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	St Helens, Merseyside - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		St Helens is a town in Merseyside in North West England and traditionally part of Lancashire.
		In the 1830s the St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was built for the same purpose.
		St Helens has two main railway stations, St Helens Central on the Liverpool to Wigan North Western Line and St Helens Junction on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway is 2 miles (3 km) south of the town centre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_Helens,_Merseyside (619 words)

	Sankey Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sankey Canal, also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and St Helens Canal, was a canal in the north-west of England, originally from the mouth of the Sankey Brook at the River Mersey, along the valley of the Sankey Brook to St Helens.
		The canal was built principally to bring coal to the growing chemical industries of Liverpool, though iron ore and corn were also important commodities.
		The Canal, however, remained largely in water right up into the centre of St Helens, although its terminus had been truncated in 1898, when Canal Street was built over it.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_Helens_Canal (876 words)

	Newton-le-Willows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Newton-le-Willows is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the historic county of Lancashire in North West England.
		It is to the east of the town of St Helens and the north of Warrington.
		The St Helens Canal (the oldest canal in England) and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (the oldest inter-city railway in England) both pass through Earlestown and the railway crossed the canal at Sankey Viaduct - locally known as the Nine Arches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newton-le-Willows (297 words)

	St Helens, Merseyside -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		St Helens is a town in the traditional county of (A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) Lancashire and the metropolitan county of (additional info and facts about Merseyside) Merseyside in (additional info and facts about North West England) North West England.
		St Helens has a railway station (St Helens Central) on the (A large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports) Liverpool to (additional info and facts about Wigan) Wigan line.
		St Helens Junction station on the (A large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports) Liverpool to (A city in northwestern England (30 miles east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England) Manchester line is 2 miles (3 km) south of the town centre.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/st_helens,_merseyside.htm (604 words)

	Encyclopedia: St Helens, Merseyside
		St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was an early railway company that acted as a feeder to the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
		In the Local Government reorganisation of 1974 St Helens became the centre of the Metroplitan Borough of St Helens in the newly created Merseyside County which was formed from large parts of the area surrounding the Mersey River.
		St Helens Town FC are an English football club, currently playing in the first division of the North West Counties Football League.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St-Helens,-Merseyside (1786 words)

	Sankey Brook Navigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The fact that the canal was officially a "river navigation" greatly reduced the potential profits, river navigations had to allow numerous cargoes the "right of free passage" and this included limestone, paving stones, granite, manure and road building materials, but thankfully not coal.
		The canal ended at a lock which dropped the route into Sankey Brook which in turn ran into the River Mersey.This had become very inconvenient for boats entering and leaving the canal as the tides at Sankey Bridges were very unreliable.
		St. Helens itself was fast growing from a small village into a prosperous town and the canal company finally decided to extend its line into the town.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/sankeybrook.htm (5845 words)

	A History of St Helens, Merseyside, England
		In 1746 St Helens was connected to Prescot and Liverpool by a turnpike road.
		St Helens continued to grow rapidly in the late century and by 1900 it had a population of around 84,000.
		St Helens College has its origins in the year 1896 when the Gamble Institute (a technical institute) was formed.
	www.localhistories.org /sthelens.html (646 words)

	St Helens
		St Helens is a town in Merseyside, North West England.
		It was formed from the parishes of Windle, Parr and Sutton, and was named for St. Helen's parish church in Windle, about 12 miles north east of Liverpool.
		St Helens Junction station on the Liverpool to Manchester line is 2 miles south of the town centre.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/st_helens (376 words)

	Transport - the Canals
		The great missed opportunity of the canal era, of course, was that the network was constructed piecemeal, with no co-ordinated plan to turn it into an integrated system, with all the benefits that would have brought.
		Nevertheless, the canal system continued to prosper until the 1830s, when it was dealt a massive blow by the introduction of railways, which were faster and cheaper.
		At the time, the Sankey was not considered a true canal because, to simplify the passage of its authorising bill through parliament, its builders described it as a canalised river, claiming they planned to widen and deepen the adjacent Sankey Brook.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /transcanal.htm (1035 words)

	St. Helens, United Kingdom
		"St. Helens is a township in the parish of Prescot mentioned hereafter, and may be said to contain the four townships of Sutton, Parr, Windle, and Eccleston.
		A canal runs from St. Helens to Runcorn Gap, passing close to Warrington, and joining the Mersey: it is one of the oldest in England.
		Of the railroad from St. Helens to Runcorn, about three miles is used as a branch to the great Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and numerous colliery railways run into the line, connecting with it different works.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~mhender/sthelens.html (921 words)

