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Castlefield
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Castlefield
Castlefield
is an
inner city
conservation
area of
Manchester
in
North West England
. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the
River Irwell
,
Quay Street
,
Deansgate
and the
Chester Road
. It was the site of the
Roman era
fort
of
Mamucium
or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of the
Bridgewater Canal
, the world's first industrial canal built in 1764, with the oldest canal warehouse opening in 1779. The world's first passenger railway terminated here in 1830, at
Liverpool Road railway station
and the first railway warehouse opened here in 1831.
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