Manchester (disambiguation) facts for kids

Manchester is a city in the north west of England. It may also refer to:

• Greater Manchester
• Manchester (ancient township)
• Greater Manchester Urban Area
• Manchester (HM Prison), a men's prison ("Strangeways") in Manchester, England

Places

In Australia

• County of Manchester, a cadastral unit in South Australia.

In Canada

• Alyth/Bonnybrook/Manchester, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Manchester, Nova Scotia, a small community in Guysborough

In Jamaica

• Manchester Parish

In South America

• Manchester, Bolivia
• Manchester, Suriname

In the United States

• Manchester, California, in Mendocino County
• Manchester, Monterey County, California, a ghost town near Big Sur
• Manchester, Connecticut
• Manchester, Georgia
• Manchester, Illinois
• Manchester, Indiana
• Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
• Manchester, Iowa
• Manchester, Kansas
• Manchester, Kentucky
• Manchester, Maine
• Manchester, Maryland
• Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, often referred to as just "Manchester"
  • Manchester (MBTA station)
• Manchester, Michigan
• Manchester, Minnesota
• Manchester, Missouri
• Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest Manchester in the U.S. and largest city in New Hampshire
• Manchester Township, New Jersey
• Manchester (town), New York
  • Manchester (village), New York
• Manchester, Ohio
• Manchester, Oklahoma
• Manchester, Pennsylvania
• Manchester (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Manchester, South Dakota
• Manchester, Tennessee
• Manchester, Houston, Texas
• Manchester, Vermont
  • Manchester Center, Vermont
• Manchester, Virginia, now part of Richmond
• Manchester, Washington
• Manchester (community), Green Lake County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, a town
• Manchester, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a town

Vehicles

• Avro 533 Manchester, a twin-engine biplane photo-reconnaissance and bomber aircraft of 1918
• Avro Manchester, a twin-engine heavy bomber used by the RAF during World War II
• Manchester (barque), a four masted British barque
• HMS Manchester, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Manchester (CL-83)
• Manchester Motors 1930's manufacturer of light trucks

Music

• Manchester (album), an album by Tim Barry
• "Manchester" (song), a song by the Beautiful South
• "Manchester, England", a song from Hair

Science and technology

• Manchester capitalism, a capitalist intellectual movement of the 19th century, pioneered by John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith, amongst others, and also known as the "Manchester school" of economics
  • The Manchester School, an academic journal of economics
• Manchester cloth, also known as Corduroy
• Manchester code, an electronic transmission method used for communication
• Manchester Mark 1, an early British computer
• Manchester school (anthropology), a school of thought in anthropology
• Manchester score, a system of assessing small-cell lung cancer
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Manchester, the name of a variant of the Athlon 64 X2 CPU

People

• The Manchesters British Army regiment
• Manchester Pals First World War Army regiments formed by Lord Kitchener

People with the surname or title

• Duke of Manchester or Earl of Manchester, a title of the Peerage of the United Kingdom from 1626 to date
• Devon Manchester (born 1989), New Zealand field hockey player
• Doug Manchester (born 1942), American real estate developer and newspaper owner
• Melissa Manchester (born 1951), American singer/songwriter
• William Manchester (1922–2004), American historian and biographer
• Sarah Manchester, Wheel of Fortune million dollar winner

Other

• "Manchester Part I and Part II", episodes of The West Wing
• Manchester terrier, a breed of dog
• Manchester, an Australian and New Zealand collective term for bedding

See also

In Spanish: Manchester (desambiguación) para niños