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Written by Steven Dowd
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This is my transcription of a report "The History of Newton Hall" which was commissioned by one of the website visitors and kindly given to myself for use here in the website.
I have attempted to transcribe the report in as near to its original form as possable, with just a few alterations to the formatting of the original report to better display it online. |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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 | Everton FC beat Earlestown 1-0 in a match played at Evertons homeground of Priory Rd, this 1-0 victory over Earlestown in the Liverpool Cup of 1884 gained Everton its first ever football trophy.
Shortly after their success over Earlestown, John Houldings Everton Club were asked to vacate their Priory Road home ground. Anfield was leased and the new ground built in 1884 | | The first match Everton played at their new Anfield football ground was on September 27, 1884, this first match was against Earlestown, who were beaten 5-0, this was six years before Liverpool Football Club was formed. |
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In this year (1745) George II. was on the throne—"Dapper George" as he was called; the Porteous Riots had taken place a few years back (1736) and Porteous himself had been hanged; the Spanish War (on account of the Spaniards cruelty to English seamen) had been concluded in 1741; Walpole had gone to the House of Lords as Earl of Orford (1742); the War of the Austrian Succession (1741-48) was taking place, at which, at the battle of Dettingen, in 1743, the gallant King's horse ran away with him', being stopped with difficulty from carrying him into the enemy's lines, when George dismounted and bravely placed himself at the head of his foot soldiers, the last occasion on which an English king was ever under fire; and the Rebellion of Fortyfive had broken out, Prince Charlie with his troops having passed through Newton on his weary and unsuccessful march to London. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Mr. Rylance is a born raconteur, as the many admirers of his angling yarns and other stories, which have appeared in "The Warrington Examiner," have long realised. These reminiscences of Newton Races, presenting telling word-pictures in minute detail of the sordid, the pathetic, and the seamy side of the racecourse, written by the master-hand of a keen observer of Nature, who is also a clean and unerring humorist, will give permanence to nineteenth century scenes that must inevitably pass before the advent of improvements and inventions that affect even the fair ground entertainer and the racecourse swindler. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Newton in Makerfield Is a populace and rapidly - improving locality, containing several important industrial and manufacturing establishments. The town of Newton consists chiefly of one long and broad street, pleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, and commanding extensive and panoramic views. It is about five miles from St. Helens, seven from Wigan, and near the important Railway Station of Newton Bridge. The extensive printing establishment of Messrs. McCorquodale is near the station, and in its immediate vicinity its a first- class Hotel, while the fine old Corn mill on the brook, a few yards distant, seems to preserve for the spot a good deal of charm of a quiet and homely serenity. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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I recently bought a copy of this old book concerning Winwick Church, It doesnt have a print date, but I believe it was published around the 1930s
THE CHURCH OF SAINT OSWALD, WINWICK, IN LEGEND AND HISTORY.
By JOSEPH P. PEARCE, F.R.I.B.A. : F.R. HIST. S.
With a Foreword by the Bishop of Warrington. | |  |
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