Manchester

Manchester is a large city located in northwestern England.

History

The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (castra) of Mamucium or Mancunium, established c. AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell.

Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a manorial township but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation was brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and resulted in it becoming the world's first industrialised city.

Magical Culture

• The headquarters of Thunderbolt, a broomstick manufacturer that made the Thunderbolt VII, are located in Manchester.
• The Manchester Evening News is a Muggle newspaper published in this city. Once, someone advertised volumes one, two and three of Wizard's Spells in its classified section.

At Absit Omen

• Zara Othman heads the Sunken Scoundrels vampire coven here
• Gregory Goyle Sr. had a house and hunting lodge here that he had to sell off
• In 2012 Cass Motley was found to have illegally fed off a human here
• In 2016 Elsabe Ndlovu and Nadine Pinn fought here
• The Sellaphix family are from round here

Born in Manchester

• Lorian Edevane, Hogwarts graduate, born 1992
• Emmy Darknight, Hogwarts graduate, born 1992
• Richard Dunnigan, werewolf, born 1974
• Robert Dunnigan, werewolf, born 1978
• Harry Flowers, Boxing Coach
• Ryan Hardwicke, Hogwarts graduate, born 1993
• Phillip Kinsey, potioneer, born 1992
• Kirby Krause, Hogwarts graduate, born 1993
• Delilah Maddox, Hogwarts graduate, born 1991
• Jacob Moore, Auror, born 1990
• Elisabeth Pascal, Musician, born 1980
• Eileen Pingmei, artist and copywriter, born 1959
• Alistair Ramakrishnan, lawyer, born 1970
• Meredith Renfield, business owner, born 1985
• Figaro Sellaphix, Hogwarts graduate, born 1992
• Quill Som, Former Head of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, born 1955
• Annabella Styx, long-term patient at St Mungo's, born 1984
• Luca Tully, quidditch player, born 1985
• Sal Vásquez, Hogwarts graduate, born 1998
• Daichi Wakahisa, Hogwarts student, born 2000
• Noriko Wakahisa, Hogwarts graduate, born 1997
• Taiki Wakahisa, Hogwarts graduate, born 1998
• Silas Woodward, wireless presenter, born 1982