Manchester hotel directory
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discount hotels in Manchester. This hotel guide will
help our readers find the perfect accommodations in
Manchester, United Kingdom, Great Britten. Whether you're
traveling with your family or visiting on business,
our Manchester hotel guide will help you find a hotel
that suits your specific needs.
The very earliest origins of Manchester can be traced
back to the establishment of a Roman outpost called
Mancunium in AD79, the remnants of which are still to
be seen at Castlefield. While the fort was maintained
and developed subsequently by the Saxons, it was not
until 1301 and the grant of charter that the town -
in a modern sense - began to develop.
Through the following centuries, Manchester developed
a thriving textile industry, initially based on wool.
Culturally too there were significant steps forward
such as the establishment of Manchester Grammar School
in 1515.
Undoubtedly the main factor that transformed the town
into one of the countries leading industrial centres
was cotton. From the 1720s onwards there was an enormous
upsurge in both international trade and technological
development, culminating with the invention of Hargreave's
Spinning Jenny and Crompton's Mule during the latter
decades of the century. Manchester was rapidly becoming
a hub of the burgeoning industrial revolution.
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