The pandemic is also forcing the council to get creative with how it carries out inspections, with virtual visits - where a landlord is asked to show an officer around a property over video call - currently being trialled. Although historically and traditionally a part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century. [21][22], In the Domesday Book of 1086, Manchester is recorded as within the hundred of Salford and held as tenant in chief by a Norman named Roger of Poitou,[23] later being held by the family of Grelley, lord of the manor and residents of Manchester Castle until 1215 before a Manor House was built.
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