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Welcome to the Greater Manchester WikiProject. We are a user group dedicated to improving and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Greater Manchester, England. We cover the cities of Manchester and Salford and the boroughs of Tameside, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan and Trafford.

Aims

Our aims in the short term, are to achieve the following:

Obtain GA status for Stockport.
Obtain GA status for Rochdale.
Obtain GA status for Bury.
Obtain GA status for Manchester city centre.
Get a lead/static image in every infobox of every town in the county.

Our aims in the mid-term, are to achieve the following:

Develop all of our "Top-importance" articles towards GA/FA.
Increase the number of members of the project to ensure we can cover a wide range of topics.
Assess and review all relevant articles for quality, importance and progress.

Our long term aims for the project are:

Improving all Wikipedia articles that are concerned with Greater Manchester, including its history, geography, people, constructions and buildings, etc. etc.
All relevant articles should be included in the Category:Greater Manchester or one of its subcategories.
Become the leading WikiProject for the United Kingdom.

Participants

You don't need to be from Greater Manchester to help with this WikiProject. We welcome editors good with layout and prose, and non-Greater Mancunian editors who can point out when we have wrongly assumed we don't need to explain or define something for the reader, or failed to properly establish the context of an article. We ask that users be registered, and are familiar with Wikipedia's various policies.

For a list of members who have not edited Wikipedia since 1 January 2009, see list of inactive participants. Members are moved to the list if they have not made an edit to Wikipedia since 1 January 2009 as they are considered unlikely to return. If your name is on the list and you wish to return to the active participants list, please feel free to move your name. Members on the inactive list will no longer receive the WPGM newsletter.

Add yourself to our list of participants here.

User	Location	Interests and specialist knowledge	Any relevant printed sources available

