Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
CISTOWER
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
DEANSGATE
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
MAMUCIUM
MANCUNIAN
MANORIALTOWNSHIP
METROPOLITANBOROUGH
PETERLOOMASSACRE
RIVERINWELL
RIVERMEDLOCK
SANDSTONEBLUFF
SHIPCANAL
TEXTILEFACTORIES
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE
UNIVERSITIES

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  817ne
ATOMSPLITTING  2019n
BEETHAMTOWER  165sw
CHESHIREPLAIN  64e
CHRISTMASBLITZ  64se
CISTOWER  1911nw
COMPUTERS  1913nw
COTTONOPOLIS  1618nw
DEANSGATE  1912sw
EXCHANGESQUARE  33s
GOTHICREVIVAL  207sw
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  201w
KERSALMOOR  1019ne
MAJORMILLTOWN  48se
MAMUCIUM  125sw
MANCUNIAN  136sw
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  22s
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111se
PETERLOOMASSACRE  518ne
RIVERINWELL  1915nw
RIVERMEDLOCK  162w
SANDSTONEBLUFF  193w
SHIPCANAL  1319nw
TEXTILEFACTORIES  117n
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  41s
UNIVERSITIES  120e