Ancoats
Sign in to saveAncoats is an area of Manchester, England, next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre.
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval
- Industrial Revolution
- Cotton
- Foundries
- Glass works
- Other industries
- Later Victorian period
- Immigration
- Religion and poor relief
- Early 20th century
- Post-war decline
- Regeneration
- Landmarks
- Culture
- Cultural references
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Ancoats is an area of Manchester, England, next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre.
Historically in Lancashire, Ancoats became a cradle of the Industrial Revolution and has been called "the world's first industrial suburb". For many years, from the late 18th century onwards, Ancoats was a thriving industrial district and known for its large Irish population. The area suffered accelerating economic decline from the 1930s and depopulation in the years after the Second World War, particularly during the slum clearances of the 1960s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ancoats” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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