St Helens (Merseyside)

St Helens is a town with 106,100 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2004 ) in the North West of England, UK. It is located between Manchester and Liverpool in the metropolitan county of Merseyside and is the eponymous site of the nucleus of the larger Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, including other surrounding cities.

History

The city was mentioned for the first time in 1552 and got its name from the chapel located there. She was in the 16th century a center of coal mining and since the 18th century center of glass making in the UK.

Since the channel " Sankey Navigation" between Saint Helens and Merseyside was opened in 1762, the city developed into an industrial center of the region with a rapidly growing population.

Attractions

Worth seeing is the built in 1830, Sankey Viaduct on the opened on September 15, 1830 the railway line from Liverpool to Manchester. Here tested George Stephenson (1781-1848) his locomotive " The Rocket ".

Near the city are a popular with locals and tourists Safari Park and Haydock Park Racecourse.

Economy

Saint Helens is an industrial city (especially glass and chemical industries ). There, one of the world 's largest glass manufacturer and a major employer in the region, Pilkington Glass, its headquarters.

A well-known product of St. Helens were also Beecham 's Pills, a laxative of ginger and soap, in the same factory from 1842 to 1998 - had been produced - so for over 150 years.

Sports

When local football club St Helens Town AFC played in the early 1950s as a goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, before moving to Manchester City.

Sons and daughters of the town

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