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Written by Steven Dowd
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Heres some history for the Curzon Cinema, which I have transcribed from an original opening day booklet.
Since the Curzon is now but a burned out shell I thought it appropriate to add some history on the building into the website |  |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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For anyone interested in Census data for the local area I have a test website online, The website is for my genealogy databases, It also has St Michaels Church records from burtonwood, searchable for Births from 1Nov 1668 and Deaths from 29 Oct 1783.
Click this link for the census data
This test website has most of the available 2% 1851 census data for the UK, and also the 1891 Census Data for the Newton le willows local area, its a fully searchable database, which I formatted from transcripts whilst on a recent 5 week hospital stay, if you have anything to add to this database, or if you find information thats transcribed wrongly , please email me and i will try to get it changed asap thanks - Steven Dowd |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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Although the Stockton & Darling-ton Railway was the first public railway on which locomotives were used, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway was the first in the accepted sense of the word today. The scheme for a railway between the great port of Liverpool and the thriving cotton-manufacturing town of Manchester, was first entertained as a practical proposition in 1821, when a preliminary survey of the proposed line was made. The company was formed in 1824, and George Stephenson was appointed Chief Engineer in 1826. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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The following account was written in 1843 by the Rev. Edmund Sibson, once Curate at Winwick, and after- wards Vicar of St. Thomass, Ashton-in-Makerfield, and is entitled "An Account of the Opening of an Ancient Barrow called Castle Hill, near Newton-in-Makerfield, in the County of Lancaster"
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Written by Steven Dowd
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I recently acquired an original copy of "The Penny Magazine", dated March 31 to April 30, 1833.
(Needless to say it didnt cost me just "a penny", Infact I wondered if the Inflation in its recent price, was in direct relation to the age.)
The Magazine had a seven page article with illustrations on "The Manchester and Liverpool Rail-Road". Since a great part of Newton-le-Willows and Earlestowns history is directly related to the railroad, I have scanned and transcribed the magazine for those who might be interested. |
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Written by Steven Dowd
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One hundred and fifty one years ago, on March 1, 1853, the London & North Western Railway leased from Jones & Potts a small engineering works known as the Viaduct Foundry, so named from its proximity to Stephensons Sankey Viaduct over the St. Helens Canal on the original Liverpool & Manchester Railway. Seven years later, on May 11, 1860, the L.N.W.R. purchased the property outright for the sum of 15,000. |
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