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  Warrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warrington is a large town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool.
Warrington has grown rapidly in modern times (it was part of the Warrington-Runcorn New Town) and is seeking city status, and to that end it has developed a cultural quarter centred on Palmyra Square.
Warrington Athletic Club are based at Victoria Park, where a new eight-lane synthetic track was built in 1998 after the original track was destroyed in a fire the previous year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warrington   (1802 words)

  
 Mayor of Warrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mayor of Warrington as the first person of the borough is charged with the overseeing of Warrington Borough Council.
The first mayor of Warrington was William Beamont.
As the town increased in size the council was moved to Bank Hall the former home of Lord Wimmerleigh for £9,700; this still serves as the Town Hall, and its "golden gates" are one of the town's attractions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayor_of_Warrington   (203 words)

  
 Mayor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the United States, mayors are usually elected by the citizens of a locality for a fixed term.
Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager.
In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mayor.htm   (635 words)

  
 Mayor of Warrington -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This article is about the Mayor of (additional info and facts about Warrington) Warrington, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
The Mayor of Warrington as the first person of the (One of the administrative divisions of a large city) borough is charged with the overseeing of (additional info and facts about Warrington Borough Council) Warrington Borough Council.
The first mayor of Warrington was (additional info and facts about William Beamont) William Beamont.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mayor_of_warrington.htm   (214 words)

  
 Warrington
Warrington is a town and borough in North West England.
In Roman times, Warrington was a centre of industry and was founded as a crossing place of the River Mersey for Roman soldiers to go north from their base at Deva (modern Chester) some remains have been found at Wilderspool.
Warrington has a theatre (the Parr Hall), a new arts centre (the Pyramid), a museum and public library (the first rate-supported library in the UK), and a Victorian swimming bath (closed in July 2003, its future uncertain).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/warrington.html   (1128 words)

  
 A History of Warrington
By the time of the civil war in 1642 Warrington was still a small town with a population of around 2,000, but it was strategically important because of its bridge.
By 1801 the population of Warrington was over 10,500, which made it a fairly large town by the standards of the time.
In 1974 the boundaries of Warrington were enlarged and in 1998 Warrington became a unitary authority.
www.localhistories.org /warrington.html   (1015 words)

  
 Warrington Worldwide - The on-line daily newspaper
The temporary centre, which was officially opened by the Mayor of Warrington Coun Hans Mundry during VJ Day Parade commerations, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, from 12.00-4.00pm and weekdays, from 10.30-4.30pm.
Warrington Museum and Library staff are working to create a small permanent exhibition in Burtonwood Library to capture the impact of the air base on the village.
Sixty years after arriving in Warrington where she went on to be in charge of transportation of live ammunition at the biggest American airbase in Europe, Jean Haslam has become the first person to win a new prestigious life long learning award.
www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk /community/burtonwood.html   (5743 words)

  
 Warrington Male Voice Choir
Warrington Male Voice Choir is one of the oldest choirs in the United Kingdom, tracing its formation back to 1898.
Since the IRA terrorist bombing of Warrington town centre in 1993, the choir has been particularly active in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, promoting reconciliation and an end to sectarian violence.
The choir rehearses twice weekly in Warrington and draws its members from a 20-mile radius, from throughout the Cheshire and Merseyside region.
www.warringtonchoir.org.uk   (530 words)

  
 USCM | 69th Winter Meeting
Also joining the dignitaries was the first popularly elected Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, who is visiting the United States for the first time as a guest of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Livingstone was elected Mayor of London last May from a crowded field of eleven candidates, garnering an impressive 38 percent of the vote as an independent.
The mayors said the call for a national rail policy comes at a time of growing public support for passenger rail service, as the U.S. Conference of Mayors' poll revealed.
www.usmayors.org /69thwintermeeting/railpoll.htm   (932 words)

  
 U.S. Mayor Article | Executive Director's Column (February 4, 2002)
It came at a time when the nation's mayors had asked President Bush for help in making our cities safer from the terrorist threat and our President answered by announcing to the mayors in The White House that he is proposing significant increases for homeland defense.
At a press conference flanked by mayors from both parties, Senator Clinton was most articulate in her support for flexible block grants to assist mayors and their police departments.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick points out that his city has already spent $13 million protecting the Canadian border which is why he believes federal funds are needed as his city is already strapped in providing resources to put a halt to everyday continuing street crime.
usmayors.org /uscm/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/02_04_02/cochran.asp   (1047 words)

