 Nhau yakanyorwa yeManchester yakatanga nenzvimbo yevagari vemo yakabatanidzwa nenhare yeRoma ye Mamucium kana kuti Mancunium, iyo yakatangwa munenge muna AD 79 padombo rejecha pedyo nekubatana kwerwizi Medlock neIrwell. Kunyange zvazvo nhoroondo uye tsika chikamu Lancashire, nzvimbo Cheshire kumaodzanyemba kweRwizi Mersey dzakabatanidzwa Manchester muzana remakore rechi20. Yokutanga kubatanidzwa, Wythenshawe, yakawedzerwa kuguta muna 1931. Mumakore ose eMiddle Ages Manchester yakaramba iri taundi revarume, asi yakatanga kuwedzera nechiverengero chinoshamisa kutenderera kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi19. Kuwedzera kweguta reManchester kwakanga kusina kurongwa kwakaunzwa nekukura kwebasa rokugadzira machira munguva yeIndustrial Revolution, uye kwakaguma nokuva guta rokutanga munyika rakava nemaindasitiri. Manchester yakava guta muna 1853. Manchester Ship Canal yakavhurwa muna 1894, ichigadzira Chiteshi cheManchester uye ichibatanidza zvakananga guta neGungwa reIrish, kumadokero. Pfuma yaro yakaderera pashure peHondo Yenyika II, nemhaka yokurasikirwa nemabhizimisi, asi kuputika kwebhomba kweIRA muna 1996kwakatungamirira kukudyara kukuru nokugadziriswazve. Pashure pokugadziridza kwakabudirira pashure pokubhomba kweIRA, Manchester rakanga riri guta rinotambira Mitambo yeCommonwealth ya2002. 