Come for a stroll through Victorian Manchester.

No, you don't need Dr Who's Tardis, or Lord Blackadder's time machine - you just need this video (above) from Neil Millington.

Neil, a 3D animator within the oil and gas industry in Scotland, has created this fascinating animation depicting what Manchester would have looked like at the dawn of the age of industry.

His tour takes us through areas of the centre of Manchester - much of which is unrecognisable to how it is today.

We start looking along The Crescent to White Cross Bank in Salford, then go for a walk along Deansgate.

Piccadilly canal basin is next, without some of the bridges but with recognisable structures that are living apartments today.

Then we head to the viaduct at Finch Street in Gaythorn; looking across Ordsall Lane Railway Workshops from Oldfield Road; And finally, after a hard day toiling in the city, arriving home at Paradise Court.

He created 3D models of various buildings, using images from the time to model them as true to life as possible - and any unique, singular buildings such as factories or churches could be modelled exactly.

It's made possible thanks to extensive research and detailed animation and mapping technology.

Previously, he has created a steam train tour into Manchester and a Hot Air Balloon flight over the top of the city centre.

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Neil explained to the M.E.N: "I worked with the Alan Godfrey series of antique maps which are based on the incredibly, highly detailed OS maps of the 1840s. These town plans offer a valuable source of information, for the historian, when studying Victorian towns. After confirming with OS that there were no copyright issues I scanned to the highest resolution possible, the chosen map sheet number 033 – Manchester Oxford Street and Gaythorn which covers the area just south west of the city centre."

He's progressively added more detailed buildings and textures based on what evidence he can find, and local knowledge.

He says the next stage is to make it more dynamic and bring it to life with people, horses and carts and other features of interest in the streets.

He has worked on maps of the Hulme, Castlefield and London Road areas. It is a work in progress, to be added to as and when time allows, and would ideally like to map the whole city in the future to create a resource for historical researchers to use.