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Census figures from 1801 suggest the population of the district of St Helens was 12,500 [34] which by 1861 had reached between 37,631 and 55,523 [34] (John Marius Wilson placing populace at the lower number, with total households at the specific figure of 6,539) in the wider area [24] with St Helens itself comprising a population of 20,176 in ...
Before these plans could come to fruition, the school had increased to such an extent that number 68, St Helens Street was purchased to house the kindergarten and two lower forms of the school. Intake age was 4 years for both boys and girls, the boys leaving at the age of 11 to continue their education mainly at the local Grammar School.
St Helens Town Hall, early 20th century. After St Helens had become a county borough in 1887, [6] the conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, supported by an ensemble drawn from the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hallé in Manchester, conducted his first public performance in the assembly hall in October 1899. [7]
969 (St Helens) Squadron is the local squadron of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets [117] Merseyside Army Cadet Force, has a troop of cadets based at Jubilee Barracks, that are affiliated to the 103 Regiment, HQ of the Royal Artillery. [118] The Sea Cadet Corps, maintains Training Ship Scimitar, at Mill Street Barracks. [119]
Transport in St Helens, Merseyside (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of St Helens, Merseyside" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The World of Glass is a local museum and visitor centre in St Helens, Merseyside, England. The museum is dedicated to the local history of the town and borough primarily through the lens of the glass industry but also looking at other local industries. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The first local authority for the town of St Helens was a body of improvement commissioners established in 1845. [4] The town was incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1868, after which it was governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of St Helens', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
The Metropolitan Borough was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the former County Borough of St Helens, along with the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford, and parts of Billinge-and-Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of Whiston Rural District, all from the administrative county of Lancashire.