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  Warrington - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Warrington, United Kingdom’s second biggest town (as opposed to city) is a 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 has a concert hall (the Parr Hall), a new arts centre (the Pyramid), a museum, an art gallery, and a public library (the first rate-supported library in the UK and the second largest in England).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Warrington   (1416 words)

  
 Warrington Information
Warrington is the largest town and borough in the county of Cheshire, in the North-West of England.
The former Warrington county borough was situated in Lancashire, but it combined with the Cheshire townships of Stockton Heath and Lymm in 1974 and the new entity became part of the reorganised Cheshire County Council.
Warrington is twinned with Hilden in Germany, Lake County, Illinois in the USA, and Nachod in the Czech Republic.
www.bookrags.com /Warrington   (2381 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Warrington Dock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Warrington Dock was situated on the River Mersey at Warrington
Tayleur was built at Warrington in 1853 and launched October 4, 1853 and sank on its maiden voyage to Australia.
The docks are central to Liverpool's history, with arguably the most well-known being Albert Dock: the first enclosed, non-combustible dock warehouse system in the world and the first structure in Britain to be built entirely of cast iron, brick and stone, designed by Jesse Hartley.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Warrington-Dock   (338 words)

  
 Warrington information - Search.com
The current borders of Warrington were thus set in 1974, covering the former county borough of Warrington, Lymm Urban District, Warrington Rural District and part of Golborne urban district, part of Runcorn Rural District and part of Whiston Rural District.
Warrington is home to three colleges, Priestley College, Warrington Collegiate and Fearnhead College.
Warrington is also home to the Peace Centre, built after the IRA bombings which occurred in the town centre in 1993.
www.search.com /reference/Warrington?redir=1   (2427 words)

  
  Liverpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The docks are central to Liverpool's history, with arguably the most well-known being Albert Dock: the first enclosed, non-combustible dock warehouse system in the world and the first structure in Britain to be built entirely of cast iron, brick and stone, designed by Jesse Hartley.
Other relics of the dock system include the Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse, which at the time of its construction in 1901, was the world's largest building in terms of area.
From 1893 to 1956, the Liverpool docks were served by the Liverpool Overhead Railway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool   (3572 words)

  
 Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Warrington Bank Quay Station
Notes: Warrington Bank Quay Low Level was situated on what was to become known as the Ditton Junction to Skelton Junction line on a section that was opened by The St. Helens Railway on 1.5.1854.
The St. Helens Railway arrived in the town at a temporary terminus at Whitecross on 1.2.1853 with a line from Garston Dock.
On the 1.5.1854 the two lines were joined together at a new joint station Warrington Arpley which was situated to the east of Bank Quay.
www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/stations/w/warrington_bank_quay_low_level/index.shtml   (674 words)

  
 Liverpool - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
In the 18th century, as trade from the West Indies was added to that of Ireland and Europe, Liverpool began to grow.
During World War II there were eighty air-raids on Merseyside, with an especially concentrated series of raids in May 1941 which interrupted operations at the docks for almost a week.
John Lennon, one of the founding members of The Beatles, was born in Liverpool during an air-raid on October 9, 1940.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/i/v/Liverpool.html   (2461 words)

  
 QVC
Corporate headquarters and broadcasting facilities are located at Marco Polo House, in London, while call centre and distribution facilities are situated in Kirkby, on Merseyside.
Prior to 1998, these facilities were based at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.
QVC UK runs two small outlet stores, one in Warrington, the other in Shrewsbury.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/q/qv/qvc.html   (1302 words)

  
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A credit card is required to secure your reservation at Paddington House Hotel in Warrington.
If the reservation is not cancelled outside of the 1 day cancellation notice period, your credit card will be charged with the full amount of the first night's stay.
The LateRoom rates for Paddington House Hotel in Warrington are the total price of the room and not the 'per person' rate.
www.laterooms.com /en/W1298.html   (252 words)

  
 HMS Conway
When she arrived, she brought with her a number of rescued American and British seamen, and several runaway convicts, one of whom had been missing for a number of years and was involved with the taking of the schooner Culedonia."
The Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ, UK is the custodian of Conway archives, including The Cadet magazine published from 1891 onwards.
Warrington Baden Powell began a series of articles on the canoe-yawl.
www.hmsconway.org /bibliography.html   (5329 words)

  
 River Mersey: Waterscape.com
Cycling the Trans-Pennine Trail in Warrington will give you the chance to travel through the countryside and see some of England's industrial heritage.
The route begins from Spike Island and takes you along the towpath of the Sankey Canal (St. Helens Canal) and then across the River Mersey to Chester Road.
From here, you will pass the former Warrington Dock and travel through Wilderspool and Latchford as you ride along the Manchester Ship Canal until you arrive at Knutsford Road.
www.waterscape.com /River_Mersey/cycling/Trans-Pennine_Trail_in_Warrington   (281 words)

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