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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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Whilst the old Congregational Church on Crow Lane is being rebuilt into apartments, I thought this would be the right time, to add into the website some of the information I have about it, from various sources. | |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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For anyone interested in Census data for the local area I have a test website online, The website is for my genealogy databases, It also has St Michaels Church records from burtonwood, searchable for Births from 1Nov 1668 and Deaths from 29 Oct 1783.
Click this link for the census data
This test website has most of the available 2% 1851 census data for the UK, and also the 1891 Census Data for the Newton le willows local area, its a fully searchable database, which I formatted from transcripts whilst on a recent 5 week hospital stay, if you have anything to add to this database, or if you find information thats transcribed wrongly , please email me and i will try to get it changed asap thanks - Steven Dowd |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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| This is a brief history, with some details and diagrams of the local North-South route through Lancashire of the M6 Motorway, with particular reference to that part of the M6 in close proximity to Newton-le-Willows. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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And now let us take a walk round Earlestown and Newton and see what it was like about 1890.
Immediately to the left of Earlestown Station was a large open space where the shops now stand and which was a common playground for the youth of the neighbourhood. That side of the street has changed very little, except that the shops at the top have all been altered and had new fronts put in to meet changed conditions.
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Took a slow stroll round to Castle Hill today.
Improvements to the footpaths around castle hill have made access lots easier, do not need to wade through half as much mud n water to get there now. On arrival found some interesting details on the new noticeboard, and have copied the details below for your interest.
Click the read More link below for the details. |
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