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St Helens, Merseyside, England: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ApproachingSt_Helens.jpgAuthor: Galatas
St Helens is the main town in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England. The town itself has a population of around 103,000 people (2012 estimate), within a metropolitan borough with 180,000 inhabitants.
St Helens is located about 10 km (6 mi) north of the River Mersey. It was historically part of the hundred of West Derby within Lancashire. It transferred to the newly created Metropolitan County of Merseyside in 1974.
Human habitation in the St Helens area goes back to the Celtic period, when it has inhabited by the Brigantes tribe. The Romans conquered the area in the 1st century AD, establishing their settlement at Coccium. Despite human presence over centuries, St Helens did not exist as a town until the 19th century, created thanks to the Industrial Revolution, and particularly due to its deposit of coal. Nonetheless the Chapel of St Elyn was already established there since 1552.
Coal mining was a major activity in St Helens from the mid-18th century until as recently as the 1970s. The town motto, Ex Terra Lucern, which means "out of the ground light", suggested its association with coal. The decline of the mining industry brought much hardship to the town, with the last colliery in the St Helens area closing down in 1992.
St Helens Town Hall: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Helens_Town_Hall.jpgAuthor: Michael Heavey
Visiting St Helens
From Liverpool, take the A57 road till Prescot, then continue on the A58 road to reach St Helens.Places of Interest in St Helens
- Beecham Clock Tower: Landmark on Westfield Street.
- Church of St Anne and Blessed Dominic: Roman Catholic church on Monastery Road, a pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics as it is the burial place of the Victorian missionary Blessed Dominic Barberi.
- Friends' Meeting House: Historic building built in 1678, and used for some three hundred years as a place of worship for Quakers. Today it is a Grade II listed heritage building.
- Gamble Institute Building: Historic building from 1896 that today houses the town library.
- St Helens Town Hall: Civic building erected in 1876.
- St Mary's Lowe House Catholic Church: Catholic church built in 1929, today a Grade II listed heritage building. Its dome is a cross between the Romanesque and the Gothic styles.
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