St Helens, Merseyside
St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the centre of the metropolitan borough of St Helens. The town has population of 102,629. The entire metropolitan borough had a population of 176,843 at the 2001 census.
The town and the area round it grew in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a centre for coal mining and glassmaking. It was also home to a cotton and linen industry (notably sail making) lime and alkali pits, and brewing.[1][2]
Glass producer Pilkington is the town's only remaining large industrial employer.
St.Helens has the second highest rate of suiside within the United Kingdom.
St Helens, Merseyside Media
"St Helins" Chapel as recorded on a map of 1610
The Sherdley Old Hall farmhouse, built in 1671 in the Elizabethan style, a Grade II listed building
A contemporary sketch of the original Town Hall, built 1839
Beecham's Clock Tower built in 1877.
The Town Hall loses its steeple a second time, permanently, in 1913.
The view into the Town Centre, with Beechams Clock Tower in view.
Modern apartments, part of a major redevelopment of the Town Centre.
References
- ↑ Barker T.C & Harris J.R. (1994). Merseyside Town in the industrial revolution: St. Helens, 1750–1900. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-4555-9.
- ↑ St. Helens Choral Society. "Origin of St. Helens". sthelenschoralsociety.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
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