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Whiston is a large village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley on Merseyside, England. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 13,629 (6,560 males and 7,069 females). Historically part of Lancashire, Whiston has close associations with neighbouring Prescot. It gave its name to and formerly administered the Whiston Rural District which operated under the county of Lancashire from 1895 until 1974 when it ceased to exist upon local government boundary changes and the formation of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside. Whiston is crossed by the historic Liverpool to Manchester Railway with services operating from Whiston Railway Station. St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust operates Whiston Hospital. The hospital supports the primary maternity department for the Knowsley and St Helens boroughs, alongside a regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit serving North West England, North Wales and the Isle of Man.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Whiston Hospital Clinical Departments: Maternity & Gynaecology Services )〕 The Trust is member organisation of the teaching hospital system partnered with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Edge Hill University. ==History== Historically in Lancashire, it was known for its coal mines. Its recorded history begins in the 13th century but its roots are much older. In the mid 14th century, the manors of Whiston, Skelmersdale, Parr and Speke, were held by William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre.〔Edward Baines, William Robert Whatton, Brooke Herford, James Croston, ''The history of the county palatine and duchy of Lancaster'', vol. 5 (J. Heywood, 1893), p. 2〕 A polished stone hand-axe, a relic of the Neolithic Age, was discovered there in 1941 and in 1986 fragments of flint tools were found on a local farm. The Church of St. Nicholas on Windy Arbor Road was consecrated on 30 July 1868. It hosts a war memorial, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, which was struck by lightning in 1928. The memorial was replaced in 1932. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whiston, Merseyside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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