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On the edge

The cathedral stands high on the banks of the River Irwell at the north end of central Manchester.

During the middle ages it was a "collegiate church" under a Warden and Fellows, at the centre of a very large parish.

It became a cathedral in 1847.

Its diocese, formerly part of that of Chester, has some 2.8m inhabitants.


In pictures: Manchester Cathedral

	On the edge The cathedral stands high on the banks of the River Irwell at the north end of central Manchester. During the middle ages it was a "collegiate church" under a Warden and Fellows, at the centre of a very large parish. It became a cathedral in 1847. Its diocese, formerly part of that of Chester, has some 2.8m inhabitants.