	Sankey Valley Country Park > History > 3.)The St.Helens Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In November 1757 the navigation (The St Helens Canal) was opened but of its original 10 mile length over 95% was cut through new ground making it the first canal to be dug in England.
		The canal was an outstanding success, coal reached Liverpool cheaply and in abundant supplies, trade grew and businessmen made good use of the new form of transport.
		The wealth of St Helens continued to grow and new developments were taking place in the expanding mining industry.
	www.sthelens.gov.uk /svp.nsf/history/2987E7C618D1CD4180256B810040F1B6?opendocument (207 words)

	Austin, S. A. --- Rapid Erosion at Mount St. Helens
		An explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens on March 19, 1982, melted a thick snowpack in the crater creating a destructive sheetlike flood and mudflow which downcut the rockslide and pyroclastic flow deposits north of the volcano.
		Mount St. Helens is exceptional in the variety of erosional features formed within a limited, intensely studied area.
		The observations at Mount St. Helens and elsewhere, however, show in miniature that adjustments toward the graded equilibrium condition can occur rapidly, especially when a critical energy threshold is exceeded by erosion processes.
	www.grisda.org /origins/11090.htm (2613 words)

	St Helens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		It was formed fromthe parishes of Windle, Parr and Sutton, and was named for St. Helen's parish church in Windle, about 12 miles north east of Liverpool.
		St Helens Junction station on the Liverpool to Manchester line is 2 miles south of the towncentre.
		The main tourist attraction is St Helens World of Glass, a museum dedicated to theglass industry.
	www.therfcc.org /st-helens-156516.html (313 words)

	IWA News - Head Office Bulletin - March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Droitwich Canals Trust has, with the help of a grant from IWA and a series of weeklong and weekend WRG work parties, restored Hanbury Locks and, as a result, for the first time in sixty years, a boat has navigated down the three locks from the junction with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
		Halton, Warrington and St Helens Councils were represented, all being on the line of the Sankey, as was Knowsley, which only has an interest in one of the potential connecting routes.
		Caldon Canal Society is investigating the possibility of full restoration of the Uttoxeter Canal, and in particular how the canal can be restored in a manner compatible with restoration of further parts of the Churnet Valley Railway, which was built over much of the line of the Canal in the 19th century.
	www.waterways.org.uk /library/archives/bulletin/2003/mar.htm (4202 words)

	IWA Library - Waterways May 2003 - Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Plans to build the ski centre, which had potentially blighted restoration of the canal, were abandoned last May. The 'urban village' scheme would be centred on the restoration of the canal, and feature a Castlefield-style mix of canalside apartments, offices, bars and restaurants.
		It also agreed policies to protect the route of the Erewash Trail and that of the Cromford Canal and facilitate its restoration as a navigable waterway to be considered as part of the review of the Bolsover District Local Plan.
		Chesterfield Canal Trust has made it clear that it strongly objects to these proposals and wants a meeting with and assurances from Yorkshire Forward that future restoration of the canal will be accommodated.
	www.waterways.org.uk /library/waterways_mag/2003/may/restoration.htm (2196 words)

	THE ROTARY CLUB OF ST HELENS Information
		St Helens is also home to the legendary Saints Rugby League team which has soared to new heights in recent seasons.
		The population of the four townships of Parr, Sutton, Eccleston and Windle, (prior to the formation of St Helens Borough) was 7,573 in 1801.
		By 1885 St Helens had achieved such a size that with the parliamentary redistribution of 1884 it was able to return H. Seton-Karr as its first Member of Parliament.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sthelensrotary/rotary_club_of_st_helens_informa.htm (889 words)

	Chris Davies MEP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Hopes of restoring the St Helen's canal have been dealt a severe blow by the North West Development Agency.
		British Waterways have indicated their interest in the scheme and suggested that preparatory work might commence once the current major project in the region, the ambitious restoration of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, is fully underway.
		Canal restoration can provide a catalyst for development and enhance the local environment.
	www.chrisdaviesmep.org.uk /news/2004/Feb/setback_for_st_helens_canal_plans.htm (284 words)

	History of the Bridgewater Canal
		This arguably made it the first canal of the industrial period and it later became known as the St Helens Canal.
		The canal was built because of the Duke of Bridgewater's coal mines at Worsley.
		The Duke's land agent, John Gilbert, saw that it was possible to connect the canal directly to the mines by way of an underground canal.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /bridgewater/bri2.htm (892 words)

	North West Video - St. Helens history - Millenium
		This video provides an historical and sentimental record of the town of St. Helens and the surrounding districts.
		Helens has a great deal to show for the past years; some of it bad, much of it good.
		The proximity of coal and salt, the St. Helens Canal and railway which attracted men of foresight and drive who founded the chemical, pill and glass industries brought growth and prosperity, which is captured in this video.
	home.freeuk.com /nwvideo/sthelensmillenium.htm (303 words)

