recreation area england consists hectares bounded paul churchyard called originally covered larger area running river evidence activity period discovered area romans site manchester second golf course built outside scotland extensively sporting pursuits military manoeuvres public gatherings great meeting prompting political theorist dub manchester increasing manchester 18th 19th centuries remaining areas natural landscape interest amateur collected known specimens extinct species designated english nature geography ridges formed melting glaciers end ice age typically type composed sand mixed coarse gravel 19th century botanist described drift deposit deposit sharp forest sand parted layers gravel composed rocks rounded parted layers fine sand having appearance regular deposit water deposit thin supporting range grasses common trees predominantly oak cherry species land south elevated rising high point south west elevated position views manchester hills south north east west land falls away north ending shaped hills northern edge probably formed sediment glaciers process known crossed cut sand gravel north denotes boundary history flint knives materials associated humans discovered late 19th early 20th century local roman road manchester roughly followed line road bury new road east roman camp west speculated second camp east area known castle hill making defensive line protect north 18th century historian said time romans ages oaks pasture little remarkably plain annually covered crowds rising ranks ranks occasional seats woods trees burnt sport manchester sited earliest record horse racing contained following notice london gazette moore near manchester lancashire 18th instant plate run carry stone ride heats miles heat day plate run moore riding heats carrying weight horses marks given days manchester shown map roughly oval shaped course extending west north east crossing lane carrying ground home roughly following line road owner greatly opposed racing wrote pamphlet racing continued years probably influence stopped year rising known race regular fixtures held year transferred new racing carried new built river today course seen wide worn path stretching east west northern 18th century nude male races allowing females study form choosing mates known roger later hero siege gibraltar acquired marriage widowed race number sporting activities 18th early 19th century practised village sport renowned practised sport manchester writer composed poem praise begins good lancashire skill ends near fix targets pierced aimed shot sport gentlemen exclusive club called formed membership included influential men town originally met public house nicknamed hard backed site resides bury new road built site public moved turf tavern golf course founded group manchester businessmen emigrated scotland second course built outside scotland course time consisted holes players share ground users club exclusive club house built road course increased holes club continued playing new course built yards away ground northern tennis tournament staged ground home manchester oldest rugby club moved replaced briefly lease ground today public gatherings military use largest open spaces close manchester history use army manoeuvres large public gatherings book condition working class england referred manchester reference hill common citizens rome withdrew act civil protest highway house gangs armed men entered houses middle night taken away carry armed patrols placed neighbourhood little effect man named arrested dog road tried sentenced hanged warning criminals large number people came watch execution said manchester suppose example use persons pockets picked sight following night house broken robbed manchester reviewed august june troops wiltshire regiments camped ready action suppress protest meeting held coal miners case better pay dangers faced work duel fought july jones jones fired effect fired pistol air seconds interfered man shook hands honour satisfied weeks later men newspapers met gain satisfaction informed men arrested duel place april 60th carried exercise command lieutenant detachment men returning barracks way men crossing built years earlier father felt begin time footsteps reached bridge collapsed killed men injured seriously incident caused british military issue order soldiers break step crossing bridge largest series meetings held september meeting planned strength elect delegates national convention attracted speakers country massive crowd estimated morning active months poor attendance second meeting held time racing fixture signalled end movement movement successful initially demands eventually met parliament increased military presence lancashire brought unrest caused pursuits relatively rural environment increasingly area peaceful pursuits 18th 19th centuries frequented amateur went write botanical guide manchester amateur insect collector named collected series small yellow brown rotting turned previously unknown species mistakenly attributed friend collector asked expert identify classified today wood honour specimen seen beautiful larger female taken middle june manchester pleasure successful naturalist valuable insects writing british enraged accusations passing foreign british gave collecting left rest specimens security debt stories victoria differ pub way result debt paid time went sold collector burnt subsequent efforts collectors find unsuccessful specimens left existence thought representatives extinct species end 19th century contributed article gave list plants flowers including found shortly september celebrated ascended hot air balloon number fireworks height feet drifted directions abortive attempts land number locations eventually balloon descended safely taylor queen_victoria commissioned painting artist view manchester pictured painting depicts beautiful pastoral scene overlooking industrial landscape manchester royal collection listed manchester higher steel line painting commissioned literary references english radical writer mentions book passages life radical advises friends way avoid authorities advised brother money sight entirely known best way avoid manchester bridge relation quarter wished company far races mentioned 19th century novel manchester man hero story meets street boy named banks says knew seen called held muddy november money spend pop nuts shows merry rounds flying boats flying boxes fighting fighting men possibly saved sum father allowed pocket money saving kind things far satisfied mentioned collection poems called published lines drawing asylum southward distance huge busy manchester alive rise strange confusion skies evening sun bleak met view years ago monks god holy cell lancashire dialect poet songwriter moved manchester home air early life spent worked manchester remembered youth wrote following poem sweet falls evening song makes thrill heather wild free wild free blow sing day long low sweet song lonely listening hills night pale mountain blow health declined moved seaside town death body brought buried graveyard edge loved lay ground bed wilderness let green moss sweet wild mountain sing deep breeze
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