County Borough of RochdaleRochdale was, from 1856 to 1974, a local government district coterminate with the town of Rochdale in the northwest of England. In January 1856 the inhabitant householders of the Parliamentary Borough of Rochdale, Lancashire, petitioned the Privy Council for the grant of a charter of incorporation under the Municipal Corporations Act constituting the town as a municipal borough. The petition was successful and the charter was granted in September 1856.
County Borough of OldhamOldham was, from 1849 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England coterminous with the town of Oldham. Oldham was anciently a township in the large ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham. Prior to the 19th century the government of the town was divided between the parish vestry and the county magistrates of Lancashire. In 1828 the Oldham Police Act (7 Geo. IV, cap. 117) established a board of improvement commissioners.
LancashireLe Lancashire , ou Lancastre, parfois abrégé Lancs, est un comté en Angleterre. Le nom de l'ancienne ville principale du comté est Lancastre. Le chef-lieu actuel est Preston. Jusqu'en 1974, Liverpool et Manchester faisaient partie du comté, jusqu'à ce que le Local Government Act 1972 crée les comtés de Merseyside et du Grand Manchester, comtés métropolitains. De même, jusqu'en 1974, la péninsule de Furness et une partie du Lake District constituaient une exclave du comté appelée « Lancashire Beyond the Sands », jusqu'à ce que ce même acte de 1972 crée le comté de Cumbria.
Manchester city centreManchester City Centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) Mancunian Way, which collectively form an inner ring road. The City Centre ward had a population of 17,861 at the 2011 census. Manchester city centre evolved from the civilian vicus of the Roman fort of Mamucium, on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. This became the township of Manchester during the Middle Ages, and was the site of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819.
Manufacture du textile en Grande-BretagneL’un des premiers développements de la Révolution industrielle concerne les changements dans l’industrie textile en Grande-Bretagne. La Révolution industrielle a commencé par la croissance de la production textile qui s’est produite au milieu des années 1700. Cette croissance a été encouragée par trois phénomènes. Premièrement, il y avait déjà une production textile organisée, fondement pour élaborer un système beaucoup plus efficace. La seconde est l’augmentation de la production de coton à cause de l'esclavage américain qui permet une production à moindre coût.
Cotton millA cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