	Sankey Canal Restoration Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Canal which was cut subsequently was carrying coal by 1757, making the Sankey England’s First Canal of the Industrial Revolution.
		They rapidly expanded, and spread back along the line of the Canal to St Helens, Earlestown, and Widnes, which were small villages until this period.
		To allow for the masts of the flats, all the roads in the Canal’s path had to be carried over on swing bridges.
	www.scars.org.uk /information/sankey.html (407 words)

	Limestone - The Bugsworth Legacy
		The canal to Cromford never materialised but in its place a scheme to extend the Ashton Canal eastward from Dukinfield to exploit the limestone deposits in the White Peak was receiving serious consideration.
		A direct canal connection between Bugsworth and Castlefield was still denied to the canal company and it had to wait a little longer for this.
		The canal and tramway was subject to the laws of the market place and had become a victim of new technology.
	www.brocross.com /iwps/pages/lime.htm (10211 words)

	BBC NEWS \| VOTE 2001 \| RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES \| St Helens South
		Lying about halfway between Manchester and Liverpool, St. Helens is a working-class town which came into its own during the Industrial Revolution thanks to the abundance of ‘fl gold’ - coal - in the area.
		The Sankey Canal that runs into the heart of the town was the first canal in Britain and canals and roads have played an important part in the development of St Helens ever since.
		Originally part of Lancashire, St Helens became a Merseyside Metropolitan district in 1974, although its residents have tenaciously held onto their Lancashire accents and Cheshire postcodes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/500.stm (194 words)

	ST HELENS - LoveToKnow Article on ST HELENS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This is the principal seat in England for the manufacture of crown, plate, and sheet glass; there are also art glass works, and extensive copper smelting and refining works, as well as chemical works, iron and brass foundries, potteries and patent medicine works.
		To the north of the town are a few ecclesiastical ruins, known as Windleshaw Abbey, together with a well called St Thomas well, but the history of the foundation is not known.
		To properly cite this ST HELENS article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/ST_HELENS.htm (200 words)

	St Helens, Merseyside - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		It was formed from the townships of Eccleston, Windle, Parr, and Sutton, all of which were in the Parish of Prescot and was named after St. Helen's parish church in Hardshaw within Windle, about 12 miles (19 km) north east of Liverpool.
		St Helens has a railway station (St Helens Central) on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line.
		St Helens Connect - Unique local forum running Invision Power Board, reknowned for its local history/genealogy content and diverse debate.
	psychcentral.com /wiki/St_Helens,_Merseyside (579 words)

	Welcome to Ravenhead Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The road link from the M62 to St Helens Town Centre is the spine on which many of the Ravenhead Renaissance activities hang.
		For St Helens the road is more than a link between the Motorway and the Town Centre.
		The former gas works site was reclaimed for 100,000sq ft of retail development creating 230 new jobs and bringing major companies with household names to St Helens.
	www.ravenheadrenaissance.co.uk /content/ravenachieve.html (356 words)

	Committee Report: St Helens Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Members were informed in the report on the St. Helens City Growth Strategy on 12th November 2003, of the desire of St. Helens Council to pursue the possibility of linking the St. Helens Canal to the national canal network – the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
		Helens Council secured some funding from the North West Development Agency and assembled a consortium of those authorities potentially affected by the project were:
		SCARS – the Sankey Canal Restoration Society also participated and British Waterways consultancy arm was commissioned to undertake work on the practicality and costs of the project.
	www.wiganmbc.gov.uk /pub/council/agendas0304/regeneration/180204/report19.htm (775 words)

	MyUSTINET News: Mount St. Helens' 'Fin' May Be Splitting
		16-OCT-2004: The old lava dome in Mount St. Helens crater is joined by a smaller, constantly expanding new growth behind it in southwest Washington Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004.
		Magma from underneath is pushing, creating large rock protuberances in the new growth and forcing lava to the surface.
		Helens' devastating May 18, 1980, eruption, in which 57 people died, and lasted six years.
	news.usti.net /newsstory/usa.top/2/wed/bi/Ayb58702326.RbWp_ESG.html (427 words)

	POHAS- SANKEY-ST. HELENS CANAL, LENNON'S, ST. HELENS, MERSEYSIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Carp run to double figures, roach to 1lb 8oz, skimmers average under 1lb and most tench are small.
		From St. Helens centre take the A58 east towards Bolton.
		Turn left into Corporation Street or Stanley Street which cross the canal at either end of the stretch.
	freespace.virgin.net /r.spencer/Venues/Mersey/sancan4mer.htm (112 words)

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