  
 Lymm net | Lymm Old Students | Newsletter 2002
The council elects the mayor at the Annual Council meeting in May and since 1985 the ruling Labour Group has only selected labour councillors to be mayor.
There is a social round of civic services and mayoral balls and dinners which are all very enjoyable, and we developed many friendships particularly with the Cheshire 'chain gang' which we renewed recently with a visit to Dublin.
The mayor is either patron or president of many societies and associations in Warrington.
www.lymm.net /oldstudents/news/2002/reflections.html   (619 words)

  
 mayor information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the United States, mayors are usually elected by the citizens of alocality for a fixed term.
In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largelyceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor ofLondon.
The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58years as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
www.pin-outs.com /mayor.html   (367 words)

  
 Mayor of Warrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first mayor of Warrington was William Beaumont (of whom a high school in the town bears its name).
As the town increased in size the council was moved to Bank Hall the former home of Lord Wimmerleigh for £9,700.
The mayor traditionally lives in a normal residence, not Bank Hall.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mayor_of_warrington   (252 words)

  
 WARRINGTON ACADEMY - INTRODUCTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The roots of the Warrington Academy go back to the 1670s - about 90 years before the Academy was founded.
The Academy is a famous episode in the history of Warrington.
The information was researched as a private study and presented to the Local History Group of the Warrington University of the Third Age in June 2000.
www.warc.org.uk /members/~jimlev/wac-int.htm   (391 words)

  
 The ExtraCare Charitable Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The birthday visit was specially requested by the Mayor, Cllr Sheila Woodyatt MBE, after a ‘Turf Cutting Ceremony’ in March when she donned a shovel and hard hat to launch building work on the new Ryfields Village, which is being modeled on the Berryhill community.
The Mayor was impressed by the village sensory room, a room with low lights, couches and music for relaxation.
After the tour, the Mayor was presented with a birthday cake in the village gardens.
www.extracare.org.uk /pages/news/press9.htm   (473 words)

  
 Royal Air Forces Association - Burtonwood Branch
The parade was undertaken by 1330 and 70 Sqns of the Warrington RAF Air Training Cadet forces with the Act of Rememberance led by the branch chaplain, the Rev. Norman Huyton.
The salute was taken by the Mayor of Warrington, Clr.
The parade lead group was then accompanied by members of the clergy, service veterans, representatives from Warrington Borough Council, the local Parish, army cadets, scouts, cubs, brownies and girl guides organisations.
uk.geocities.com /rafaburtonwood   (706 words)

  
 Warrington Liberal Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Warrington Lib Dems are launching a campaign to force the Government to pay the one-off £200 Council Tax refund to all pensioners and to stop discriminating against women aged 60-64.
Warrington Council has given assurances that the new Primary School in Stockton heath will be in keeping with the surroundings.
Liberal Democrats on the doorstep in Warrington are finding many people who are actually losing their right to vote in the election as a result of postal voting.
www.warringtonliberaldemocrats.org.uk   (3873 words)

  
 Mayor Carl Officer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mayor Officer sees himself as the people's champion against racism and old-time politics that he said are responsible for the city's bonded debts.
Mayor Officer was interrupted by a dozen phone calls as he ate at his lunch during this interview.
In his early and younger days as mayor, he left the running of the city up to a crony and experienced politician, Virgil Calvert.
www.eslarp.uiuc.edu /ibex/archive/yelvington/interviews/mayor_carl_officer.htm   (3461 words)

  
 Warrington Primary Care Trust
Albert is a local councillor and was Mayor of Warrington between 1998 and 1999.
Gabrielle is deputy chair of the PEC, chair of Warrington health improvement group and a member of Warrington health partnership.
Rita has been the director of health improvement and director of public health at Warrington PCT since April 2002 and is responsible for improving the health of the population of Warrington.
www.warrington-health.nhs.uk /truststructure2.htm   (1199 words)

  
 Fund for a Better Waterfront - Hoboken Mayor revokes promise of open space at 800 Jackson. Proposes high rise ...
In response, Hoboken Mayor David Roberts promised that the City-sponsored redevelopment project would not be built and instead the site would be preserved as open space as called for in Hoboken's newly adopted Master Plan.
Warrington, wrote, "the proposal at 800 Jackson Street threatens to visually and physically isolate the new station." Commuters at this station would be wedged between the 3-story parking garage of this 300-foot long building and the Palisades cliffs, creating a serious security problem.
Although the Mayor has asserted that his new open space plan conformed to the City's new Master Plan, civic activists say that it is not so.
www.betterwaterfront.com /news/00842005.shtml   (1393 words)

  
 UTU: News
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- NJ Transit Executive Director George Warrington was in Hoboken Wednesday morning (Feb. 25) to announce that NJ Transit has approved the spending of $10 million toward the Hoboken train and ferry terminal's first phase of repair and rehabilitation, which is scheduled to begin in April, according to the Hoboken Reporter.
Warrington and Mayor David Roberts also announced that they will bring back the landmark clock tower during the second phase of construction.
The mayor added that the city is making an effort bring back symbols of Hoboken's past.
www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=12255   (639 words)

