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3434: 3312: 2309: 2491: 2300:. The school was founded in 1507 as Farnworth Grammar School by Bishop William Smyth and a school has been on the site since the 16th century. In the 1960s two separate-sex secondary schools amalgamated and the school took the title Fairfield High School from 1974 up until its closure. When it closed in August 2010, the schools pupils were transferred to Wade Deacon High School, though still operating from the same site. This continued until March 2013 when Wade Deacon High School's new build was completed; demolition of the old school began in August 2013 and was completed by the end of that year. The site is currently being developed into a housing estate and a cemetery. 1036: 3116: 2060: 667: 2258: 75: 59: 2393:. The club was founded in 2003 as The Dragons Amateur Football Club (The Dragons A.F.C.) and in 2012 it was acquired by the Rugby League team and became known as Widnes Vikings Football Club. In June 2014 the club became independent of the Rugby League team and changed its name to Widnes Football Club. After promotion to the North West Counties Premier Division at the end of the 2016–2017 season the team gained automatic promotion to the 2784: 2570: 2145: 828: 3019: 1121:, which was slightly above the average for the United Kingdom as was the average amount of annual sunshine at 1391 to 1470 hours. The average annual rainfall was 741 to 870 mm, which was slightly below the average for the UK. The average number of days in the year when snow is on the ground is 0 to 6, which is low for the United Kingdom. The average number of days of air frost is 2 to 39, which is also low. 797:. The town grew rapidly as housing and social provision was made for the factory workers. Soon the villages of Farnworth, Appleton, Ditton and Upton were subsumed within the developing town of Widnes. Woodend became known as West Bank. The substances produced included soap, borax, soda ash, salt cake and bleaching powder. Other industries developed including iron and copper works. The town became heavily 3385: 2761: 1413: 915: 1530: 2773: 3105: 859: 766: 82: 777:. This was an ideal site for the factory because all the raw materials could be transported there by the waterways and railway, and the finished products could similarly be transported anywhere else in the country or overseas. Further chemical factories were soon built nearby by entrepreneurs including 272: 2356:
Widnes Tennis Academy is located on Highfield Rd and shares an entrance with St Peter and Pauls School. This is a privately operated facility consisting of 3 in-door courts, six floodlit outside courts and a gym. It is a Beacon facility and has many links with schools, the local authority and the LTA
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Widnes is an industrial town and its major industry is still the manufacture of chemicals, although there has been diversification in recent years and the economy predominately relies on service industries. In 2006 a new freight park, known as the 3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway, was opened in the West
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which then curves in a westerly direction towards Liverpool becoming the A562. The density of housing is generally high but there are some open green areas, including Victoria Park in Appleton and two golf courses which are geographically near the centre of the urban development. Most of the chemical
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The demand for workers meant that, in addition to people from other areas of the United Kingdom, including Ireland, large numbers of workers came from other countries. From the late 1880s significant numbers arrived from Poland and Lithuania who were fleeing from persecution and poverty in their home
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in St Michael's Road, and St Basils in Hough Green Road. Owing to a shortage of Catholic Priests and the "Leaving Safe Harbours" project in effect throughout the Archdiocese St Marie's was closed, the last Mass was celebrated on 6 January 2007. The church is a listed building, but it has been placed
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Victoria Park is in the Appleton area of the town and has a number of attractions, including a cafeteria and refreshment kiosk, a bandstand, model boating lake, tennis and basketball courts, bowling greens, a skateboarding facility, glasshouses with a pets' corner and a butterfly house. Hough Green
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in Lowerhouse Lane, which is owned and run by Halton Borough Council. In addition to being a sporting ground it has facilities for conferences and banqueting. In October 2007 the club was defeated in the National League One Grand Final. Following this, and because of the club's financial situation,
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Their especial ugliness is, however, never more marked than when the spring is making beautiful every nook and corner of England, for the spring never comes hither. It never comes because, neither at Widnes nor St. Helens, is there any place in which it can manifest itself. The foul gases which,
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In the 2021 census, of the people living in Widnes, 64.3% declared themselves to be Christian, higher than the national average in England of 46.3% but down from 79.9% in 2011. 29.5% stated that they had "no religion" and 4.7% made no religious claims. Those stating their religions as Buddhist,
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Widnes Rugby Union Football Club (otherwise known as "the wids"), are an amateur rugby union club based at Heath Rd and administered by volunteers. The players are all club members and pay subscriptions. The club welcomes and encourages the development of rugby within all sections of the local
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Reclamation of chemical factory sites and areas formerly polluted with chemical waste has given opportunities for developments. These include Victoria Promenade at West Bank, alongside the River Mersey, and Spike Island, now cleared of industry, which forms an open recreation area leading to
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The Queens Hall Studio, now known as the Studio, is in Lacey Street and is a community venue. Live music and theatre events take place, and the ACCESS ALL AREAS project is based there for young people interested in music and associated creative activities, funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
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Kingsway Leisure Centre, has a swimming pool and a gym in addition to a sports hall. There are a number of football, cricket and rugby league clubs in the town. St Michael's Golf Course was a municipal golf course which was built on reclaimed industrial waste land but high levels of
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In recent years many of the old heavy chemical factories have closed to be replaced by more modern factories. Much of the land previously polluted by the old dirty chemical processes has been reclaimed, and there have been improvements in the cleanliness and environment of the town.
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In the 2021 census, of Widnes's 62,400 residents, 96.5% were White. Mixed/multiple ethnic groups made up 1.3%; Asian/Asian British/Asian Welsh 1.2%; Black/Black British/Black Welsh/Caribbean/African 0.4%; and Other ethnic group 0.5%. 97.3% had English as a first language.
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During the early decades of the 20th century there was a revival in the local economy, particularly as the United Alkali Company began to manufacture new products. Improvements were being made to the structure of the town, in particular the opening of the
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Widnes Cricket Club was founded in 1865 and has its ground in Beaconsfield Road. Moorfield Sports & Social Club in Moorfield Road hosts sports including football, rugby league, cricket and bowls. At Highfield Road there is a private golf club.
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Bank area of the town. This provides a link for freight arriving by road, air or sea to be transferred to the rail network. In 2010 the first phase of Stobart Park, a "multimodal logistics service for warehousing and distribution", and part of the
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and Appleton. To the south of the town a spur projecting into the river forms the West Bank area of Widnes; together with a spur projecting northwards from Runcorn these form Runcorn Gap, a narrowing of the River Mersey. Runcorn Gap is crossed by
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The main library in Victoria Square has been refurbished. In addition to the normal services provided by a library, this library holds a large collection of material relating to railways. There is a branch library in the Ditton area of the town.
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24-hour store. The glass fronted 120,000 sq ft store has been built on the old B&Q site next to Ashley Way and was opened in March 2012. The store was built on stilts allowing a car park to be built underneath the store for around 600 cars.
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There has been considerable development of shopping areas in the town. The Greenoaks Centre, a mall which was opened in 1995 is adjacent to the long-established Widnes Market which has both a market hall and an open market. Also adjacent is a
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By 1919 the health of the residents of the town was improving. In the 1920s, and 1930s there was further diversification of the chemical industry and the products it manufactured. Slums were being replaced by more and better homes. After
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in Halton View Road. The Anglicans share the building of St Michael's in Ditchfield Road with Hough Green Methodist Church. The Anglicans also share the building of All Saints' in Hough Green Road with the Catholic Church of St Basil's.
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to promote and develop tennis in the area. It is the home of Lane Tennis Club (Est 1876) which has a number of men's, women's and junior teams playing competitively in the Warrington District League.
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Park is in the Ditton area of the town. Crow Wood Park is in the eastern part of Widnes and Sunnybank is a large area of open ground also in the eastern part of the town. There are a number of
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in Lancashire. Modern local government in the town of Widnes began with the creation of the Widnes Local Board in 1865, prior to which the town had been part of the administrative district of
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belched forth night and day from the many factories, rot the clothes, the teeth, and, in the end, the bodies or the workers, have killed every tree and every blade of grass for miles around.
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at a Widnes station. A quote from Paul Simon reads as follows: "If you know Widnes, then you'll understand how I was desperately trying to get back to London as quickly as possible.
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superstore opened in 2004, replacing its old store in nearby Ditton. A new shopping development, known as Widnes Shopping Park, opened on 18 March 2010, the flagship store being a
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services are provided in health centres and in separate medical practices. There are dental practices providing a mixture of National Health Service and private dental care.
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in Runcorn in 2004. The Queens Hall was demolished (December 2011 – February 2012). Adjacent to the hall, in Lacey Street, is the Queen's Hall Studio, originally built as a
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gym, the Wolfslair MMA Academy. This was established in 2004 by MMA fans and Anthony McGann and Lee Gwynn. Since then the academy has trained MMA fighters including former
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When borings were made in the 1870s prior to the building of chemical works a deep gorge measuring around 100 feet (30 m) was found in the bedrock which was filled with
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is the United Kingdom's only museum dedicated solely to the Chemical Industry and is inside Hutchinson's former administrative building. The town's sport stadium hosts
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projecting into the River Mersey. However, the Widnes promontory is not particularly wide and another possible explanation is the first part derives from the Danish
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church, was built in Farnworth. Its date of origin is uncertain but it is likely to be around 1180. In 1500 the South Chapel was added to the church and in 1507 a
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of the chemical processes. In 1888 the town was described as "the dirtiest, ugliest and most depressing town in England" and in 1905 as a "poisonous hell-town".
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countries. Immigrants also came from other areas, in particular Wales. In 1890 the chemical companies making alkali by the Leblanc process combined to form the
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into an affluent residential district in the early nineteenth century, and in association with his son-in-law, William Rowson, founded the seaside resort of
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is responsible for NHS services in the area. They established the Widnes Urgent Care Centre in 2015 to ease pressure on local accident and emergency units.
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The Queens Hall opened in 1957, it was originally Victoria Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It was in use as a theatre and concert hall until the opening of
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have been set as Merseyrail are due some new Battery Electric Trains. This would open up new links as the trains would run on the pre-existing route via
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In October 2011 the Hive Leisure Park opened in a new development as part of the Widnes Waterfront. Its facilities include Reel Cinema, a five-screen
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in 1905 which gave the first direct link over the Mersey for road traffic. In 1909 the town became the first in Britain to have a regular covered-top
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more slums were cleared and there was ongoing growth and variation in the chemical industry. By the 1950s the town had 45 major chemical factories.
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the Mersey had flowed in a more northerly course, and when it was blocked by glacial deposits it had made a new channel through Runcorn Gap.
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He later achieving the unique feat of being elected five times at by-elections in constituencies where he had not previously been the MP.
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in 1879. It was a venue for music and live performance but closed in 2004. After years of campaigning by the volunteer group
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in Lugsdale Road, St Pius X in Sefton Avenue and St Raphael's in Liverpool Road all closed and were deconsecrated by 2013.
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Widnes was a small settlement until industrialisation in the nineteenth century which led to significant population growth.
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to the east. The A557 road passes through the town linking Runcorn to the south, via the Silver Jubilee Bridge, with the
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Widnes is situated on the north bank of the River Mersey. The whole town is low-lying with some slightly higher areas in
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bridge was opened to relieve congestion at the older bridge and allow easier road access to the Liverpool City region.
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John Hutchinson built his first factory in 1847 on land between the Sankey Canal and the railway making alkali by the
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community by promoting links with local schools, local authorities and the Rugby Football Union constituency body.
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with few extremes of temperature or weather. The mean average temperature in the years 1971 to 2000 was 9.4 to 9.7
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pub opened in February 2012 and also a brand new Ice Rink operated by Silverblades opened on 21 December 2012
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The name "Vikings" is an association with the supposed presence of Vikings in Cuerdley (see Early history).
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There is no hospital in Widnes. For acute medical care patients go to Warrington Hospital which is run by
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have been found in the soil and at present it is closed. There is a private golf club in Highfield Road.
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bridge which was completed and open to the public in October 2017. A new six lane toll bridge over the
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who in turn granted the barony of Widnes to Yorfrid. Yorfrid had no sons and his elder daughter married
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Church is in Peelhouse Lane and there are Methodist churches in Farnworth and Halebank. There is a
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opened as free crossing, replacing the outdated Transporter Bridge. In 2017 a further crossing, the
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was opened. The railway connected St Helens with an area in Woodend which was to become known as
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and other factories are close to the north bank of the River Mersey. A second road bridge, the
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Drainage of the Widnes area is into the Mersey via Ditton, Steward's and Bower's Brooks. The
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Three men born in or near the village of Farnworth achieved prominent positions in the
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The most usual explanation for the origin of the name Widnes is that it comes from the
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at their alkali manufacturing business, Gaskell, Deacon & Co., in Widnes in 1867.
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between the towns of Runcorn and Widnes was built to relieve the congested and ageing
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came out of that feeling." Also, the song "The Stars of Track and Field" by Scottish
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Widnes during the late 19th century demonstrating the degree of pollution in the town
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There are nineteen primary schools in the town and three nursery schools. The three
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However passengers to and from London, the Midlands and the South are likely to use
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did not arrive at Widnes until 14 years later, with the arrival at Spike Island of
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to achieve back-to-back promotions from the North West Counties Football League.
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There is little evidence of any early human occupation of the area although a
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which was held by the Labour Party since its creation. Widnes first became a
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and make the short journey across the Mersey Gateway Bridge by bus or taxi.
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was discovered at Pex Hill, suggesting there was some human presence in the
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in West Bank, St Paul's in Victoria Square, St John's in Greenway Road and
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The Inviting Shore: A Social History of New Brighton, Part One, 1830-1939
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The Inviting Shore: A Social History of New Brighton, Part One, 1830-1939
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buildings in Britain. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Mayfield Avenue,
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also broadcasts to the area. Television signals are received from the
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was the location of the first chemical factory and is now a greenspace
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programme, Fairfield High School closed down in 2010 and merged with
1625: 1052:, carrying the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line, and the 660: 632: 518: 145: 964:. In 1892, the town received a Charter of Incorporation forming the 5274:"Queen's Hall Studio on Lacey Street, Widnes, officially re-opened" 5108:, North West Counties Football League, 7 March 2012, archived from 4610:"New era dawns for Halton with the opening of Widnes Shopping Park" 4173:"Cheshire Historic Towns Survey – Widnes Archaeological Assessment" 3257:(born 1966 in Widnes) rugby league player 312 games, incl. 248 for 2994:, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (1914 in Widnes – 2007) was an officer in the 714:, Appleton, Ditton, Upton and Woodend. Nearby were the villages of 6737: 5847:"Widnes NHS urgent care centre due to be completed by end of June" 5823: 3601:
Stephen Richard Glynne, James Augustus Atkinson, Chetham Society,
3169:(1932 in Widnes – 2008) English rugby league footballer and coach 2568: 2489: 2307: 2256: 2143: 2058: 1660: 1550: 1528: 1473:
on their 2008 annual list as being one of the ten most endangered
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in 1951, while working at the ICI Central Laboratory in Widnes.
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as Baron Ashley of Stoke, of Widnes in the County of Cheshire.
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was established in Farnworth; both were endowments from Bishop
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invaded the country and Widnes was at the extreme south of the
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British and Dominion Navies – Victoria Cross at Sea, 1940–1945
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bar and restaurant, Super Bowl UK Widnes containing a 16-lane
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The Future Flower public art installation at Widnes Waterfront
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Christian church in Ditton. The Foundry in Lugsdale Road is a
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Crossing the Runcorn Gap, Vol. 1: Runcorn Ferry and Hale Ford
3242:(born 1960 in Widnes) rugby league footballer, 414 games for 2639:
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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for 34 years, from 1935 to 1969. He commanded a squadron of
2914:(1857 in Farnworth – 1937) was an academic English chemist. 2238:
will replace the Silver Jubilee Bridge by mid-October 2017.
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Crossing the Runcorn Gap, Vol. 2: Early Bridging Proposals
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Chiripanhura, Blessing; Fenton, Trevor (24 January 2023).
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and WREN and other donors, it re-opened on 17 April 2010.
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crosses the River Mersey west of Warrington. In 2017, the
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Businessman Steve O'Connor is new owner of Widnes Vikings
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known as Mel C or Sporty Spice, went to school in Widnes
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of the Sankey Canal. Adjacent to Spike Island occupying
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shop. Other businesses involved in the development are
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A History of Farnworth Church, its Parish and Village
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of sandstone but elsewhere the bedrock is covered by
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posthumously for his gallantry. Another Widnes man,
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and elected its first Member of Parliament in 1885.
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St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Upstream 8 miles (13 km) to the east is 6371:, London: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited 5333:, Simon and Garfunkel Homepage, archived from 4219: 4217: 4215: 4178:. Cheshire County Council and English Heritage 1584:supermarket. In the Simms Cross area a large 6629: 6502: 4986:"Vikings board puts club into administration" 4888:, Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales 4017: 4015: 3429: 3427: 3425: 3423: 3421: 3419: 3372:(born 1982) actor, born and raised in Widnes 2966:(1893–1917), also born in Widnes, joined the 1102:. From this it was concluded that before the 8: 6369:A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes 5914:. Birkenhead: Countyvise Ltd. pp. 6–7. 4121:Days of Snow Lying: Annual Average 1971–2000 3439:Office for National Statistics - Census 2021 2474:The town is served by the local newspapers, 1973:I Accommodation and food service activities 1452:. There are four churches in Widnes, namely 846:, later one of the constituent companies of 6949:Grade I listed non-ecclesiastical buildings 4661:"2011 Census Halton key statistics profile" 4436:Wynne-Jones, Jonathan (21 September 2008), 4407:"Record number of churches face demolition" 4144:Days of Air Frost: Annual Average 1971–2000 4075:Sunshine Duration: Annual Average 1971–2000 3507: 3505: 2573:Widnes library and Kingsway Learning Centre 925:, was once the political centre of the town 574: 6636: 6622: 6614: 6509: 6495: 6487: 5870:Halton & St. Helens Primary Care Trust 4052:Mean Temperature: Annual Average 1971–2000 3980: 3965: 3950: 3912: 3712: 3700: 3651: 3574: 3550: 3496: 2328:. More recently, they were winners of the 2271:Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School 1913:Q Human health and social work activities 1666: 1039:Aerial view of Widnes from the Runcorn Gap 41: 6079:, London: Guardian News and Media Limited 5939:. 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Their home ground is 2316:The major sporting body in the town is 2154:Widnes is on the southern route of the 2077:. It was opened in 1961 and crosses to 1659:In Autumn 2011 construction began of a 1508:in Moorfield Road. The Widnes National 1138:Population growth of Widnes since 1801 310: 266: 234: 210: 142: 126: 116: 55: 6424:, Halton: Halton Borough Council, 1978 5221:"The Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News" 4580:"Johanna's gran-d opening of new Asda" 3900: 3888: 3876: 3864: 3828: 3816: 3804: 3792: 3780: 3768: 3756: 3744: 3728: 3675: 3663: 3639: 3538: 3511: 3484: 3251:(born 1966 in Widnes) former cricketer 2820:(1878–1951) was chief engineer of the 2312:Halton Stadium, home of Widnes Vikings 2158:. There are two stations in the town, 1109:Being close to the west coast and the 466:where the estuary narrows to form the 6304:, CelebrityWonder.com, archived from 6199:Euro Player Profile: Andrew Higginson 5963: 5543:(18), Halton Borough Council: 53–79, 5008:, Widnes Vikings RLFC, archived from 4934:, Widnes Vikings RLFC, archived from 4882:"Strategy launched to wind up school" 4037: 3687:Greatbatch, M. L. and Mercer, P. J., 3627: 3586: 3562: 3526: 1993:K Financial and insurance activities 1432:. The longest established church is 294: 282: 270: 256: 244: 224: 192: 174: 156: 7: 6125:When Great Britain won the World Cup 5998:"Barkla, Charles Glover (1877–1944)" 4418:from the original on 12 January 2022 3845:, Ian Allan Publishing, p. 61, 3522: 3520: 3232:(born 1956 in Widnes – 2018) former 2958:(1893–1947) was the designer of the 2476:The Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News 2241:Widnes is 6 miles (10 km) from 2166:from which services are operated by 2156:Liverpool to Manchester railway line 2073:is a Grade II listed structure with 1893:A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 682:granted the Earldom of Lancaster to 635:, located to the north of the town. 462:, it is on the northern bank of the 3603:Notes on the Churches of Lancashire 2525:" was written by American musician 945:, each electing three councillors. 493:, Widnes was a small settlement on 6846:List of civil parishes in Cheshire 6328:20 Questions With ... David Dawson 5055:, Widnes Golf Club, archived from 4355:Short, Adrian (15 February 2007), 2954:Born in the village of Farnworth, 1436:. The other Anglican churches are 505:established a chemical factory at 25: 7037:Former civil parishes in Cheshire 6150:"The big interview: paul sherwen" 4725:Catalyst Science Discovery Centre 3932:from the original on 27 June 2013 2946:in Widnes between 1987 and 1998. 2944:Catalyst Science Discovery Centre 2812:(1846–1919) became a director of 2404:Since May 2013 there has been an 2337:its board decided to put it into 2124:, the Roman Catholic churches of 2099:Catalyst Science Discovery Centre 2064:Catalyst Science Discovery Centre 1428:churches are administered by the 872:Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge 739:St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway 647:stands today. In the 9th century 561:Catalyst Science Discovery Centre 6451:, Halton: Halton Borough Council 6442:, Halton: Halton Borough Council 6433:, Halton: Halton Borough Council 6360:Old Widnes and its Neighbourhood 6071:Davies, Bryan (22 August 2005), 5131:"Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News" 4383:St Marie's Roman Catholic Church 4361:Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News 3461:"Coordinate Distance Calculator" 3441:. Office for National Statistics 3383: 2710:Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1933:J Information and communication 998:Widnes and Halewood constituency 551:terminates at Spike Island. The 394: 80: 73: 57: 6994:Population of major settlements 5078:"Stepping inside the Wolfslair" 4984:Turner, Alex (9 October 2007), 4526:Jordan, Barbara (26 May 2010), 3057:in 1979. In 1992 he was made a 2890:Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett 2432:, the local television station 2294:Building Schools for the Future 2245:and 25 miles (40 km) from 1668:Employment by industry in 2011 761:Coming of the chemical industry 150:169 mi (272 km)  6331:, WhatsOnStage, archived from 5404:Cornucopia: Railway collection 5278:Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 4886:Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 4634:Barbara Jordan (21 May 2011), 4614:Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 4506:Office for National Statistics 4404:Miller, Vikki (21 June 2008), 4237:Office for National Statistics 3053:in 1975 and was invested as a 2517:There is a tradition that the 1556:In 2014 work began on the new 978:metropolitan district councils 81: 1: 6273:Higham, Paul (6 March 2015). 6030:, Halton Royal British Legion 5849:. Liverpool Echo. 9 June 2015 5272:Smith, Mike (22 April 2010), 4880:Short, Adrian (5 June 2008), 4608:Smith, Mark (18 March 2010), 2872:Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet 2702: 2243:Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2097:former Tower Building is the 1570:Liverpool John Lennon Airport 1492:church in Deacon Road and an 1072:of the area is rock from the 952:times Widnes was part of the 832: 670:St Luke's Church in Farnworth 7032:Unparished areas in Cheshire 6984:Parliamentary constituencies 5284:North West & North Wales 4342:www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk 4316:The Archdiocese of Liverpool 4147:, Met Office, archived from 3049:for many years. He became a 2647:Clinical Commissioning Group 2453:Capital North West and Wales 2219:and Warrington's Own Buses. 1688:Widnes - England Difference 1004:. The seat has been held by 639:by-passed the area but some 539:railway stations are on the 452:had a population of 62,400. 6422:The Bridging of Runcorn Gap 6385:Whimperley, Arthur (1991), 6376:Diggle, Rev. G. E. 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(2005), 6389:, Halton Borough Council 5771:St Michael's Golf Course 5179:"Halton Community Radio" 4659:Halton Borough Council. 4640:Runcorn and Widnes World 4532:Runcorn and Widnes World 4386:, Halton Borough Council 4259:The Diocese of Liverpool 3999:Runcorn and Widnes World 3565:, pp. 5–6, 226–227. 2742:Archbishop of Canterbury 2677:in 1830. He was born in 2480:Runcorn and Widnes World 2362:mixed martial arts (MMA) 1733:H Transport and storage 1450:Archdiocese of Liverpool 631:. 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(1990), 5825:The Hive Leisure Park 4668:Census and Statistics 4459:Widnes Baptist Church 3314: 3118: 3107: 3096: 3021: 2974:; he was awarded the 2916:Charles Glover Barkla 2900:1910 to 1918 and for 2822:United Alkali Company 2814:United Alkali Company 2788:Charles Glover Barkla 2786: 2775: 2764:The Hollies, home of 2763: 2611:Frankie & Benny's 2572: 2519:Simon & Garfunkel 2493: 2311: 2260: 2168:East Midlands Railway 2147: 2071:Silver Jubilee Bridge 2062: 1566:Silver Jubilee Bridge 1532: 1471:the Victorian Society 1415: 1054:Silver Jubilee Bridge 1038: 1014:2024 general election 986:Liverpool City Region 917: 895:Mersey Gateway Bridge 891:Silver Jubilee Bridge 861: 844:United Alkali Company 830: 768: 751:Industrial Revolution 680:William the Conqueror 669: 557:Mersey Gateway Bridge 553:Silver Jubilee Bridge 491:Industrial Revolution 6414:Further bibliography 6308:on 28 September 2007 5877:on 27 September 2007 5805:on 30 September 2007 5669:on 30 September 2007 5644:on 28 September 2007 5436:on 28 September 2007 5383:on 28 September 2007 5309:on 27 September 2007 4938:on 27 September 2007 4809:on 21 September 2013 4590:on 27 September 2007 4479:Church @ The Foundry 4446:, London, p. 16 3771:, pp. 114, 125. 3499:, pp. 111, 133. 3362:(born 1974) singer, 3285:Gary Taylor-Fletcher 2756:Science and industry 2750:Bishop of Chelmsford 2651:General practitioner 2565:Community facilities 2445:BBC Radio Merseyside 2416:Laidler Conference. 2360:Widnes is home to a 2343:Betfred Championship 2122:St Mary's, West Bank 1430:Diocese of Liverpool 600:, meaning wide, and 227:Sovereign state 30:For other uses, see 6748:Ellesmere Port 6704:(cities in italics) 6671:Unitary authorities 6378:A History of Widnes 6224:SoccerBase Database 6102:The Daily Telegraph 6053:, Naval History.net 5751:on 16 February 2007 5724:on 18 February 2007 5697:on 16 February 2007 5637:Hale Road Woodlands 5617:on 23 February 2007 4755:on 17 February 2007 4412:The Daily Telegraph 4296:on 13 February 2007 3953:, pp. 119–121. 3915:, pp. 176–188. 3903:, pp. 171–172. 3891:, pp. 151–152. 3841:Ian, Allan (1995), 3831:, pp. 111–112. 3051:Companion of Honour 2988:Royal Naval Reserve 2986:(1898–1942) of the 2904:from 1918 to 1923. 2539:Belle and Sebastian 1669: 1610:British Home Stores 1590:Marks & Spencer 1502:Jehovah's Witnesses 1139: 1021:Halton constituency 368: /  321:Widnes and Halewood 6335:on 9 February 2013 5583:Pickerings Pasture 5253:. 16 February 2014 5059:on 27 October 2005 5012:on 6 November 2007 4990:Widnes Weekly News 4289:Churches in Widnes 3926:"Your Councillors" 3487:, pp. 27–141. 3320: 3295:Myler rugby family 3280:Parachute Regiment 3124: 3113: 3102: 3073:1971–1983 and for 3027: 2968:Royal Flying Corps 2964:Thomas Mottershead 2924:X-ray spectroscopy 2824:and was knighted. 2791: 2781: 2770: 2726:Bishop of Carlisle 2716:and who built the 2697:church. 