASSACRE
RIVERINWELL
RIVERMEDLOCK
SANDSTONEBLUFF
SHIPCANAL
TEXTILEFACTORIES
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE
UNIVERSITIES
WESTPENNINES

Key points of interest in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. Manchester derived its name from Mamucium, the Roman name for the 1st century-settlement and wooden fort that was built by the Roman army on a plateau about a mile south of the present cathedral around 80 AD (Lambert, [s.d.]). Mamucium itself is a Latinised form of the Celtic meaning ‘breast-shaped hill’, which the name was probably assigned due to the plateau resembling a breast (“History of Manchester”, [s.d.]). QUOTATION According to Chris Lethbridge, TV producer and director, in "Change and Contradiction" (Diverse City, 1994), "[b]y no stretch of the imagination is Manchester a picturesque city. It is however, emphatically if unconventionally beautiful. In common with all things beautiful...It is fundamentally flawed. It has a compulsion to preen and show off. It is narcissistic, contrary and wayward, and yet you cannot help but love it. It is both admirable and maddening." SOURCES Lambert, Tim. [s.d.]. A brief history of Manchester, England. In A World History Encyclopedia. Available: http://www.localhistories.org/manchester.html [2012, June 29]. History of Manchester. Wikipedia. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manchester [2014, March 14]. Enjoy this puzzle? If so, then maybe you'd like to check out my book of word search puzzles that is now available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Towns-Villages-Situated-Along-TransPennine/dp/1530873045/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480482199&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=louis+henderson+word+search.

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ALBERTSQUARE  514ne
ATOMSPLITTING  419ne
BEETHAMTOWER  173s
CHESHIREPLAIN  53se
CHINATOWN  54e
CHRISTMASBLITZ  15se
COMPUTERS  417n
COTTONOPOLIS  220n
EXCHANGESQUARE  33e
GOTHICREVIVAL  1919n
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  119n
KERSALMOOR  165sw
MAJORMILLTOWN  56se
MANCUNIAN  1612nw
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  22e
METROLINK  718ne
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111se
PETERLOOMASSACRE  182s
RIVERINWELL  410se
RIVERMEDLOCK  37s
SANDSTONEBLUFF  319e
SHIPCANAL  59s
TEXTILEFACTORIES  1920w
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  13se
UNIVERSITIES  204s
WESTPENNINES  81e