Pit-yacker* (talk)		Manchester City Centre, South Manchester, University of Manchester
Jza84* (talk)	Shaw and Crompton	Greater Manchester, Oldham (and wider borough), civic history	Tradition in Action: The Historical Evolution of the Greater Manchester County, Looking back at Crompton, Cotton Mills of Oldham, Textiles; It Happened Round Greater Manchester
Dpaajones* (talk)	Manchester / Shropshire	City of Manchester, University of Manchester, Manchester City Centre
Mr Stephen* (talk)		Stockport & South Manchester.
Fingerpuppet* (talk)	Former resident of the area!	Various bits and bobs, really!
Erebus555* (talk)	West Midlands	Architecture and buildings in the area
Oldelpaso** (talk)	Manchester	Sport	Various Manchester City F.C. related books (list)
Ecco1983* (talk)	Radcliffe, Greater Manchester	Entertainment, the Bury borough
Peteb16* (talk)	Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester
Fursday (talk)	Withington, Greater Manchester / Greater London	Manchester Academy, University of Manchester, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Withington, a few other bits and pieces
Eric Corbett* (talk)	Stretford	The Trafford area
Joshii* (talk)	Live in Greater Manchester.	Manchester, Tameside, Economy of county.	Manchester: A History by Alan Kidd (2006)
ricmitch* (talk)	Lived in Ramsbottom all my life.	Ramsbottom and surrounding area, Bury, Rochdale
GRB1972* (talk)	Southport	Walkden, Bolton & Manchester.
Richerman* (talk)	Prestwich most of my life, also lived in Shuttleworth for 8 years	Local area around Prestwich, contributed articles on Kersal Moor and Drinkwater Park.	Broughton and Cheetham Hill in Regency and Victorian Times by Monty Dobkin
WebHamster* (talk)		Interested primarily in Levenshulme. I'm a web designer, IT consultant, layout artist and amateur photographer. If it counts I'm also an ex-paramedic who used to work in the Manchester inner city area. Just started a total rewrite of the Belle Vue Zoo article.
Geotek* (talk)		Bolton area, Stockport & Manchester / GMC Fire Brigades
Nev1* (talk)		Trafford and Tameside
Parrot of Doom* (talk)	Flixton	I grew up in Radcliffe. My main interest is local history, see my page for pages I've contributed to. I love cycling along canals and things, taking photographs as I go.	I have a small collection of postcards of Flixton, Urmston, Davyhulme. One day I'll get around to uploading them all to Wikimedia Commons.
Carl* (talk)	Currently Leigh	Wigan, Abram, Leigh
ukexpat* (talk)	Grew up in Brooklands, now living in the USA	South Manchester, Sale, Brooklands, William Hulme's Grammar School
Mike Peel* (talk)	University of Manchester	University of Manchester as well as various articles on the buildings in Manchester	Portrait of a University 1851-1951 by Charlton; A Portrait of the University of Manchester 1951-73, and the same for 1973-90, by David and Pullan respectively; The University at War: 1939-1946; Manchester and its region: A survey prepared for the meeting held in Manchester , August 29 to September 5, 1962 by the BAAS
Unsy770* (talk)	Wigan	Wigan, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan Athletic
Hassocks5489* (talk)	West Sussex (!)	General copyediting and article improvement, incl. finding sources; transport (esp. railways and photos); spoken versions of articles	Various railway books covering GM stations; anything available in Brighton & Hove or West Sussex Libraries
Paypwip* (talk)	Horwich	Horwich, Bolton, Clifton, Rail and Road Transport
Liquidswords* (talk)	South and Central Manchester	Manchester's architecture, primarily Victorian and industrial buildings. (Nothing post-war).	Various
Man2* (talk)	Wigan
Kieran5676* (talk)	Stockport	South Manchester
James50567* (talk)	Glossop, Derbyshire	Stockport and Tameside, Shopping Centres and other Infrastructure related articles
A1personage* (talk)
SquarePeg* (talk)	Eccles, Salford	Manchester United (and related articles), Salford Red Devils (and related articles), other local sports and other interesting (and uninteresting!) subjects.	Books? You mean you want me to read, too?
Lozleader* (talk)	Academic ivory tower	Civic history and heraldry, municipal transport and other utilities	Youngs' Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, which gives details of all parishes, local government areas, parliamentary constituencies and diocesan boundaries from Tudor times to 1974. Various books on civic heraldry, some with public domain images, Edwardian cigarette cards with borough arms, some books on public transport undertakings, access to full text of acts of parliament and various academic journals.
AnIco* (talk)	Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester	Architecture, mathematics, physics, geography, photography and local history	Not a printed source, but a great place where you can obtain information about contemporary architecture developments in Manchester is the Manchester section of the SkyscraperCity forums
Hindleyite* (talk)	Hindley	Wigan, in particular football, Hindley and local area	A number of Wigan Athletic publications
