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A child of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester grew swiftly as an industrial city in the nineteenth century, absorbing in its growth several villages and towns of southern Lancashire, and continuing to grow in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, the town has an early origin, as the Roman fort ''Mamucium'', established around 79 AD, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle notes Manchester as a fortified town in 919. | A child of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester grew swiftly as an industrial city in the nineteenth century, absorbing in its growth several villages and towns of southern Lancashire, and continuing to grow in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, the town has an early origin, as the Roman fort ''Mamucium'', established around 79 AD, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle notes Manchester as a fortified town in 919. | ||
Manchester today is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce, factors all contributing to Manchester claim to be Britain's second city. It is the third-most visited city in the United Kingdom by foreign visitors, beaten only by London and Edinburgh}}<noinclude> | Manchester today is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce, factors all contributing to Manchester claim to be Britain's second city. It is the third-most visited city in the United Kingdom by foreign visitors, beaten only by London and Edinburgh.}}<noinclude> | ||
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