Metropolitan Borough of St Helens

St Helens is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England. It is named for its main town, St Helens. Other settlements in the borough include Newton-le-Willows, Haydock, Rainhill, Eccleston, Clock Face, Billinge and Rainford.

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Metropolitan borough - Merseyside - North West England - St Helens - Clock Face - Billinge - Rainford

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The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the former county borough of St Helens, along with the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford, and parts of Billinge-and-Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of Whiston Rural District.

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April 1 - 1974 - County borough - St Helens - Urban district - Haydock - Newton-le-Willows - Rainford - Billinge-and-Winstanley - Ashton-in-Makerfield - Whiston Rural District

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