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It was built by John James Webster who was born in Warrington and was later to build the Shepherd's Bush Stadium in London for the Olympic Games of 1908.

Built in 1561 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the half-timbered Barley Mow Inn is the one constant factor in Warrington's old Market Place.

Doubtless that would have been one piece of Warrington's heritage which antiquarian Arthur Bennett of Paddington House would not have been anxious to preserve!

Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.

St Katherine's Chapel was part of the complex which formed Warrington Teachers' Training College.

On the left is a fountain commemorating Queen Victoria, and on the right is a monument to Warrington soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment killed in the Boer War.

Its stained glass memorials to prominent Thelwall families include a window commemorating the Rylands, who were leading Warrington wire manufacturers.

At the time these photographs were taken, Warrington was still part of Lancashire but, after the boundaries were changed in the 1970s, it became part of Cheshire.

For many people around the world, the name 'Warrington' is associated with a terrible atrocity when a bomb blew up causing the death of two young children and maiming many others one Saturday morning in

It was situated at the crossroads between the early settlements that we now know as Warrington, Widnes, Prescot and Wigan.

It was situated at the crossroads between the early settlements that we now know as Warrington, Widnes, Prescot and Wigan.

He moved his soap-making factory from Warrington to Bromborough Dock around 1888, and then set about building homes for the workers.

Warrington did once have a horsemarket, but it was further down the road, along Winwick Street outside Central Station.

In the 1870s the hall was extended to accommodate the children of his second marriage and the enlarged household necessary now that he was Warrington's Member of Parliament and a baronet.

Sitting beside the River Mersey, Warrington developed as an important junctin for both road and river traffic.

On the roof over the main entrance to the Gallery is an allegorical statue of Liverpool, by John Warrington Wood.

Viscountess Barrington provided funds towards its cost, and Princess Beatrice officially opened it in 1925.

Five bridges step over the Windrush in Bourton before it flows on downstream to the village that bears its name, and then to Barrington, Burford and Witney to join the Thames.