TheFamousPeter* (talk)	Wigan	Wigan Athletic, anything else Wigan and my occupation: Refereeing.	Wigan, with Uncle Joe's under culture and the acknowledgement of the Warriors move from the DW Stadium.
RuthAS* (talk)	South Lancashire	Transport history of Greater Manchester	Several books on the area's transport history
Anthony of the Desert* (talk)	Greater Manchester	North Manchester
ClemRutter* (talk)	way down south in Rochester, Kent	Cotton mill and List of mills in Tameside for example, Longdendale, and other districts just outside GMC that provide support for the city: water, labour, recreation.	OS maps- and old second hand books
Sitush* (talk)	Whitefield	Whitefield, L&Y Railway	Various local histories, postcards etc
Chaosdruid* (talk)	Born Dukinfield now living in Norwich	Dukinfield, Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside and Glossop
Skinsmoke* (talk)	Bredbury	Stockport and local government	Official handbooks to most pre 1974 local authorities in Greater Manchester, plus hundreds from other parts of the United Kingdom
Majorly* (talk)		Interested in history, old buildings, locations in South Greater Manchester. Can probably help in other areas too.	None personally but I have easy access to a library
Sharadjalota456* (talk)	Baguley, Greater Manchester	Manchester United, Baguley and surrounding areas
Juliancolton* (talk)	New York, United States, though interested in the Manchester area	Roads, perhaps
Sansonic* (talk)	Heaton Chapel, Stockport	Concentrations of wealth and other Socio-economic issues
J3Mrs* (talk)		Tyldesley and neighbouring towns	Various local history books
LearnedRobb* (talk)	Gorton	Manchester and Greater Manchester	Minoroty sports in the Greater Manchester area, especially ice hockey
mapmark* (talk)	Former resident now in Paris, France	Started Manchester Corporation Tramways, Cottonopolis, Picc-Vic tunnel, List of national radio programmes made in Manchester, 2ZY, loud'n'proud, Kiss 102, Travel to Work Area, Manchester Mayfield Station. Contributed to: Manchester Metrolink, History of Manchester, Transport in Manchester, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, Greater Manchester County Council, Metropolitan borough, M postcode area, Media in Manchester, List of television shows set in Manchester, BBC Radio 1, Telephone exchange names and Second city of the United Kingdom	Many transport reference books
wisdom and effort* (talk)	Fallowfield	Science & Engineering achievements in Manchester, Manchester transport
Tong22* (talk)	North Manchester and Bury MB	maybe Governance, Transport (chiefly Light Rail) and GM tidbits.
Msn164* (talk)	Tameside	Planes, Radio, TV, Internet, web design, and general knowledge.
WatcherZero* (talk)	Wigan	Wigan, Local Transport, City Governance
Jp4712* (talk)	Lichfield but formerly of Whitefield	Road passenger transport, railways	Journal Editor of the Greater Manchester Transport Society that operates Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport. Access to the Museum's archives with many primary and secondary research resources.
Chorlton Bloke*(talk)	South Manchester	Canals Local History	An ever changing selection of books relating to the area. Maps old and modern.
Gonads3*(talk)	Stockport	Sport
Stevo1000 (talk)	South Manchester	Sport (Manchester City), architecture and buildings, media
Doh5678 (talk)	Walkden	Various
User:Aa2-2004 (talk)	South Manchester	Aim to translate articles into Arabic Wikipedia
User:GoldRock23* (talk)	Sale, Manchester	A variety of information
Dootson* (talk)	Swinton, Manchester	Moorside High School, Swinton, The Swinton High School, St Peter's C of E Primary School and Swinton
doctorkohaku* (talk)	Manchester
The Vintage Feminist* (talk)	Trafford	General local knowledge, politics and some theatre history.	Use of local libraries and a fairly good idea where to find other information.
Patch1969* (talk)	Tameside, Greater Manchester	Just interested in getting Manchester on the map(in Wiki)
CorrectiveMeasures* (talk)	Longsight	Familiar with Manchester, it's college and high schools and it's districts.
David Edgar (talk)	Rusholme / Longsight	South Manchester, cycling, transport, art and music
NuttyNarwhal* (talk)	Little Hulton	Salford, Little Hulton, Walkden, Bolton, Manchester City Centre, cultural landmarks and politics.
JonnyDKeen* (talk)		Non-League football (I have seen a match every non league ground in Greater Manchester in tiers 5-10) Altrincham and Northenden. Also interested in all elements of local culture, history, cuisine, public transport and other sports. Will add pictures and info wherever I can.
Lava Lamps* (talk)	Leigh
Dommmmadden16* (talk)	Born Burnage now living in Withington
GioLoCelso18* (talk)	Born Harrow now living in Hale Barns
Pax Brittanica* (talk)
JfernsUK* (talk)	Ashton-Under-Lyne	Interested in the old trams of the 1900's in Ashton-Under-Lyne
GimliDotNet* (talk)		Wigan and Leigh
FJones2123* (talk)	Fallowfield/Rusholme, Manchester	The University of Manchester, Metrolink and Fallowfield	Access to university Library
ChrisTheLemon* (talk)	Levenshulme	Stockport and South Manchester
Prof tpms* (talk)	Manchester	Manchester University

