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Manchester

England, United Kingdom
Also known as: Mamucium
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H.B. Rodgers
Professor of Geography, Victoria University of Manchester. Coauthor of Lancashire, Cheshire and Isle of Man.
H.B. Rodgers
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Manchester, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester urban county, northwestern England. Most of the city, including the historic core, is in the historic county of Lancashire, but it includes an area south of the River Mersey in the historic county of Cheshire. Manchester is the nucleus of the largest metropolitan area in the north of England, and it remains an important regional city, but it has lost the extraordinary vitality...

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