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Huyton was an ancient parish in the county of Lancashire which, in the mid-19th century, contained Croxteth Park, Knowsley and Tarbock, in addition to the township of Huyton-with-Roby.
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Huyton and was
His next was at the 1964 General Election when he stood in Harold Wilson's Huyton constituency.
In the general election of 1950, his constituency was altered and he was narrowly elected for the new seat of Huyton near Liverpool.
Sam Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire.
* Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson was once a Member of Parliament for Huyton, incorporating Prescot
This was then abolished and on 1 April 1974 its former area was combined with that of Huyton with Roby Urban District, Prescot Urban District, parts of Whiston Rural District and parts of West Lancashire Rural District to form the present-day Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.
Among those in the Huyton camp was Bert Trautmann who later went on to be the 1950s goalkeeper for Manchester City.
Huyton was brought to national attention in 2005 after the racist murder of Anthony Walker in McGoldrick Park.
In July 2008, an 18 year old man, Michael Causer was battered to death in a homophobic attack at a house in Huyton.
In 1894, the township was included in the Huyton with Roby Urban District.
Huyton was immortalised in the poem by Thomas Arthur Lumley
The shopping centre of Huyton is still referred to by its people as " the village " or " the villie ", which dates back to the days when the centre was a rural village community.
Huyton has its own cricket club, located off Huyton Lane which was founded in the mid 1860s by the Stone family and the town has produced at least one first class cricketer: Reginald Moss.
* Although born in St Helens, Thomas Beecham ( 1879 – 1961 ), the famous classical music conductor, was brought up in the Blacklow Brow area of Huyton.
* Sir Rex Harrison, actor who starred in films such as My Fair Lady and Cleopatra, was born and brought up on Tarbock Road in Huyton, and attended St Gabriel's School.
* Barbara Pym, novelist who was privately educated at Huyton College.
* Harold Wilson, former Labour Prime Minister ( 1964-70 & 1974-76 ) was Member of Parliament for the former Huyton constituency.
A statue of Wilson was erected in Huyton town centre in 2006, 11 years after his death.
Born in Merseyside, he was educated at the local Huyton Secondary School, the Kirkby College of Further Education, and the Liverpool John Moores University.
Howarth was elected as a councillor to the Huyton District Council in 1971 and served in its successor the Knowsley Borough Council until 1986, becoming its deputy leader from 1982-1983.
The winter quarters of Bertram Mills's circus provided one camp at Ascot Racecourse, and uncompleted council housing at Huyton near Liverpool was used from March 1941.
She was brought up in south Liverpool and educated at Huyton College.
Huyton and ancient
It covered the southwest of Lancashire, containing the ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Walton, Sefton, Childwall, Huyton, Halsall, Altcar, North Meols, Ormskirk, Aughton, Warrington, Prescot, Leigh, Liverpool, Wigan, and Winwick.
Huyton and parish
It is administratively linked with its neighbour Huyton by the Huyton-with-Roby civil parish.
Huyton and Lancashire
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Huyton is also home to the 55th ( Merseyside ) HQ Squadron of the 33rd ( Lancashire and Cheshire ) Signal Regiment, British Territorial Army, Royal Corps of Signals, as well as an Air Training Corps, the 1982 ( Huyton ) Squadron.
In 1949, that year's Road Plan for South Lancashire specified the need to upgrade to dual carriageway and grade separation of the A580, and bypasses of both Huyton and Cadishead.
Lester was born on 18 February 1896 in Huyton, near Liverpool, to John and Ellen Lester, He enlisted in the Army in March 1916 and was posted to the 10th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment.
Huyton and which
Huyton is located just west of the M57 motorway which marks its border.
Huyton is home to the National Wildflower Centre, which is set in Court Hey Park.
Huyton contains many amateur football teams at both junior and senior level, but only one FA Charter Standard Club, which is Paramount Community Football Club.
There are regular buses serving the area notably the 10A bus route which runs from Queen's Square in Liverpool city centre via Kensington, Page Moss, Huyton and Rainhill to St. Helens.
Huyton and Croxteth
There are regular buses ( numbers 12, 13, 15, 18A, 62, 68 and variants thereof ), providing services to the city centre, as well as to Aigburth, Bootle, Croxteth, Huyton and Stockbridge Village.
The Alt runs from Hag Plantation in Huyton at, through Croxteth Park, roughly follows the M57 motorway south of Kirkby, then flows north of Aintree and south of Maghull.
With the demolition of slums after the Second World War ended in 1945, families were rehoused to new council houses in areas like Kirkby, Croxteth, Norris Green, Huyton and Stockbridge Village to new modern housing, leaving Scotland Road in a state of steady decline.
Huyton and Park
By convention, Huyton-with-Roby contains Huyton Park, Roby, Longview, Huyton Quarry, Page Moss, Woolfall Heath, Bowring Park, Fincham, and Court Hey.
It opened in 1907 ), Huyton Lane Wetland, Jubilee Park ( Twig Lane / Dinas Lane ), McGoldrick Park ( Rydal Road ), Sawpit Park ( Hall Lane / Sawpit Lane ), Stadt Moers Park ( covers more than of land between Whiston and Huyton ) and St. John's Millennium Green ( Manor Farm Road ).
Huyton is home to many public houses including The Huyton Park Hotel, The Stanley Arms ( named after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ), The Crofters, Seel Arms, Queens Arms, Oak Tree, The Old Bank, Longview Social Club and The Swan.
Huyton-with-Roby boasts two 18 hole golf courses: Huyton & Prescot Golf Club ( Founded in 1905, it can be found at Hurst Park, Huyton Lane ) and Bowring Golf Club ( According to a sign at the course, it is the oldest municipal golf course in England and can be found at Bowring Park, Roby Road ).
Nearby Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United in 1988 and moved to Alt Park, the former home of Huyton Rugby League Club.
On the evening of the 30 December 1999 Michael Abram, a Huyton resident, broke into the Harrisons ' Friar Park home in Henley-on-Thames, and stabbed George multiple times, ultimately puncturing his lung.
:: calling at Wavertree Tech Park, Broad Green, Roby, Huyton, Whiston, Rainhill, Lea Green, St Helens Junction, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, Patricroft, Eccles and Manchester Victoria ( some services continue to the Pennines )
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