MANCHESTER

the largest of an | cotton manufacturing towns of Lanca: It is situated on the irwell, a tributa ame | the Mersey, and upon an impo rom | coalfield. The town was founded b; t is) Romans, and attained some imp or! Sar- | in the 14th century, when the manufa of woollen pa was introduced c of} Flemish weavers; its present import nds, | dates from the introduction of machi bur | The a peng: are the ‘ ble.}| Hall, the Exchange. Cathedral, IV.,| Owen’s College, the latter the seat o recently constituted University of | }on| chester. Manchester was converted p of Spore by See) Chee ee eres the | which was constructed in the years |} nch | 91, at a cost of about 15 millions ste of | It is 354 miles in length and 26 fe ugh | depth. (For population, etc. (not in ing Salford). see p. 902.) the} [s. 205]