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Warrington has a concert hall (the Parr Hall), an arts centre (the Pyramid), three museums, and various public libraries throughout the borough. Warrington Central Library was the first rate-supported library in the UK. [citation needed] There is a cinema at Westbrook, and another opened in 2019 as part of a town centre redevelopment.
The borough was historically split between the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. [7] [8] [9]The whole part of the borough (north of the River Mersey) was within the historic boundaries of the county of Lancashire which includes the town of Warrington, and the areas of Latchford, Great Sankey, Culcheth, Glazebury, Burtonwood and Birchwood.
The County Borough of Warrington was, from 1847 to 1974, a local government district centred on Warrington in Lancashire, northwest England. [1] It was alternatively known as Warrington County Borough and the County of Warrington .
Warrington Cycle Campaign; Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington Borough Council; Warrington Bridge; Warrington Cavaillé-Coll Organ; Warrington Guardian; Warrington Rowing Club; St Oswald's Church, Padgate; Westbrook, Cheshire; Wilderspool; Winwick, Cheshire; Woolston, Cheshire
The history of Warrington began when it was founded by the Romans at an important crossing place on the River Mersey. The Roman name for the settlement is not known but there is speculation that it could have been Veratinum which is listed as a Roman habitation in the area during the occupation period.
The hamlet name is an Old English language word that means 'Wærheard's estate'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Wardintone. The hamlet is confused occasionally with Warrington, the town in Cheshire. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes and 60 miles (97 km) north-west of London.
Warrington Central is one of three main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in Cheshire, England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Lines , the former Cheshire Lines Committee route between Liverpool and Manchester ; the station is situated approximately halfway between the two cities.
St Elphin's Church is the parish church of the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. [1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Warrington. [2]