Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
CISTOWER
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
DEANSGATE
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
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  1012n
ATOMSPLITTING  717e
BEETHAMTOWER  61s
CHESHIREPLAIN  618e
CHRISTMASBLITZ  516n
CISTOWER  118ne
COMPUTERS  1916n
COTTONOPOLIS  1916w
DEANSGATE  92s
EXCHANGESQUARE  714n
GOTHICREVIVAL  719e
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  192sw
KERSALMOOR  91e
MAJORMILLTOWN  1720w
MANCUNIAN  196sw
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  202s
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111sw
PETERLOOMASSACRE  195sw
RIVERINWELL  206sw
RIVERMEDLOCK  176sw
SANDSTONEBLUFF  119n
SHIPCANAL  191sw
TEXTILEFACTORIES  22s
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  318n
UNIVERSITIES  416n
WESTPENNINES  812n