Everything about Haydock totally explained
Haydock is a village and
electoral ward within the
Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in
Merseyside,
England. The village is located roughly mid-way between
Liverpool and
Manchester, close to the junction of the
M6 motorway and the
A580 (East Lancashire Road). It lies within the
historic county boundaries of
Lancashire.
Etymology
The place-name is from
Celtic heidd, meaning "
barley,
wheat" with the
suffix -aco meaning "place". An undated source refers to the name as
Heidiog.
The village is often referred to by the colloquial name of 'Yick', and its inhabitants may be referred to as 'Yickers'. This is supposedly because many inhabitants of Haydock were reputed to be fit only for work pulling (or "yicking")
canal barges, thus "Yickers" and "Yick".
History
Haydock was one of the
United Kingdom's richest areas in
coal and
coal mining. The last colliery in Haydock - Wood Pit - closed in 1971, bringing to an end coal mining in the area. This site had been the scene of an explosion on
7 June 1878 which a subsequent Report of the Inspector of Mines concluded claimed the lives of 189 men and boys. Among them, forty five year old Nathan Boon and his five sons. According to GenUKI 15 victims were not included in the Inspector's report but their names "appeared in the Coroner's Inquest and in some cases in the burial registers". If included, the final death toll would have been 204.
Surrounded by farmland, much of the village's expansion was due to mining and canal transport. In the early 1900s, Haydock had no fewer than three railway stations along the line passing through from
St.Helens to
Lowton.
Governance
Haydock was a
township in the parish of
Winwick before being made a
Civil Parish in 1866. The village was in the
Poor Law Union of
Warrington in the 19th century before being created an
Urban District in 1894. It was absorbed into the
Metropolitan Borough of St Helens on
Merseyside in 1974 under
local government re-organisation.
Community
Haydock is probably best known as the home of the
Haydock Park Racecourse, which is situated north of the A580 and east of the M6 motorway. Haydock Urban District Council's 1953 shows the racecourse to be within its administrative boundary. The UDC ceased to exist in 1974 when local government reorganisation saw Haydock village and the racecourse become part of St Helens Metropolitan Borough in the county of Merseyside.
It also boasts the internationally renowned
Haydock Male Voice Choir which has established a reputation as a fine concert and recording choir and has achieved considerable success over the years in choral competitions.
Haydock's last few collieries were principally owned by Richard Evans (and Co), whose name can be found today in two of the village's schools: Richard Evans Infant and Richard Evans Junior Schools. Other schools in the area include
Haydock Sports College (formerly known as Haydock High School),
Legh Vale, St James C.E Primary and English Martyrs Primary School.
Notable residents
Further Information
Get more info on 'Haydock'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://haydock.totallyexplained.com">Haydock Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
