A-Z of St Helens: Places-People-History

by Sue Gerrard

St Helens has a proud history of innovation, industrialisation, invention and entertainment. It started life as four townships, Eccleston, Parr, Sutton and Windle, but with the birth of the Industrial Revolution it became a centre for industries such as glassmaking, coal mining and copper smelting. By the time it became a municipal borough in 1868, it was the cradle of the world's transport system. The first navigable waterway in the country, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398109797
• ISBN13: 9781398109797
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages