Rainford
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Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rainford
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.population
- 7,779
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.official_name
- Rainford
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Merseyside
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- St Helens
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Helens North
- UK place.post_town
- ST. HELENS
- UK place.postcode_area
- WA
- UK place.postcode_district
- WA11
- UK place.dial_code
- 01744
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD481009
- UK place.static_image_name
- RainfordCouncilOffices.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rainford Council Offices
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
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- Transport
- Culture and recreation
- Religion
- Education
- Sports
- Notable people
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- External links
- Schools
- Other relevant sites
Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the earliest record of the village was in 1189.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rainford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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