Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHINATOWN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
CISTOWER
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
DEANSGATE
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
MAMUCIUM
MANCUNIAN
MANORIALTOWNSHIP
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  155w
ATOMSPLITTING  37se
BEETHAMTOWER  56se
CHESHIREPLAIN  35se
CHINATOWN  1718w
CHRISTMASBLITZ  420n
CISTOWER  1910sw
COMPUTERS  1910s
COTTONOPOLIS  916ne
DEANSGATE  1019e
EXCHANGESQUARE  33s
GOTHICREVIVAL  115n
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  1820w
KERSALMOOR  517n
MAJORMILLTOWN  131w
MAMUCIUM  131e
MANCUNIAN  610s
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  22e
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111se
PETERLOOMASSACRE  43e
RIVERINWELL  87e
RIVERMEDLOCK  206w
SANDSTONEBLUFF  720ne
SHIPCANAL  720n
TEXTILEFACTORIES  44e
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  220n
UNIVERSITIES  75se
WESTPENNINES  2019n