St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens (
pronunciation?) is a lairge toun[1][2] in Merseyside, Ingland. It is the lairgest settlement an admeenistrative centre o the Metropolitan Borough o St Helens wi a population o juist ower 100,000, pairt o an urban aurie wi a total population o 176,843 at the time o the 2001 Census.[3] The toun wis offeecially incorporatit as a Municipal Borough in 1868 responsible for the admeenistration o the 4 tounships consistin o Eccleston, Parr, Sutton an Windle, wi the lairger responsibility as a Coonty Borough established in 1887 (supersedit in 1974 bi the lairger still Metropolitan Borough).
St Helens is situatit in the far sooth wast o the historic coonty o Lancashire, in North Wast Ingland, 6 miles (9.7 km) north o the River Mersey. The toun historically lay athin the auncient Lancashire diveesion o Wast Derby kent as a "hunder".[4]
The local aurie developed rapidly durin the Industrial Revolution o the 18t an 19t century intae a significant centre for coal minin,[5][6] and glassmaking.[7][8] Baith prior an durin this time it wis an aa hame tae a cotton an linen industry (notably sail makin)[9] that lastit till the mid-19t century as well as salt,[5] lime an alkali pits,[9] copper smeltin,[10][11][12] an brewin.[13]
The day, St Helens is vera muckle a commercial toun. The main industries hae syne left, become ootdatit, or hae been ootsourced leavin the float an patterned rolled glass producer Pilkingtons, a warld leader in their industry, as the toun's ane remainin lairge industrial employer. Previously the toun haed been hame tae Beechams (nou pairt o GlaxoSmithKline), the Gamble family o the Alkali Works, Ravenhead glass (bought oot bi the Belgian naitionalised Durobor),[14] United Glass Bottles (U.G.B.), Triplex (awned bi Pilkington, farmed oot tae Indie), Daglish Foundry (closed an demolished 1939),[15] an Greenall's (nou locatit in nearbi Warrington).
[edit] Internaitional links
St Helens haes links wi twa twin touns:
- Chalon-sur-Saône, Fraunce - twin toun tae St. Helens
- Stuttgart, Germany - pairtner toun tae St. Helens
[edit] References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (editor) (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. Hedon - Helmington, 466–470.
- ↑ University of Portsmouth. Administrative unit: St Helens Civil Parish. visionofbritain.org.uk.
- ↑ Census 2001. Census 2001: St.Helens population. statistics.gov.uk.
- ↑ University of Portsmouth. Administrative Unit West Derby Hundred. visionofbritain.org.uk.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 3–11.
- ↑ St. Helens Choral Society. Origin of St. Helens. sthelenschoralsociety.org.
- ↑ Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 108–120.
- ↑ Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 202–223.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 120–131.
- ↑ Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 223–246.
- ↑ Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 75–90.
- ↑ Head, Sir George (1836). A home tour through the manufacturing districts of England, in the summer of 1835. Harper & Brothers, 78–83.
- ↑ Barker, T.C & Harris, J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution: St. Helens, 1750-1900. Routledge, 90–108.
- ↑ House of Commons report. Ravenheads cause taken to Parliament, 2001. parliament.uk.
- ↑ Stephen Daglish. The Daglish Foundry, St. Helens. daglishfamily.blogspot.com.
