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The racecourse is set in an area of parkland bounded by the towns of Haydock to the west, Ashton-in-Makerfield to the north, Golborne to the east and Newton-le-Willows to the south. Horse racing had been run in Newton for many years (the great racemare Queen of Trumps won at Newton in 1836), [2] and the venue was also used for hare coursing in ...
Maisie Summers-Newton MBE PLY (born 26 July 2002) is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. [1] In August 2018, she took gold in the IPC Swimming European Championships SM6 200m individual medley and set a new world record at 2:59.60.
Newton-le-Willows is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2021 census was 24,642. [ 2 ] Newton-le-Willows is on the eastern edge of St Helens, south of Wigan and north of Warrington , equidistant to Liverpool and Manchester .
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.
The main town in the district is St Helens, the others being Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown. Until the Industrial Revolution , the area was largely rural. Coal mining began in the 16th century, but modern industrial development began with the construction of the Sankey Canal in the late 18th century, linking St Helens with the River Mersey .
Stephenson's bridge over the Warrington – Wigan Turnpike Road (now A49) at Newton-le-Willows. The L&MR was successful and popular, and reduced journey times between Liverpool and Manchester to two hours. [67] Most stage coach companies operating between the two towns closed shortly after the railway opened as it was impossible to compete. [68]
The production locomotives were built at the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows; they were mechanically little changed from the prototype, but differed in appearance with a toned down styling, sporting a more sober colour scheme, and lacking the prototype's large headlight. The production Deltics were also 7 tons lighter than the prototype ...
Newton Community Hospital, Bradlegh Road, Newton-le-Willows WA12 8RB, England, United Kingdom Coordinates 53°26′45″N 2°38′06″W / 53.4459°N 2.6350°W / 53.4459; -