  
 Stories for 18 December 1998 - This Is Cheshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
WARRINGTON Scouts are finally looking forward to a 'Chile' Christmas after fears that their South American jamboree would be cancelled.
ONE OF Warrington's gasworks bombers is to be transferred to serve the rest of his sentence in an Irish jail.
UP to 2,000 Warrington households could be refused a mortgage or credit next year - if they are not enrolled on the electoral register.
archive.thisischeshire.co.uk /1998/12/18   (1271 words)

  
 Wellignton Journal 1909
Cooke for his report, the Mayor said the question to be considered was, which was the more costly scheme?—On the motion of Alderman Beddoes, it was resolved that suitable arrangements be provided at the Municipal Buildings, Iron-Bridge, and that the matter be referred to a committee.
The Mayor said the question of the scheme for differential rating respecting secondary schools, as passed by the County Council, had already been before the Madeley Sanitary Committee and Board of Guardians, at which resolutions were passed recommending a uniform rate throughout the county for secondary education.
(Applause.) The Mayor then moved: "That this Council protest against the County Council scheme of differential rating for secondary schools by the suggested zone system, and recommend that a uniform rate be levied over the county for the purpose of secondary education",—Mr.
www.broseley.org.uk /Papers/1909.htm   (9161 words)

  
 Stories for 30 January 1998 - This Is Cheshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
AN INJURED duck and an escaped sheep were just two of the emergencies a Warrington MP had to cope with when she went out with an RSPCA inspector.
WARRINGTON Borough Council has been criticised for the way it dealt with a tenant's complaints about a noisy neighbour.
WARRINGTON are being lined up for a clash with Castleford as Super League plans to take to the road this summer.
archive.thisischeshire.co.uk /1998/01/30   (910 words)

  
 AT Communications - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
George Warburton was guest of honour at the grand opening and was pleased to extend his support for AT Communications' latest venture.
There will be 26 staff operating out of the new Warrington office including six sales people, 17 engineers, two office staff and our Northern Business Manager, Andrew Farnworth, who will be the on-site manager.
The Warrington site was chosen because of its central position within the north of the country and its excellent road and rail links, giving northern based engineers a closer point of contact.
www.atcommunications.co.uk /pr1.asp   (208 words)

  
 "History of Penketh Methodist Church
At the end of the 18th century Penketh was a hamlet consisting of 75 houses, where some 300 inhabitants earned their living either by farming or by carrying on a trade such as cobbling or carpentry in their own homes.
The pulpit was filled by ministers of the Warrington circuit, which stretched from Runcorn in the west almost as far as Altrincham in the east, and by local preachers of varying ability.
One of its strongest adherents, Dr Smith, afterwards Mayor of Warrington, demonstrated his great faith by donating land (the present site) for the building of a new Chapel.
www.penketh.com /hismetho.html   (2740 words)

  
 Port Cities: - John Webster, engineer (c1842-1914)
He was the son of a former mayor of Warrington and his grandfather had been a member of the first Warrington Council.
Educated at Warrington and Manchester University, he was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was awarded their highest prize, the Telford Gold Medal.
He nearly drowned in diving operations at Hull, was hit in the head by a revolving winch handle on top of a gigantic wheel at Earls Court in London and almost fell off, and had his leg damaged by a large girder when it fell on him.
www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConWebDoc.58   (417 words)

  
 This is Cheshire | CommuniGate | Mission Picture Gallery: Warrington Ireland Reconciliation work
Over the last nine years, following the Warrington bombing in 1993, the communities of Warrington and the island of Ireland have shown themselves to be at the forefront of initiatives to build better understanding between divided peoples.
The party, which also includes the Mayor of Warrington’s Chaplain, the Rev Michael Raynor, and Warrington Ireland Reconciliation Enterprise (WIRE) representative, Methodist, the Rev Stephen Kingsnorth, will also be greeted by the Mayor and Consort of Ellesmere Port and Neston on their journey to Holyhead for the ferry to Dun Laoghaire.
The Mayor of Warrington, Cllr Jeff Richards, an avid walker himself, is looking forward to putting on his trainers and embarking on the challenge, which will be one of his final duties as the borough’s First Citizen.
www.communigate.co.uk /chesh/warringtonmethodistmissionboldstreet/page31.phtml   (756 words)

  
 Iron Grip
In a skirmish against Resistance Guerrila's in the village Aear Larache, Captain Malgrin was ordered by Mayor Warrington to execute every inhabitant (Man, Woman and Child) of Habitat Block 4a, which he believed were sheltering Resistance Operatives.
Mayor Warrington warned Malgrin that if he would keep on refusing his orders, he would be shot as a traitor.
The Steel Shields were however loyal to Cal Malgrin, and turned on Mayor Warrington executing him.
www.irongrip.net /index.php/kbase/53   (423 words)

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