Newton-in-Makerfield

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Newton-in-Makerfield is the historic name of the town now known as Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside, England.

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Newton-in-Makerfield canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic place name
town
administrativeChange In 1974 it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside
ceremonialCounty Merseyside
country England
currentOfficialName Newton-le-Willows
dialectalOrAlternativeName Newton-in-Mackerfield
etymologyContains Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District
surface form: Makerfield (a historic district name in south Lancashire)

Newton (meaning ‘new town’)
governingBody Borough of St Helens
surface form: St Helens Council
hasHistoricName Newton-in-Makerfield self-linksurface differs
hasIndustrialHistory coal mining
manufacturing
railway engineering
hasLandmark Earlestown railway station
Newton-le-Willows railway station
hasPostcodeArea WA
hasPostcodeDistrict WA12
hasPostTown Newton-le-Willows
hasRailwayHistory true
hasSubarea Crow Lane NERFINISHED
Earlestown
Vulcan Village
Wargrave
historicallyPartOf Newton-in-Makerfield Urban District
historicalRegion Makerfield
historicCountyTownRelation Historically associated with Lancashire local government structures
historicNameOf Newton-le-Willows
historicParishStatus Former township and parish in Lancashire
locatedBetween Liverpool
Manchester
locatedIn Merseyside
North West England
locatedInHistoricCounty Lancashire
locatedNear St Helens
locatedNearMotorway M6 motorway
M62 motorway NERFINISHED
nearHistoricRailway Liverpool and Manchester Railway
nearRiver River Mersey
surface form: Mersey basin (regional river system)
OSGridReferenceArea SJ59 (approximate grid square for Newton-le-Willows)
parliamentaryConstituency St Helens North
partOf Borough of St Helens
surface form: Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
timePeriodOfNameUse used as a common name until the 20th century
transportRole commuter town between Liverpool and Manchester

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Newton-le-Willows hasHistoricName Newton-in-Makerfield
Newton-in-Makerfield hasHistoricName Newton-in-Makerfield self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Newton-le-Willows