Until the beginning of the 19th century, members of the Church of England who lived in Rainhill had to travel to Prescot of Farnsworth to attend services. In 1836, the vicar of Prescot, the Reverend C.G.T. Driffield initiated an appeal for funds to build a chapel in Rainhill. The first church, consecrated in 1839, was […]
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The Rainhill Signal Box was opened in 1896 and is an LNWR type 4 wooden top box on a brick base. The box controlled the line through the station plus connections to Lea Green colliery which entailed crossovers to the up and down goods lines which ran through to the colliery. Both goods lines were lifted
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Some of the buildings date back to the 14th Century. For over 500 years Rainhill Hall was the home of the Lancasters. They were a Catholic family who as recusants (someone who refused to attend services of the Church of England), were forced to pay fines which eventually led to them having to sell their
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Rainhill Cottage is thought to have been built around 1876 and is a grade II listed building detailed on the Historic England website. The first photo is by Sue Adair, and the second and third show the cottage after extensive fire damage in 2018. Click here for more Rainhill landmarks.
The stone bridge in Two Butt Lane carried travellers from Prescot to Sutton over the brook which marked the northerly boundary of the parish of Rainhill Before the turnpike system was introduced, local roads were often in a poor state of repair. People travelled on foot or by horseback whilst goods were conveyed by pack-horse
No one seems to know how the name ‘Monkey Bridge’ came about. Image: Doc Brown’s Travel Pictures It’s actually the foot-bridge that crosses the railway line from what is now Kendricks Fold to the River Estate (Severn Road, Dee Road etc). Prior to the Kendricks Fold Estate being built, access to it from Warrington Road
In 1753, Parliament passed an Act making local trustees responsible for collecting tolls and maintaining the road between Liverpool and Warrington. The following year an Order was made for milestones to be set up on the turnpike road, the miles being numbered from Liverpool Exchange. The tenth milestone, which possibly dates from 1829, can be
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There was probably an earlier building in existence before Alexander Chorley built the manor Farmhouse in 1662. john Chorley, a merchant, inherited the property in the 18th Century, but became bankrupt in 1806 and the estate was sold. There is archaeological evidence that the building was surrounded by a moat. The present building shows a
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It is believed that the seventeenth century farmhouse was rebuilt on this site for lsaac and Mary Green in 1707. Robert Frith was the farmer there in the 189Os. The property is listed on the Historic England website. Click here for more Rainhill landmarks.
The Deane’s were a very old established Rainhill family. In 1621, Thomas Deane, his wife Ann and son George held 7 acres of land. George purchased a further 27 acres in 1629 which passed to his son Edward in 1651. A century later, descendant Edward Deane held 42 acres of land in Rainhill and Cronton.