Assessment and progress of articles

Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Greater Manchester supported articles. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Assessment. The stats are generated automatically every 2–3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Greater_Manchester into the Category box here.

As of 18 October 2011, the proportion of all articles with a project banner assessed is:

96.8% assessed (estimate: some more article talk pages may still need a banner)

Click here to see a monthly break down of the Project's progress.

Index · Statistics · Log

Greater Manchester articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	8	10	10	19			47
FL		1	3	14			18
GA	6	14	29	41		1	91
B	16	34	57	108		6	221
C	24	47	151	374		54	650
Start		94	343	1,757		202	2,396
Stub		15	89	1,253		125	1,482
List	2	5	40	169		17	233
Category			1		1,220		1,221
Disambig					12		12
File					30		30
Portal					2		2
Project					5		5
Template					73		73
NA	1	1	6	27	74		109
Other					4		4
Assessed	57	221	729	3,762	1,420	405	6,594
Unassessed				2	1	92	95
Total	57	221	729	3,764	1,421	497	6,689
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 24,317			Ω = 4.98

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

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Successes and examples

The project was featured in the Wikipedia Signpost on 10 December 2007.
Towns in Trafford acquired featured topic status on 18 June 2009.

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List of tallest buildings and structures in Greater Manchester

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Status	Geotagged articles †
Good articles	Astley • Atherton • B of the Bang • Bank Street (football ground) • Barton Aqueduct • Belle Vue Zoological Gardens • Bolton • Bradford Colliery • Broadhurst Park • Buckton Castle • Castleshaw Roman fort • Cheadle Hulme railway station • Chetham's School of Music • Cine City • City of Salford • Didsbury • Dunham Massey • DW Stadium • Eccles • Flixton • Hale Barns • Hulme Arch Bridge • Hyde Road • Leigh • London Road Fire Station • Mamucium • MediaCityUK • Mellor hill fort • Milnrow • Moston Brook • Murrays' Mills • Ordsall Hall • Partington • River Irwell • Rochdale Town Hall • Royton • St John's Church, Manchester • Tameside • Trafford Park • Tyldesley • Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester • Urmston • Warburton • Worsley • Wigan
Featured articles	Greater Manchester • Manchester • Altrincham • Ashton-under-Lyne • Carrington Moss • Chadderton • Chat Moss • Cheadle Hulme • City of Manchester Stadium • Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal • Nico Ditch • North Road (Manchester) • Oldham • Old Trafford • Radcliffe • Sale • Scout Moor Wind Farm • Shaw and Crompton • Stretford • Trafford • Trafford Park
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Greater Manchester/Progress † Biographical articles, or articles covering a non-geographic, non-tangible topic (such as culture, or an event) are not displayed or listed.

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Did you know?

We at Greater Manchester WikiProject think that Greater Manchester is an important area of the world, and worthy of encyclopedic recognition!

Users are encouraged to nominate eligible articles for the Did you know? section of the Main page.

There are many, many interesting facts about the Greater Manchester area as outlined below (note, each is verifiable with citation found within the article itself). You may wish to add your own trivia you find to this list:

Did you know?....

St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, a Grade II listed building, was built in the 16th century and houses a stone cross dating to the 11th century? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 21, 2007.
Many of Manchester's Grade I listed buildings are Victorian, because of Manchester's growth during the Industrial Revolution? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 27, 2007.
There are two separate churches dedicated to St Werburgh in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on December 27, 2007.
Wythenshawe Aerodrome was Manchester's first purpose-built municipal airfield, but was closed after one year due to the completion of Barton Aerodrome? Featured on the Did you know? section on January 2, 2008.
The astronomer William Crabtree of Broughton, Greater Manchester, was one of only two people known to have observed the first recorded transit of Venus in 1639. The other observer was his friend and correspondent Jeremiah Horrocks who was the only astronomer to have correctly predicted the event.
John Dalton was the first person to describe colour vision deficiency in a paper to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, whilst working at the Manchester Academy, in 1794. Daltonism later became a common term for colour blindness.
In 1841 Joseph Whitworth devised a standard for screw threads at his company in Openshaw that became the first nationally standardized system, British Standard Whitworth (BSW).
Bury Castle in Bury was razed to the ground in 1485, 16 years after it was built, because its owner supported the losing side in the Wars of the Roses? Featured on the Did you know? section on 10 January, 2008.
Manchester born, Mother Anne Lee (February 29, 1736 - September 8, 1784) was the leader of the band of Shakers; who emigrated from Manchester to Watervliet, New York due to persecution in 1774 and founded the Shaker movement in America.
Greater Manchester has nine castles, of which five are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Featured on the Did you know? section on 24 February, 2008.
A study by the University of Salford concluded that the high density of high-rise buildings in Salford has "a dramatic influence on the region's weather patterns", in particular by encouraging drizzle? Featured on the Did you know? section on 27 February, 2008.
Two of Manchester's oldest buildings in Shambles Square were physically moved twice – once in 1974 and again in 1999? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 March, 2008.
...that the Upper Brook Street Chapel in Manchester, designed by Sir Charles Barry shortly before he designed the Palace of Westminster, is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 March, 2008.
In 1806, Murrays' Mills in Ancoats, Manchester was the largest mill complex in the world? Featured on the Did you know? section on 29 March, 2008.

...that Hulme Arch Bridge in Manchester (pictured) follows the design of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and rejoins two halves of a road that was sundered in 1969? Featured on the Did you know? section on 5 April 2008.
...that The Guardian newspaper was founded 189 years ago in Manchester, England as a direct response to the Peterloo Massacre? Featured on the Did you know? section on 10 April 2008.
...that Sans Pareil (pictured), one of five locomotives to compete in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, was later used on the Bolton and Leigh Railway? Featured on the Did you know? section on 19 April 2008.
...that broken remains of three medieval high crosses were found in 1874 during the construction of Barnes Hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, but the location of only one is known today? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 April 2008.

