Greater Manchester Definition

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A metropolitan county in northwest England comprising the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Greater Manchester borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

1991 Human Rights Watch, "Human rights in Northern Ireland" - Page 71
2001 Ismail Serageldin et al, "Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for urban futures" - Page 251
For example, of the thousand or so textile factories that survive in Greater Manchester, among the most tangible reminders of the country's leading role in the Industrial Revolution, only 100 (10 percent) are listed.
2004 K.K.Sharma, "Tourism and Regional Development" - Page 166
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  • The project aims to develop countermeasures for accident reduction with recommendations to be presented to decision makers in Greater Manchester.

  • Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Transport and its successor, GM Busses was the PTE operator serving the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.

  • Elsewhere in Greater Manchester a textile factory and a house were struck by lightning although no one was hurt.

  • Voyages last between 2 and 7 days aboard our 76 foot gaff rigged ketch, Greater Manchester Challenge.

  • Anyone who tours Greater Manchester will see the piles of rubble, to which my hon.

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