Where does the name Manchester come from?
History of Manchester
According to Oxford University Press, Manchester derived its name from Mamucium, the Roman name for the 1stcentury-settlement and fort. Mamucium itself is a Latinised form of the Celtic meaning "breast-shaped hill".[5][6]
History of Manchester
Under the Local Government Act 1972, the City of Manchester, with the addition of the civil parish of Ringway, became on 1 April 1974 one of the ten Metropolitan Boroughs of the newly created Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester.