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St Helens (pronunciation ⓘ) is a large town [1] [2] and the administrative seat of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. [3] The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1868, responsible for the administration of the four townships and manors of Eccleston , Parr , Sutton and Windle .
Billinge Hill is the highest point in St Helens and Merseyside. The St Helens Borough covers roughly 30 km 2 (12 sq mi) of soft rolling hills used primarily for agricultural purposes, mainly arable. The highest point in the borough, and in the whole of Merseyside, is Billinge Hill, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 kilometres) north of the town centre.
The Church of St Helen is in Church Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England. A chapel has been on the site since at least the 16th century. The chapel was doubled in size in 1816, but burnt down in 1916. The present church was designed by W. D. Caroe, and was built between 1920 and 1926.
The St Helens Borough covers roughly 30 km 2 over an area of soft rolling hills used primarily for agricultural purposes, mainly arable. The highest point in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, and the whole of Merseyside, is Billinge Hill, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north from St. Helens centre.
Transport in St Helens, Merseyside (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of St Helens, Merseyside" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
St Helens is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The unparished area contains 67 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest grade, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the ...
St Helens Town Hall, early 20th century. After St Helens had become a county borough in 1887, [6] the conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, supported by an ensemble drawn from the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hallé in Manchester, conducted his first public performance in the assembly hall in October 1899. [7]
Eccleston is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England.At the 2011 census, it had a population of 10,433. [1]Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the early history of Eccleston is marked by its status as a township, an area much larger than the modern civil parish, extending into what is now St. Helens. [2]