Manchester, England
1895 - Manchester

Man'chester (anc. Mancu'nium), a city of England, in the S.E. division of the co. of Lancaster, 164 miles N.N.W. of London. Pop. of city within municipal limits (1891), 505,343. It sends six members to the House of Commons. A charter of incorporation was granted to the town in 1838; since that time several acts have been passed for its improvement, and in 1852 it was made a city. It stands on the river Irwell, and has of late rapidly improved in appearance. The streets are well paved, sewered, and lighted. The city is well supplied with water, two systems of water-works being established,—one at Blackstone Edge, 20 miles from the city, with a total capacity of 3,828,000,000 gallons, and a daily supply of about 25,000,000 gallons; the other at Lake Thirlmere, in Cumberland, about 80 miles from the city, with a daily supply of 50,000,000 gallons. The principal public buildings of the city are the town hall, of Gothic structure, completed in 1883 at a cost of £1,053,264, with an area of 8648 square yards, a tower 286 feet high, a peal of 21 bells, and 250 apartments; the royal exchange, covering an area of 1668 square yards; the royal institution, an edifice of the Ionic order; the theatre royal, and the free-trade hall, built in the Lombardo-Venetian style and affording space for nearly 5000 persons...

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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