Earlestown forms the western part of the former urban district of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. Newton-le-Willows is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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History
The town is named after Hardman Earle (11 July 1792 - 25 January 1877) who was the Chairman of the London and North Western Railway. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 The railway leased the Vulcan Foundry from Messrs. NB Vulcan being associated with fire and ironwork names such as "Vulcan Foundry" were common in many towns and cities Jones and Potts. Jones Turner and Evans was a Locomotive manufacturer in Newton-le-Willows, England. The foundry was so named because of its proximity to the viaduct Stephenson built so that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway could cross the Sankey valley. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR was the world's first inter-city passenger Railway in which all the trains were timetabled and were hauled for most of the distance The foundry became ever busier and the houses that were constructed to house its workers became the town. The other major employer was coal mining. The Loco Works was called Vulcan Foundry and the houses, constructed to house it's workers, were called 'Vulcan Village'. This village is separate to Earlestown, about a mile and a half away towards Winwick. There is more than one place in England named Winwick: Winwick Cheshire (formerly in Lancashire) Winwick Huntingdonshire
In 1862 locomotive building was concentrated on Crewe, while Earlestown became the major wagon works. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. Crewe railway works is a British Railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. By 1900 it was producing 4000 new wagons, with 13000 major repairs, along with 200 new horse-drawn vehicles. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar At amalgamation into the LMS, mass production methods were introduced. London Midland for the new (2007 railway company The London Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS) was a British Railway company Mass production (also called flow production, repetitive flow production, series production, or serial production) is the production of The works provided all of the railway's needs for ironwork, and continued into the first half of the twentieth century. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on At the 1963 rationalisation of British Railways, Earlestown was closed, and the work transferred to Horwich. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" Horwich railway works was built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England
Earlestown owes its location - indeed it's existence - to early transport links such as the nearby Sankey Canal and the Liverpool to Manchester railway. The Sankey Canal, which is also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and the St Helens Canal, is a canal in Lancashire, in the northwest of Other industries followed and significant employers in the town included the Sankey Sugar works and the Simon Vickers Engineering works. Additionally, the Lyme and Wood pits - located at either end of what is now the "slag heaps" - employed hundreds of men between them. Sadly, the sugar works closed some years ago (parts of the factory remain, including the warehouse) Simon Vickers remains (trading under a different name) but employing a fraction of the workforce of times gone by.
Earlestown Market
There has been a market held in Earlestown for centuries and the market square is the town's centre-piece. Today trading takes place on Monday and Friday, with a car boot sale every Saturday. Earlestown has an impressive town hall, fronted by a war memorial. Other significant buildings include an art-deco cinema and the old railway ticket office, both of which have fallen into disrepair.
Earlestown has a small but busy town centre with many shops including high-street outlets such as Tesco, Boots and Woolworths, and several high street banks alogside independent retailers. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain This article is about the British Woolworths Group plc, and its stores There are traditional pubs, social clubs, a superb live music venue called the L. G. M and a nightclub called Xenon. The Xenon club is localy still known affectionately as Chasers, a previous name it is has failed to shrug off. However, when first opened the club was originally called Astley's after Newton-le-Willows' favourite son, pop-star Rick Astley. Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English Singer, Songwriter and Musician. Earlestown is well served by many fast food outlets offering a good range of Indian and Chinese dishes as well as fish and chips and the ubiquitous McDonalds. Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Chinese cuisine ( Traditional Chinese: 中國菜 Simplified Chinese: 中国菜 originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in Most of the local restaurants are curry houses; Earlestown's 'curry quarter-of-a-mile' on Queen Street has three Indian restaurants and a Tandoori take-away.
Government
Earlestown is represented in parliament by the member for St Helens north. At the 2005 general election, Dave Watts was re-elected to this seat.
Earlestown is a ward of the Borough of St Helens and at the 2008 local elections Keith Deakin was re-elected to sit on St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council for Earlestown.
Transport
Due to its role in the history of rail travel, Earlestown has good rail connections with its railway station having frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and North Wales. Earlestown railway station is a Railway station at Earlestown near Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside, England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Warrington is a large town borough and Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England. Earlestown is also well located as far as the road network is concerned, being close to junction 9 of the M62 motorway, junctions 21A, 22 and 23 of the M6 motorway, and the A580 East Lancashire Manchester-Liverpool road. The M62 motorway is a west&ndasheast trans-Pennine Motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull This article concerns the M6 motorway in England There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway) Hungary (see M6 motorway
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