UK Guide to Independent Schools
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Independent Schools in Manchester
Formed in 974 from parts of Lancashire and Cheshire but, as the name obviously suggests, based around the city of Manchester.
Apart from Manchester the area covers the old Lancashire towns of Oldham, Bolton, Wigan, Rochdale, the city of Salford and the former Cheshire town of Stockport.
Greater Manchester covers 5 square miles and has a population of ,58,.
In recent years the city has become synonymous with the football clubs of Manchester City and Manchester United.
The origins of the area owe a lot to the opening of the Bridgewater canal in the 8's which brought the regional industries of coal and in particular cotton a ready outlet to markets up and down the country and, with the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal to markets worldwide.
Famous sons and daughters from the region include the singer Gracie Fields (from Rochdale), Emmeline Pankhurst (the leader of the Suffragette movement in the early part of the th Century) and Anthony Burgess (less glamourously a member of a Soviet spy ring in the 95's and 6's).
In common with it's traditions the area is highly industrialised although the times 'when cotton was King' are now long gone.
Independent Schools in Manchester
Bridgewater School
Worsley, Greater Manchester
Abbotsford Preparatory School
Road, Urmston, Manchester
Chetham's School of Music
Long Millgate, Manchester, M
St Bede's College
Alexandra Park, Manchester, M6
St Bede's Preparatory School
Alexandra Park, Manchester,
Manchester High School for Girls
Manchester High School for Manchester High School for Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 6HS
Moor Allerton School
West Didsbury, Manchester
Oaklands Preparatory School
Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester
Rosecroft Preparatory School
Street, Didsbury, Manchester M
The Manchester Grammar School
The Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School, Hall Lane, Manchester,
Withington Girls' School
Road, Fallowfield, Manchester M4
William Hulme's Grammar School
Bridge Road, Manchester,
William Hulme's Grammar School (Preparatory Dept)
Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M UH .
This Independent School Guide also offers information on school league tables and the price of School fees advice and financial assistance.
For the information on school league tables go to School league tables and follow the appropriate links.
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