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Written by Steven Dowd
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I wonder how many people driving down Newton high St, know that the road to the left of St Peters Church , Castle Hill , actually goes to it.
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Dean School House is situated in Rob Lane, Newton-le-Willows, formerly Newton-in-Makerfield.
Originally built in the late 17th century as a school, it ceased operating in this capacity sometime between the late 17th and mid 18th centuries. |  |
It was then used for domestic purposes and still is today. However, it had fallen derelict by the 1960s and was rebuilt during the 1970s. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Volunteers were enrolled in England for the American War in 1778. They were again enrolled, in 1793-4, in consequence of the threatened invasion of revolutionary France.
In presenting the colours to St. Peters Church on July 19th 1862 the right Rev. Piers Calveley Claughton, Bishop of Colombo, said, "These colours formerly belonged to the old Newton Volunteers, when that corps was absorbed in the Wigan Local Militia. They were deposited with my father as colonel of the regiment when that service ceased." | |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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| The Official Guide Issued by Authority of the NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
LORD NEWTON'S CREST
Out of a ducal coronet or, a ram's head argent, armed or, in the mouth a slip of laurel proper, over all a pallet wavy azure. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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| This building, probably the oldest in the township, was formerly a moated grange, vestiges of the moat being visible in the boyhood days of some of our septuagenarian residents. It is said to have been the abode of the serjeant (or bailiff) of the lord of the manor, a post of great importance in olden days, and corresponding to that of sheriff of more recent times. | 
Crow Lane Hall |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Before the bank holiday weekend, I managed to purchase an original 1872 copy of a text by William Beamont, Esq.
"The Fee of Makerfield, With an Account of some of its Lords, The Barons of Newton"
William Beamont I am led to believe, is the person who founded Warrington Library, This text was published some 40 yrs previous to the more well known J H Lane, 1914, History of Newton-le-Willows books. and may have been Lanes source for the material on the Fee of Makerfield. |
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