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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.7 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford. Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972; and designated a City Region on 1 April 2011.

Greater Manchester spans 493 square miles (1,277 km2), which roughly covers the territory of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, the second most populous urban area in the UK. It is landlocked and borders Cheshire (to the south-west and south), Derbyshire (to the south-east), West Yorkshire (to the north-east), Lancashire (to the north) and Merseyside (to the west). There is a mix of high-density urban areas, suburbs, semi-rural and rural locations in Greater Manchester, but land use is mostly urban — the product of concentric urbanisation and industrialisation which occurred mostly during the 19th century when the region flourished as the global centre of the cotton industry. It has a focused central business district, formed by Manchester city centre and the adjoining parts of Salford and Trafford, but Greater Manchester is also a polycentric county with ten metropolitan districts, each of which has at least one major town centre and outlying suburbs.

Sale, Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°25′26″N 2°19′19″W / 53.424°N 2.322°W / 53.424; -2.322

Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is on the south bank of the River Mersey, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Stretford, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Altrincham, and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) southwest of Manchester. In 2001, it had a population of 55,000 being measured at 134,122 in the 2011 Census.

Evidence of Stone Age, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon activity has been discovered locally. In the Middle Ages, Sale was a rural township, linked ecclesiastically with neighbouring Ashton upon Mersey, whose fields and meadows were used for crop and cattle farming. By the 17th century, Sale had a cottage industry manufacturing garthweb, the woven material from which horses' saddle girths were made.

The Bridgewater Canal reached the town in 1765, stimulating Sale's urbanisation. The arrival of the railway in 1849 triggered Sale's growth as a commuter town for Manchester, leading to an influx of middle class residents; by the end of the 19th century the town's population had more than tripled. Agriculture gradually declined as service industries boomed.

Manchester, Connecticut

Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 58,241. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a population of 30,577 at the 2010 census.

History

Manchester was settled by colonists around 1672 as a farming community, although at the time it was known just as Orford Parish (the name that can be found on the memorial to the Revolutionary soldiers from the town). The many rivers and brooks provided power for paper, lumber and textile industries, and the town quickly evolved into an industrial center. The town of Hartford once included the land now occupied by the towns of Manchester, East Hartford, and West Hartford. In 1783, East Hartford became a separate town, which included Manchester in its city limits until 1823.

The Pitkin Glassworks operated from 1783-1830 as the first successful glassworks in Connecticut. The Pitkin Glassworks Ruin have been preserved by a historical society.

Manchester (disambiguation)

Manchester is a city in the north west of England. It may also refer to:

  • Greater Manchester
  • Manchester (ancient township)
  • Greater Manchester Urban Area
  • Manchester (HM Prison), a men's prison ("Strangeways") in Manchester, England
  • Education

  • The University of Manchester, an institution of higher education in England, UK
  • Manchester University (Indiana), an institution of higher learning in Indiana, USA
  • The Victoria University of Manchester, a predecessor of the University of Manchester, in existence from 1903 to 2004
  • Places

    In South America

  • Manchester, Bolivia
  • Manchester, Suriname
  • In Jamaica

  • Manchester Parish
  • In the United States

  • Manchester, California, in Mendocino County
  • Manchester, Monterey County, California, a ghost town near Big Sur
  • Manchester, Connecticut
  • Manchester, Georgia
  • Manchester, Illinois
  • Manchester, Indiana
  • Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
  • Manchester, Iowa
  • Manchester, Kansas
  • Manchester, Kentucky
  • Manchester, Maine
  • Manchester, Maryland
  • Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, often referred to as just "Manchester"
  • Manchester (Los Angeles Metro station)

    Manchester is a bus rapid transit Metro Silver Line transitway station on the Harbor Transitway/I-110 at its overcrossing of Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles. The station was re-branded as a station for the Metro Silver Line when the line began service on December 13, 2009. The station is managed by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Firestone Station of the Metro Blue Line is located around 3 miles east of the station (at the intersection of Firestone Blvd. and Graham Avenue).

    Layout

    The station has two side platforms in the median of the Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). The platforms can be accessed using elevators and lifts from Manchester Avenue below the freeway. This station has two parking lots, one or each side of the freeway with a total of 127 spaces. The entrance to the station is provided by stairs and elevators under the freeway. Metro Local line 115 stops directly below the station at the street level (Manchester Avenue). On September 6, 2011, the new stop located directly below the Manchester Silver Line station opened for Metro Local line: 115. The new stop is only for eastbound passengers. A westbound stop for lines 115 was not constructed. The station was upgraded with improved lighting in December 2010. CCTV and next bus trip arrival television screens were added onto the station in December 2012 and the monitors became activated on June 2013.

    Radio Stations - Greater Manchester

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    Retro Soul Radio London R&B UK
    Energy FM DJ Mixes Non-Stop Dance UK
    RadioFish Country,Oldies,60s UK
    Radio Wivenhoe Varied UK
    Scanner: VHF Marine Radio Public UK
    RAT Radio Varied UK
    Gem 106 Varied UK
    BBC York Varied UK
    Skyline Gold 60s,Soft Rock,Rock,Oldies,Easy,Country,Classic Rock,80s,70s UK
    BBC Hindi - Tees Minute News Updates,Indian UK
    BBC Radio 1 Pop UK
    Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire Pop,Top 40 UK
    Miskin Radio Pop UK
    EKR - WDJ Retro Rock,Adult Contemporary,Soft Rock UK
    RollinRadio Electronica UK
    Hard House UK Dance UK
    My Social Radio Top 40 UK
    Flight FM Electronica UK
    Remarkable Radio Oldies UK
    80s And More 80s UK
    Sunshine Gold Oldies UK
    House FM Dance,Electronica,Jungle UK
    Jemm Two Indie Rock UK
    Rickhits Pop UK
    Dance Music 24/7 - EHM Productions 90s,Dance,Electronica UK
    Hope FM 90.1 Christian Contemporary UK
    Phoenix Radio Rock,Classic Rock UK
    Gold FM Radio Rock,90s,80s,Adult Contemporary,Pop UK
    87.7 Black Cat Radio Oldies,Pop UK
    Radyo 90 Sports,Folk,Pop UK
    Chester Talking Newspaper Flintshire Edition News UK
    URN College UK
    Sauce FM Dance UK
    Anfield FM Sports UK
    Sky News News UK
    Citybeat 96.7FM Adult Contemporary UK
    BBC Hindi - Din Bhar News Updates,Indian UK
    RWSfm Varied UK
    BBC Surrey Varied UK
    106 Jack FM Oxfordshire Adult Contemporary UK
    Bradley Stoke Radio Varied UK
    Energy FM Old School Classics Dance UK
    Deddington OnAir Rock,Pop UK
    Summer Time Radio 90s,Dance,Electronica UK
    Stomp Radio R&B UK
    Stress Factor Dance,Electronica UK
    Total Biker FM Rock,Punk UK
    BBC Manchester Varied,News UK
    BrooklynFM Rock,Classic Rock UK
    FRED Film Ch9 Romanian Talk UK
    Fantasy radio Varied UK

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