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There are three 2263: 2247:Manchester Airport 2204:to be extended to 2152: 2116:(and its adjacent 2067: 1667: 1535: 1418: 1137: 1041: 927: 867: 839: 771: 688:William fitz Nigel 684:Roger the Poitevin 672: 372:53.3620°N 2.7341°W 313:UK Parliament 259:Dialling code 63:Widnes Town Centre 7042:Borough of Halton 7027:Towns in Cheshire 7007: 7006: 6702:Major settlements 6646:Ceremonial county 6611: 6610: 6518:Borough of Halton 6467:978-1-84549-255-7 6396:Into the Crucible 5227:. 2 November 2013 5137:on 19 August 2014 4677:on 19 August 2020 3807:, pp. 83–84. 3783:, pp. 157ff. 3666:, pp. 17–19. 3642:, pp. 12–15. 3514:, pp. 25–41. 3015:in World War II. 2768:from 1867 to 1873 2714:Bishop of Lincoln 2541:, from the album 2461:Smooth North West 2440:TV transmitter. 2377:light heavyweight 2330:Northern Rail Cup 2283:Riverside College 2267:secondary schools 2217:Arriva North West 2095:John Hutchinson's 2052: 2051: 1953:R, S, T, U Other 1574:Port of Liverpool 1463:Buildings at Risk 1405: 1404: 1149:Change as % 1130:Population growth 996:Widnes is in the 974:unitary authority 876:double-decker bus 787:Frederic Muspratt 725:In the 1750s the 511:chemical industry 438:Borough of Halton 387: 386: 16:(Redirected from 7049: 6974:Lord Lieutenants 6969:Listed buildings 6654: 6648: 6638: 6631: 6624: 6615: 6591:Unparished areas 6511: 6504: 6497: 6488: 6470: 6452: 6443: 6434: 6425: 6408: 6390: 6381: 6372: 6363: 6344: 6343: 6342: 6340: 6323: 6317: 6316: 6315: 6313: 6296: 6290: 6289: 6287: 6285: 6270: 6264: 6263: 6261: 6259: 6245: 6239: 6233: 6227: 6221: 6215: 6214: 6213: 6211: 6206:on 19 April 2007 6194: 6188: 6187: 6186: 6184: 6179:, Darts Database 6171: 6165: 6164: 6163: 6161: 6146: 6140: 6139: 6138: 6136: 6119: 6113: 6112: 6111: 6109: 6094: 6088: 6087: 6086: 6084: 6068: 6062: 6061: 6060: 6058: 6045: 6039: 6038: 6037: 6035: 6022: 6016: 6015: 6013: 6011: 5993: 5987: 5986: 5984: 5982: 5968: 5957: 5951: 5950: 5932: 5926: 5925: 5907: 5901: 5900: 5892: 5886: 5885: 5884: 5882: 5865: 5859: 5858: 5856: 5854: 5843: 5837: 5836: 5835: 5833: 5820: 5814: 5813: 5812: 5810: 5798:Widnes Golf Club 5793: 5787: 5786: 5785: 5783: 5766: 5760: 5759: 5758: 5756: 5739: 5733: 5732: 5731: 5729: 5712: 5706: 5705: 5704: 5702: 5685: 5679: 5678: 5676: 5674: 5659: 5653: 5652: 5651: 5649: 5632: 5626: 5625: 5624: 5622: 5605: 5599: 5598: 5597: 5595: 5578: 5572: 5571: 5570: 5568: 5559:, archived from 5532: 5526: 5525: 5523: 5521: 5510:"Crow Wood Park" 5506: 5500: 5499: 5498: 5496: 5484:Hough Green Park 5479: 5473: 5472: 5471: 5469: 5464:on 29 April 2007 5452: 5446: 5445: 5443: 5441: 5430:"Ditton Library" 5426: 5420: 5419: 5418: 5416: 5399: 5393: 5392: 5390: 5388: 5377:"Widnes Library" 5373: 5367: 5366: 5364: 5362: 5352: 5346: 5345: 5344: 5342: 5325: 5319: 5318: 5316: 5314: 5299: 5293: 5292: 5291: 5289: 5269: 5263: 5262: 5260: 5258: 5243: 5237: 5236: 5234: 5232: 5217: 5211: 5210: 5208: 5206: 5196: 5190: 5189: 5187: 5185: 5175: 5169: 5168: 5166: 5164: 5153: 5147: 5146: 5144: 5142: 5133:. 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Stadium 4949: 4931:Widnes Vikings 4921: 4898: 4872: 4861:on 14 May 2007 4846: 4819: 4792: 4782:on 12 May 2007 4765: 4738: 4715: 4705:on 1 July 2007 4688: 4651: 4626: 4600: 4571: 4544: 4518: 4492: 4469: 4449: 4428: 4396: 4373: 4347: 4329: 4306: 4272: 4249: 4211: 4189: 4161: 4151:on 5 July 2007 4134: 4111: 4088: 4065: 4042: 4030: 4011: 3985: 3983:, p. 180. 3970: 3968:, p. 125. 3955: 3943: 3917: 3905: 3893: 3881: 3879:, p. 146. 3869: 3867:, p. 138. 3857: 3851: 3833: 3821: 3819:, p. 106. 3809: 3797: 3795:, p. 149. 3785: 3773: 3761: 3749: 3747:, p. 105. 3733: 3717: 3715:, p. 107. 3705: 3703:, p. 132. 3693: 3680: 3668: 3656: 3644: 3632: 3630:, p. 107. 3620: 3614:Foster, Alan, 3607: 3591: 3579: 3567: 3555: 3543: 3531: 3516: 3501: 3489: 3477: 3452: 3414: 3413: 3406: 3403: 3402: 3401: 3395: 3394: 3378: 3375: 3374: 3373: 3367: 3357: 3351: 3345: 3342:Angela Topping 3339: 3333: 3330:Alan Bleasdale 3327: 3308: 3305: 3304: 3303: 3297: 3288: 3282: 3273: 3267: 3261: 3259:Widnes Vikings 3252: 3246: 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