...that the village of Denshaw in Greater Manchester (pictured) achieved international notoriety when spoof information added to its Wikipedia entry was reported in national and international media? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 April 2008.
...that Platt Fields Park in Manchester, England, was used as a country park for over 400 years before being converted for public use in 1908–1910? Featured on the Did you know? section on 25 April 2008.
... that Castleshaw Roman fort in Greater Manchester was a Roman fort built in 79 AD replaced by a smaller fortlet before being abandoned in the 120s? Featured on the Did you know? section on 2 July 2008.
... that Cine City in Manchester, England, the third cinema to open in England in 1912 as "The Scala", has recently been demolished? Featured on the Did you know? section on 4 July 2008.
... that The Towers, a residence in Didsbury, Manchester originally built for the editor of the Manchester Guardian, is now a cotton research facility? Featured on the Did you know? section on 7 July 2008.

...that the Daily Express Building (pictured), an Art Deco former printing press, is one of Manchester's only listed buildings constructed in the 1930s? Featured on the Did you know? section on 8 July 2008.

...that Withington Community Hospital was, at its height, the largest teaching hospital in Europe? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 July 2008.
... that a word square found in Mamucium (pictured), a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain? Featured on the Did you know? section on 24 July 2008.
... that the Port of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, was an independent customs port for two separate periods before becoming part of the Port of Manchester in 1894? Featured on the Did you know? section on 26 August 2008.

... that Winston Churchill (pictured) lost his first election, the Oldham by-election of 1899, after promising to vote first for, then against, the Clerical Tithes Bill? Featured on the Did you know? section on 27 August, 2008.
...that the Albert Medal was one of the awards given to Mark Addy for rescuing more than 50 people from the highly polluted River Irwell, Manchester, in the 19th Century? Featured on the Did you know? section on 29 August 2008

...that in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor (pictured) became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008? Featured on the Did you know? section on 2 September 2008.
...that Peel Park in England was the first of three public parks to be opened for the people of Manchester and Salford in 1846? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 September 2008.
...that the Manchester and Bolton Railway was originally proposed as a replacement for the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal but was eventually built alongside it instead? Featured on the Did you know? section on 14 September 2008.
... that British activist Emmeline Pankhurst once slapped a police officer so she would get arrested to raise awareness about the need for women's suffrage? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 October 2008

... that the controversial Scout Moor Wind Farm, which opened in September 2008, is presently the largest onshore wind farm in England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 7 November 2008.
... that in 1908, Maypole Colliery in Abram, Greater Manchester, England, was the site of an underground explosion that killed 75 miners? Featured on the Did you know? section on 23 December 2008.

... that the turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester (milestone pictured) had a huge impact upon the way business was conducted around Manchester, England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 9 January 2009.
... that the Seashell Trust is the oldest charity for deaf children in the north-west of England? Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 January 2009.
... that the village of Worsley is centred around the coal mines that helped kickstart the industrial revolution in nearby Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on 30 January 2009.
... that Dr Charles White, co-founder of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, kept the mummified body of one of his patients in a room of his house for 55 years? Featured on the Did you know? section on 15 February 2009.
... that a series of innovative computers, including the first transistor computer and the world's fastest computer, were produced by a small team working at Manchester University between 1947 and 1977? Featured on the Did you know? section on 1 March 2009.
... that on 28 February 1828, dozens of people died when Emma was launched on the River Irwell in Manchester? Featured on the Did you know? section on 4 May 2009.
... that Carrington Moss was used to dispose of Manchester's night soil, and was a Starfish site in World War II? Featured on the Did you know? section on 14 May 2009.
... that Greater Manchester bus route 192 was the first in the UK to have solar powered on-street ticket machines? Featured on the Did you know? section on 17 May 2009.
... that although Mellor hill fort is Iron Age in origin, artefacts possibly as old as 10,000 years have been discovered on the site, including a 4,000 year old amber necklace? Featured on the Did you know? section on 22 May 2009.
... that after the collapse of the Broughton Suspension Bridge in 1831, the British military introduced the order to "break step" when soldiers were crossing a bridge? Featured on the Did you know? section on 6 June 2009.

