901
901
In
this year died Alfred the Great, to whom has been traditionally assigned
the division of the lands into hundreds as areas of local government and
defence. The name of Salfordshire was given to South-East Lancashire, and it is
reasonably conjectured that Manchester had suffered so greatly from the ravages
of the Danes as to be in a ruinous condition, and therefore of less importance
at that time than its neighbour, Salford.(7)