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  1. Apr 3, 2022 · 1847 SEP 10 Mayor and Council walk new Warrington boundary for the first time. 1847 DEC 1 Warrington lost 6 minutes as it adopted British Standard Time. 1847 First Warrington waterworks built.

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    At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 Warrington was only a small village but in time it grew larger and more important. St Elphin’s Church existed by 1086 and probably much earlier. Furthermore, the Normans built a wooden castle at Warrington around 1070 AD. By the beginning of the 12th century, Warrington had grown into a small market town. In...

    By 1801 the population of Warrington was over 10,500, which made it a fairly large town by the standards of the time. It grew rapidly. By 1861 it was over 26,000. By 1901 the population of Warrington was nearly 65,000. Meanwhile, in 1831, Warrington was connected to Liverpool and Manchester by railway. In the 19th century, there were a number of im...

    In the 20th century Warrington, like other towns, underwent ‘de-industrialization’. Old manufacturing industries declined. However, service industries such as retail, education, and local government grew rapidly. The first electricity was generated in Warrington in 1900. Between 1902 and 1935 electric trams ran in the streets of Warrington. The fir...

    In the 21st century, Warrington is still a thriving town. The Pyramid Arts Centre opened in 2002. In 2024 the population of Warrington was 211,000.

  2. The foundation charter granted a house in Warrington and an adjoining croft as a schoolhouse. The Old Grammar School seen in February 1996 when used as a council storage depot. The schoolmasters house was in Bag Lane. The premises were rebuilt in 1688 and again in 1757.

  3. Aug 17, 2020 · The construction of new council homes declined to around 100,000 units a year on average through the 1970s, slum clearance fell dramatically, and new housing association housebuilding rose from 8,300 per year in 1973 to 24,000 per year in 1977. Figure 3: Housebuilding completions by local authorities, 1946 - 2018.

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  4. Sep 24, 2010 · we've been viewing some ex-council houses and want to know what are the Pros and Cons of buying this type of property. Apart from checking the neighbourhood, etc what should we be aware of? The places we've seen still have some council tenants even though most of the properties are privately owned.

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  6. Dec 28, 2019 · Thirty two new towns were created across the UK between 1947 and 1970 with Warrington’s designation partly to solve Manchester’s housing needs and Warrington’s post-war legacy of former...

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