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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: People from Widnes, Richard Bancroft, Listed buildings in Widnes, Secondary education in the Borough of Halton, David France, St Luke's Church, Farnworth, St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway, Silver Jubilee Bridge, Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, Catalyst, Vince Karalius, William Smyth, Bobbie Goulding, Runcorn Railway Bridge, Edward Gordon Jones, Stephen Myler, St Mary's Church, Widnes, John Hutchinson, Terry O'Connor, Paul Sherwen, Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge, Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, David Mills, Thomas Mottershead, Wade Deacon High School, Robert Mond, Charles Glover Barkla, Tommy Magee, Farnworth, Cheshire, Andrew Higginson, St Michael's Church, Ditton, Derek Twigg, Richie Myler, Nor Kiddie, St Marie's Church, Widnes, Tony Karalius, Roy Chadwick, Matthew Tootle, Tommy McCue, St Bede's Church, Widnes, Ray Owen, Alan Prescott, Peter Glynn, Gordon Oakes, Joseph Walsh, Paul Noone, Karle Hammond, Mersey Gateway, Doug Laughton, George Nicholls, Angela Topping, Nat Silcock, Jr., Arthur Rudd, Mick Adams, Thomas Wilkinson, Holbrook Gaskell II, Alfred Young, Jack Fryer, Shane Grady, Holbrook Gaskell III, Hough Green, Craig Farrell, Widnes by-election, 1971, Municipal Borough of Widnes. Excerpt: Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn. Upstream and 8 miles (13 km) to the east is the town of Warrington, and downstream to the west is the neighbouring area of Speke, of the city of Liverpool. Historically part of Lancashire, the town later came under Cheshire for administrative purposes in the 1974 local government reorganisation. Prior to the Industrial ...
