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Uncover objects from the Titanic, find out about life at sea and learn about the port of Liverpool.
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PLACENAMEs: Windle - Windhull (first mentioned 1201). Windy hill. From Old English wind and hyll. Windhul (1212); Wyndhill (1272); Wyndhull (1340). St Helens - named after the church dedicated to St Helen or St Elena.
Beecham's Pill Manufactory, St Helens (1886) is a brick building with a clocktower and a decocrative floral frieze.
Cockleshell Cottages, Rainford Road, have an 18th century frontage, but there is an earlier timber-framed building hidden behind. 
Excavations on the site of the 19th century glass factories in St Helens ('Hotties' Jubilee Glass Works, and the nearby Chalon Way) have revealed foundations of numerous buildings and tools associated with the industry. Photograph of glass making cone house at The Hotties © David Long. Back to the top | Back up to St Helens | Back up to Merseyside |
