Earlestown
Sign in to saveEarlestown ( ) is a town contiguous with Newton-le-Willows in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 Census the town had a population of 10,830. The town's name is derived from Hardman Earle, a businessman and director of the London and North Western Railway who established a railway workshop here.
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Earlestown ( ) is a town contiguous with Newton-le-Willows in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 Census the town had a population of 10,830. The town's name is derived from Hardman Earle, a businessman and director of the London and North Western Railway who established a railway workshop here.
==History== Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Earlestown is named after Sir Hardman Earle (11 July 1792 – 25 January 1877.) He was a senior and long-standing director of the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR).
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