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Town in England

Whiston is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Previously recorded within the historic county of Lancashire, it is located eight miles (ten kilometres) east of Liverpool. The population was 13, at the Census,^[1] increasing to 14, at the Census.^[2][3]

A new village, Halsnead Garden Village, was approved with government support in and will be located in the Halsnead area of the town.^[4] The new village will contain over 1, houses, a primary school, a country park, and various community and leisure facilities.

Construction is estimated to cost around £ million.^[5]

History

The first record of Whiston comes in , being rendered as "Quistan" and being within the West Derby Hundred in Lancashire.^[6] Archeological evidence such as a neolithic polished hand-axe and mesolithic tool fragments suggest that the region was host to pre-historic settlement up to 12, years, ago while other archaeological finds include remnants of a Roman tile workshop in nearby Tarbock and a medieval shovel head.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

The main industry of Whiston's earlier documented history is agriculture, with the first recorded mill in the area being held by local lord Henry Travers from ^[12][13] By , the first documentation of coal mining is made, which would in time become Whiston's primary industry.^[11][14] By , the coalfields of Whiston, Prescot, and Sutton were producing 25,, tonnes of coal annually, and this would only increase as the Industrial Revolution progressed and the Whiston area became host to tens of collieries over the 18th and 19th Centuries.^[15] By , the population of Whiston was 3,^[16]

The Church of St.

Nicholas on Windy Arbor Road was consecrated on 30 July , replacing a chapel dating from ^[16] It hosts a war memorial, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, which was struck by lightning in The memorial was replaced in ^[17] The stone-built Methodist Church on the High Street dates from the 19th century.^[16]

Whiston had a sanatorium, an isolation hospital, and a workhouse, part of the Prescot Union workhouses.^[16]

Whiston was previously host to Halsnead Hall, a neoclassical manor that housed the Willis family, chief landholders in Whiston from until the auctioning of their estate in ^[11] Halsnead Hall, demolished in and now the site of Halsnead static caravan park, was designed by the renowned architect Sir John Soane.^[18] Before its demolition, it was the sole example of Soane's work in either Lancashire or Cheshire.^[18]

Governance

Prior to boundary changes in ,^[19] Whiston consisted of the Whiston North and Whiston South wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.

The North and South wards were separated by the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, which runs directly through the town.

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The former borough wards of North and South are still used in the form of Town Council wards,^[20] but for the purposes of Borough representation, Whiston elects three councillors via the combined ward of Whiston and Cronton.^[21]

Whiston lent its name to and was formerly the headquarters of the Whiston Rural District within the County of Lancashire before the Local Government Act Today, Whiston Town Council oversees parish level administration.

Transport

Whiston is crossed by the historic Liverpool to Manchester Railway,^[16] and is served by Whiston railway station with services to Liverpool and Manchester, operated by Northern. Local bus routes to Runcorn, Liverpool, St Helens and Huyton also serve the town. These are operated by, among other smaller local providers, Stagecoach and Arriva.

Health

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust operates Whiston Hospital. The hospital supports the primary maternity department for the Knowsley and St Helens boroughs, alongside a regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit serving North West England, North Wales and the Isle of Man.^[22] The Trust is a member organisation of the teaching hospital system partnered with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Edge Hill University.

Industries

Local industry includes Glen Dimplex Home Appliances, producing kitchen appliances and employing approximately 1, people.

Education

Primary education

• St Luke's Catholic Primary School
• Halsnead Primary School
• Whiston Willis Primary School
• St Leo's & Southmead Catholic Primary School

Secondary education

In , two of Whiston's secondary schools were closed and redeveloped under the Labour Party governments 'Building Schools for the Future' scheme.

Michael owen wikipedia Widely regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest ever players and also as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Gerrard spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team. Gerrard has captained both Liverpool and the England national team. Despite success in cup competitions, he never won the Premier League. Gerrard won England caps between and , captaining the team 38 times and scoring 21 goals. Gerrard began his managerial career managing the Liverpool Youth Academy 's under team, before starting his senior managerial career in with Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

This £&#;million programme created seven new 'Centres for Learning' to replace the ten existing secondary schools within the Knowsley borough.^[23]

• Knowsley Higher Side Comprehensive School, Cumber Lane.

Constructed in , Knowsley Higher Side Comprehensive School was one of the first comprehensive schools in the local area, purpose built under the Labour Party's education reforms to formally abolish the tripartite system of education; to amalgamate grammar, technical and secondary modern schools into one appropriately named Comprehensive System.

In March , after serving the local area for 46 years, Higher Side Comprehensive School was permanently closed and subsequently demolished to make way for the new St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning which was constructed on vacant land behind Higher Side's main buildings. The land on which Higher Side once stood now serves as a car park and recreational area for staff and pupils of the new St Edmund Arrowsmith.

The only remaining building of the former Higher Side School site is the former Whiston & Prescot City Learning Centre (CLC), now St Edmund Arrowsmith Science Hub. The building was originally constructed and opened in Pupils of the school who were still enrolled at Higher Side at the time its closure were transferred to its replacement Knowsley Park Centre for Learning (now The Prescot School) based on Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot.

Biography steven gerrard wikipedia Born in Whiston, Merseyside on the 30th May , Gerrard was born and brought up in Liverpool and is lucky enough to have played for his beloved club who he supported as a youngster for his whole career. Gerrard started out playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors, where he was noticed by Liverpool scouts and he was picked up and was playing for the youth academy at the age of 9. However, a serious injury while playing football with his friends could have ultimately ended his career before it begun. A young Steven Gerrard kicked his football into a bush full of nettles and tried to kick it out but accidentally kicked a garden fork which ended up going through his trainers and straight into his big toe. It did, however, take him a year before he made his debut as a last minute substitute for Vegard Heggem on 29 November

Closed, relocated and rebuilt behind the former Knowsley Higher Side Comprehensive School on Cumber Lane. Renamed as 'St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning' for a while. The original St Edmund Arrowsmith Building on Scotchbarn Lane was retained for several years and redeveloped as a youth training academy, but has also since been demolished.

Notable people

• Alan Allport, historian
• Peter Briggs, screenwriter
• Melanie C, singer, "Sporty Spice" of the Spice Girls
• Martin Dwyer, jockey
• Steven Gerrard, footballer
• Steve Hampson, rugby league player
• Jamie Harrison, cricketer
• Craig Hignett, footballer
• Martin Kelly, footballer
• David Leather, cricketer
• Stuart Maconie, radio presenter and author
• Kym Marsh, actress and singer
• Conor McAleny, footballer
• Dave McCabe, lead singer and guitarist of The Zutons
• Natalie McCool, songwriter and musician
• Rachel McDowall, actress
• James Roby, rugby league player
• Willy Russell, screenwriter and playwright
• Matty Smith, rugby league player
• William Snowden, cricketer
• Mark Ward, footballer

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