Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHINATOWN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
CITYTOWER
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
DEANSGATE
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
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  1419nw
ATOMSPLITTING  35e
BEETHAMTOWER  1217w
CHESHIREPLAIN  72e
CHINATOWN  1611w
CHRISTMASBLITZ  46e
CITYTOWER  514e
COMPUTERS  315e
COTTONOPOLIS  181w
DEANSGATE  413e
EXCHANGESQUARE  1919n
GOTHICREVIVAL  33e
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  182s
KERSALMOOR  610e
MAJORMILLTOWN  2020w
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  2020n
METROLINK  1216w
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111nw
PETERLOOMASSACRE  219e
RIVERINWELL  159w
RIVERMEDLOCK  117n
SANDSTONEBLUFF  178w
SHIPCANAL  178s
TEXTILEFACTORIES  187w
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  1818w
UNIVERSITIES  44e
WESTPENNINES  216n