Rainhill
Also known as Rainhill, Merseyside
Rainhill is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 10,853.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.official_name
- Rainhill
- UK place.population
- 10,853
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Metropolitan Borough of St Helens
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rainhill
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Merseyside
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Helens South and Whiston
- UK place.post_town
- PRESCOT
- UK place.postcode_area
- L
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Industrial Revolution
- Geography
- Rainhill Stoops
- Landmarks
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Sports
- People and culture
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Rainhill is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. The population at the 2011 census was 10,853.
Historically part of Lancashire, Rainhill was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Prescot and hundred of West Derby. Following the Local Government Act 1894, it became part of the Whiston Rural District.
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