Knowsley

Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is broken down into six areas Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston Halewood and Cronton. The main towns are Kirkby, Huyton and Prescot. It is famed for Knowsley Hall and has its own radio station, The Rocket.

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The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Huyton-with-Roby Urban District, Kirkby Urban District and Prescot Urban District, along with most of Whiston Rural District and a small part of West Lancashire Rural District.

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Knowsley pre-dates the neighbouring city of Liverpool by hundreds of years — it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, whereby it was known as Chenulveslei. The name went through many different incarnations as the English language evolved, from a root phrase that meant something akin to ?The Glade of the Wolves.?

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Due to this, pronunciation can vary when referring to the name ?Knowsley??it can be pronounced ?Nowsley? or ?Nosely,? though inhabitants of Knowsley Village and the surrounding area usually use the latter.

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Metropolitan borough: A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within Metropolitan Counties....

Merseyside: Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England, Merseyside is named after the River Mersey and comprises the conurbation by the Mersey estuary centred upon Liverpool. The county was created in 1974 by the 1974 local government reform....

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....