... that Harrytown Catholic High School originated as a convent school within the 250 year old Harrytown Hall?Featured on the Did you know? section on 16 January 2010.
... that it is thought that Rochdale Town Hall (pictured) was so admired by Adolf Hitler that he wanted to ship it, brick-by-brick, to Nazi Germany had the UK been defeated in World War II?Featured on the Did you know? section on 23 January 2010.
... that The Old Wellington Inn in Manchester has been in three different locations in its 458-year history? Featured on the Did you know? section on 5 April 2010.
... that during the 1910 London to Manchester air race, Claude Grahame-White's Farman III biplane was guarded by boy scouts, while he ate biscuits? Featured on the Did you know? section on 21 May 2010.
... that a dissenting minister from Atherton, James Wood, earned the title "the General" at the Battle of Preston in 1715? Featured on the Did you know? section on 8 June 2010.

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Online resources

The following table shows useful, reliable sources that have been shared by our members to mutually improve the coverage of Greater Manchester. Websites listed here include primary, secondary and tertiary source material on everything from ancient history to contemporary economic statistics. Members may wish to refer to this section to gather material for developing pages.

To add a new source to this list, click here.

Hyperlink	Content	Quick reference	Suitability

A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County	A detailed gazetteer of townships, Urban districts and boroughs that today form Greater Manchester.	Governance Geography	Suitable for settlement type articles, and as a source about local government history and local government boundary changes.
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4	Detailed local histories of most of Greater Manchester, as well as parts of Liverpool.	*History	Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality source full of detailed facts and commentaries.
Historical and Genealogical Information for the Region Anciently Known as the Salford Hundred	This site exhibits information about the Salford Hundred, its townships, their history and related genealogical information. All of which is supported by a chronological list of events for the region.	History Geography	Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. Has some maps, etymologies and historical commentary.
GMroads.co.uk	History of Greater Manchester's roads, from City of Manchester Plan 1945 - to the Greater Manchester Local Transport Plan 2.	*Transport	Suitable for material about transport infrastructure and history in Greater Manchester.
GMBuses.co.uk	Official site of GM Buses, including history and gallery.	*Transport	Suitable for material about transport infrastructure and history in Greater Manchester.
A Vision of Britain Through Time	A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.	History Governance Geography Demography	Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality secondary source full of detailed facts and commentaries. Particularly useful for historic districts and their population.
Neighbourhood Statistics	This site allows you to find detailed contemporary statistics within specific geographic areas, for example within a civil parish, or postcode area.	Demography Economy	Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality primary source with in-depth analysis of data.
A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)	Contains detailed historic topographical accounts of places, parishes and counties in England. Originally published in 1848 in four volumes, here given together digitally.	History Geography *Geology	Suitable for most locality/settlement articles. High quality, historic primary source.
visitmanchester.com	The official tourism website for Greater Manchester.	Economy Tourism *Culture	Suitable as a source about landmarks, places of interest and elements of the economic activity of Greater Manchester.
The SELNEC Preservation Society	Website principally involved with the cataloging and preservation of public passenger buses from the Greater Manchester area from 1968.	*Transport	Suitable only as a tertiary source for material about transport infrastructure and history in Greater Manchester.
Geograph.org.uk	The Geograph British Isles project is an open source collection of geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the British Isles. Contains images of Greater Manchester available for use on articles under the Creative Commons licence.	*Photographs	Suitable for all articles related to the project.
The Manchester Geographical Society	Resources concerning local geography such as fieldwork guides, physical geography, transport geography, historical geography, canals etc. Also sells early copies of "The North West Geographer" journal and has later copies available for free download	*Geography	Suitable as source for a wide range of geographical material such as physical geography, transport history, use of urban space, impact of urbanisation etc.
A Key to English Place Names	A searchable index of place-names, their origin and possible meaning.	*Toponymy	Suitable as a source that offers suggestions what place names may mean for a given number of places.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Authoritative biographies of important historical figures	*Notable residents	Used to be a subscription only site, but almost all of the GM boroughs now seem to have joined, so all you have to do is to enter your local library card number.
Greater Manchester Lieutenancy Office)	Website of the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.	History Governance *Culture.	Predominantly about the ceremonial post and its duties, but also some history and coverage about Greater Manchester as a whole.
Manchester City Council 24 hour library	Contains a good range of very useful sources including the Oxford English Dictionary, 200 years of archives of The Times, Encyclopædia Britannica material, British Standards Online, Naxos Music Library, Newsbank, Oxford Art Online, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Language Dictionaries, Oxford Music Online, Oxford Reference, and others.	*Culture	A prime source of information. Free registration is required, the link gives details. For those with Firefox, the 'Sxipper' add-on will store your login details.
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