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Written by Steven Dowd
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 |  | On Sunday 18 September 1955 several founder members of the R. & C.C.S. visited Rainhill, Parkside, Newton and other historic places on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. This is a short history of the railway, prepared earlier the same year by G.O. Holt for the Railway and Canal Historical Society, I transcribed this from the publication they produced |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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THE following appeared in a newspaper published in 1846:
"The capacious building at Newton, on the north side of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, known until recently as the "Legh Arms Hotel" is being converted into a general printing office."
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Heres some history for the Curzon Cinema, which I have transcribed from an original opening day booklet.
Since the Curzon is now but a burned out shell I thought it appropriate to add some history on the building into the website |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Although the Stockton & Darling-ton Railway was the first public railway on which locomotives were used, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was the first in the accepted sense of the word today. The scheme for a railway between the great port of Liverpool and the thriving cotton-manufacturing town of Manchester, was first entertained as a practical proposition in 1821, when a preliminary survey of the proposed line was made. The company was formed in 1824, and George Stephenson was appointed Chief Engineer in 1826. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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One hundred and fifty one years ago, on March 1, 1853, the London & North Western Railway leased from Jones & Potts a small engineering works known as the Viaduct Foundry, so named from its proximity to Stephensons Sankey Viaduct over the St. Helens Canal on the original Liverpool & Manchester Railway. Seven years later, on May 11, 1860, the L.N.W.R. purchased the property outright for the sum of 15,000. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Around a year ago, I compiled from different sources a history on one of Earlestowns oldest firms, T & T Vicars, somehow, the article has been lost from the database, probably when the website changed Servers some months ago, for those interested, here again is the missing history article |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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To my heart there is no dearer spot upon earth,
Than Newton-le-Willows, the place of my birth!
Oh! The world has allurements to tempt us to roam,
But it cannot supply the endearments of home. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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| The idea of a Cottage Hospital for this district took shape almost immediately the South African War was over. Although some efforts had previously been made the idea did not appeal to the public until the end of the war, when they entered into the scheme with increased interest. |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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The first library in Newton-in-Makerfield was, we believe, the one in connection with the Mechanics Institute held at the Printing Works. It contained some 400 volumes, which had a fair number of readers. Adult members paid 2s. 6d per quarter, 1s 6d. to the library, and 1s to the newsroom; junior members paid 1s. 3d. per quarter, 9d to the library and 6d to the newsroom. In the first quarter (April, May, June, 1853) there were 41 members. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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I have spent the last few hours transcribing a thesis by Lynton J. Smith which I was loaned by Geoff Simm into a text file, so that It could be used here into the website, Its a splendid work on the growth of Newton le Willows & Earlestown between 1830 - 1945, at the moment the thesis is missing a few diagrams, but all the text is here, I will add some maps later. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Devices and Armorial Bearings of the Barons of Newton and their Kindred.
This is a fragment of the seal of Warin Banastre, son of Robert Banastre, and heir to his brother Richard, who died 23rd April, 1205.
This seal was appended to a grant in " Waletona," to one Alured, and is amongst the muniments of the Leghs of Lyme, which have supplied most of the seals here engraved. | 
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Written by Steven Dowd
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| Canon Whitley, Rector of Newton-in-Makerfield, recognised that the population of Earlestown was growing and there was a need for their own Parish Church. On May 27,1874, Canon Whitley, called a meeting at which it was decided to build a new church in the Earlestown area. |  |
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