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Written by Steven Dowd
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This is a tourist guide I recently purchased, produced sometime in the early 1960s by the then Urban District Council.
| The Newton-le-Willows Official Guide issued by the Newton-le-Willows urban district council | | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS' SITUATION AND COMMUNICATIONS The Urban District of Newton-le-Willows has an area of 3,103 acres, a population of over 22,000 and is bounded on the north by the Urban Districts of Haydock and Golborne, and on the south by the Warrington Rural District. On the west the Urban District almost touches the boundary of the County Borough of St. Helens. |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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The following descriptions of Newton, taken from directories published in 1800 and 1834, supply additional information to that already given in the website |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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I found whilst adding information into the History section the population figures for Newton from census reports dating back to 1801
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Written by Steven Dowd
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The following account was written in 1843 by the Rev. Edmund Sibson, once Curate at Winwick, and after- wards Vicar of St. Thomass, Ashton-in-Makerfield, and is entitled "An Account of the Opening of an Ancient Barrow called Castle Hill, near Newton-in-Makerfield, in the County of Lancaster"
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Written by Steven Dowd
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This is an instalment from the diary of Earlestowns Mr Harold Thorn, recalling sporting highlights of the past.
EARLESTOWN ASSOCIATION Football Club. Like the Viaduct Cricket Club, the famous Earlestown AFC must have been formed nearly a century ago.
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Written by Steven Dowd
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An old Indian Mutiny Veteran, who served diligently and faithfully throughout the mutiny of 1857-1858.
Having been asked by several, of my friends to give a short sketch of my eventful career, I have pleasure in dedicating to them my autobiography in the hope that they will at last confirm a statement I have often made, that I am a most singular man.
As it is about fifty-eight years ago since my enlisting in the army, I must respectfully request that my readers will forgive me for any mistakes I may have made herein. | |  |
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