Newton-le-Willows

the history of our local area

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Most all items in the gallery are scanned from items owned by Steven Dowd, a few items in the gallery have been scanned from photos or postcards owned by others, and are shown here with their permission
The content and Images within this website, unless otherwise noted, are the copyright of Steven Dowd ©2001-2009.
AirCrash - Supermarine Attacker - 05/02/1953
Written by Steven Dowd   
Recently I was told about an aircrash that occurred in the 1950s near to the Vulcan Village, Newton. I had never heard about this, and so decided to lookup some details about the incident, after a few enquiries I discovered their was indeed such an crash, and that the remains of the aircraft, a Supermarine Attacker, were recently recovered by LAIT, the Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team.
If you click the Read More link below, You can read the reports on the incident, kindly provided by Nick Wotherspoon of LAIT and by Mark Gaskell of the South Lancashire Aviation Team.
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Sankey Navigation ( The first canal )
Written by Steven Dowd   
THE BRIDGEWATER Canal is rightly hailed as a masterpiece of civil engineering, but there is a big argument about its place in the history of inland navigation.

Its proponents claim the Bridgewater was the first "true" canal in Britain, but others believe that title should go to our own local Sankey Navigation.

a sankey Canal Flat
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The Viaduct Foundry
Written by Steven Dowd   
On 1st March 1853, the London and North Western Railway, under the direction of Sir Hardman Earle, leased from Messrs. Jones & Potts a small works known as the Viaduct Foundry, so named for its proximity to Stephensons famous viaduct carrying the Liverpool and Manchester Railway over the St. Helens Canal.
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Census Figures
Written by Steven Dowd   
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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The Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Written by Steven Dowd   

Railway share certificates, in common with other railway ephemera, have been and always will be desirable, and thus they fetch consistently high prices in relation to other similarily aged and engraved pieces ? especially shares of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (henceforth referred to as the L&M).
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A history of the Vulcan Foundry
Written by Steven Dowd   
THE EARLY DAYS - 1830.

George Stephenson had made many improvements to the Steam Locomotive, the Stockton and Darlington Railway had been in operation for five years, and in the same year the Vulcan Foundry came into being, founded by Charles Tayleur in partnership with George Stephenson and his son Robert, and trading as "Tayleur & Stephenson".
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