Manchester

ALBERTSQUARE
ATOMSPLITTING
BEETHAMTOWER
CHESHIREPLAIN
CHRISTMASBLITZ
COMPUTERS
COTTONOPOLIS
DEANSGATE
EXCHANGESQUARE
GOTHICREVIVAL
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY
KERSALMOOR
MAJORMILLTOWN
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  317e
ATOMSPLITTING  1413n
BEETHAMTOWER  517n
CHESHIREPLAIN  1615n
CHRISTMASBLITZ  14s
COMPUTERS  1516w
COTTONOPOLIS  214n
DEANSGATE  1311nw
EXCHANGESQUARE  1817nw
GOTHICREVIVAL  141w
INDUSTRIALISEDCITY  1819w
KERSALMOOR  152s
MAJORMILLTOWN  2020n
MANCUNIAN  1410nw
MANORIALTOWNSHIP  2020w
METROLINK  72e
METROPOLITANBOROUGH  1111nw
PETERLOOMASSACRE  1916n
RIVERINWELL  66s
RIVERMEDLOCK  56se
SANDSTONEBLUFF  318n
SHIPCANAL  52se
TEXTILEFACTORIES  1818w
TEXTILEMANUFACTURE  1818n
UNIVERSITIES  44s
WESTPENNINES  172s