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This is a tourist guide I recently purchased, produced sometime in the early 1960s by the then Urban District Council.
| The Newton-le-Willows Official Guide issued by the Newton-le-Willows urban district council | | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS' SITUATION AND COMMUNICATIONS The Urban District of Newton-le-Willows has an area of 3,103 acres, a population of over 22,000 and is bounded on the north by the Urban Districts of Haydock and Golborne, and on the south by the Warrington Rural District. On the west the Urban District almost touches the boundary of the County Borough of St. Helens. |  |
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This article shows a sample of the video I managed to take, at the archeaological excavation of the old Newton Hall in Feb 2006, The excavation was undertaken by National Museums Liverpool Field Archaeology Unit, Mark Adams from the unit, gives an account of their findins, and the site is visited by the last inhabitants, Stan & John Boydell. |
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This is an account of the investigation in 1928 of the Roman Road which runs through Newton le Willows, and concerns the section between the Vulcan Village and Wilderspool, Warrington |
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In the 1850's William Pilkington in St helens, operated Pilkingtons Glass Works in a market structure of oligopoly, to which the owners of Newton's Glass Works were not invited.
The result of this near monopoly, and the under-handed dealings within it, were then used by the LNWR and particularly its manager Hardman Earle to build more houses for its workers, extending the LNWR's housing stock, and thus forwarded the construction of Earlestown |
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In this year (1745) George II. was on the throne—"Dapper George" as he was called; the Porteous Riots had taken place a few years back (1736) and Porteous himself had been hanged; the Spanish War (on account of the Spaniards cruelty to English seamen) had been concluded in 1741; Walpole had gone to the House of Lords as Earl of Orford (1742); the War of the Austrian Succession (1741-48) was taking place, at which, at the battle of Dettingen, in 1743, the gallant King's horse ran away with him', being stopped with difficulty from carrying him into the enemy's lines, when George dismounted and bravely placed himself at the head of his foot soldiers, the last occasion on which an English king was ever under fire; and the Rebellion of Fortyfive had broken out, Prince Charlie with his troops having passed through Newton on his weary and unsuccessful march to London. |
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The little town of Newton in the Willows, although it no longer possesses the privilege of sending two members to Parliament, has lost none of its importance, as it is become the permanent head-quarters of the South Lancashire Conservative Association, the parent of all the other similar societies which are now established in every district, and almost in every town of any importance in the United Kingdom. |
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The following descriptions of Newton, taken from directories published in 1800 and 1834, supply additional information to that already given in the website |
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I managed to get some photos of Castle Hill earlier today, and have started to add these to the growing collection. I was quite surprised to see that paths and wooden walkways have been added to the Castle Hill area, the work has improved greatly the access to the Mound, but I wonder how many people in newton will ever benefit from the work, I suspect many have never visited it, many not even knowing about it.
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I found whilst adding information into the History section the population figures for Newton from census reports dating back to 1801
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While searching details on newton, i came upon these details about the Banastre Family, who have many local links :-
Sir Adam BANASTRE held various lands in the Parish of Standish, including Shevington, and in 1315 he led a group of insurgents against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and his favourite Sir Robert HOLLAND, who was regarded as an upstart. Generally speaking the cause of the friction lay between the Earl and King Edward II (1307-1327). The Banastre Rebellion was fought by many close neighbours of Sir Adam BANASTRE including Sir Henry de LEA of Park Hall in Charnock Richard, Sir William BRADSHAW of Haigh and Henry de DUXBURY.
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Found some great history about Burtonwood while surfing:-
Burtonwood is a village between the towns of St Helens and Warrington, whose history stretches back into the thirteenth century and probably further. The population has always been small in number, yet Burtonwood, for such a small village, is well known for two phenomena: its American connection and its beer!. |
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Here are two photos I made up a few months ago, taken inside and behind St Marys Church - Crow lane - Newton le willows
this photo is taken from behind t Marys, in the graveyard |
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