Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
CISTOWER
CITYTOWER
COTTONOPOLIS
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
MAMUCIUM
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  98e
ATOMSPLITTING  18s
BEETHAMTOWER  1414w
CHESHIREPLAIN  196w
CHRISTMASBLITZ  27se
CISTOWER  89nw
CITYTOWER  2019n
COTTONOPOLIS  317e
EXCHANGESQUARE  33e
GOTHICREVIVAL  65e
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  2010w
KERSALMOOR  1319w
MAJORMILLTOWN  207w
MAMUCIUM  316e
MANCUNIAN  1912w
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  22e
METROLINK  1915w
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111se
PETERLOOMASSACRE  51e
RIVERINWELL  199w
RIVERMEDLOCK  320e
SANDSTONEBLUFF  611e
SHIPCANAL  1015w
TEXTILEFACTORIES  44e
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  220n
UNIVERSITIES  418e
WESTPENNINES  2013w