Halewood Local History Pages

Centenary of Halewood Parish Church

Very limited run in 1939, now very rare.
Click here for a pdf version

The Effects of Enclosure on Nineteenth Century Halewood

The enclosure movement was an integral part of the Agricultural Revolution. In many areas of the country the effects were sweeping and the landscape, the system of farming, and the local society were effected, sometimes to an overwhelming extent. Halewood was enclosed during the first decade of the nineteenth century. To what extent was Halewood Township affected? Was the common land lost here as it was in so many other townships and parishes? How were the locals affected?
This downloadable copy of this thesis, written by Mike Royden, hopes to answer these questions.

Halewood and Domesday Book

Halewood was not mentioned by name in Domesday, but was most likely one of the six 'outliers' of West Derby. Click here for the transcribed pages.

Halewood Township: A Community in the Early Eighteenth Century
by Janet Hollinshead

from the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol 130, 1981
An early study of the township by respected local author, President of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire and former University lecturer in History, Dr Janet Hollinshead. An interesting and informative account of what society was like in Halewood in the early years of the 18th century.

Halewood Village: A short history

by The Halewood History Group

A small group of interested locals was set up under a Workers Educational tutor in the Derrick Adams Centre (the old school house buildings) in the early 1980s. This informal booklet was the result of their researches.

My Life in the Twentieth Century

by Harry Allen

Harry was a long term resident of Halewood, who began work on local farms in 1924, and lived in Leather's Lane with his wife Vera and family from 1947. This unpublished work, created primarily for his chidren and grandchildren, is a fascinating account of his life at work and with his family. A wonderful insight into Halewood and the locality through the century.

The Jump sisters - Miss Alice and Miss Lizzie - ran the Halewood Village School (next to the church) for an incredible 78 years between them - Alice served 44 and Lizzie 34. A presentation was made in 1926. A booklet was produced for the occasion, but no copy had been seen for many years until Halewood Historian Samantha Best discovered a copy in 2020. A few additional related photos in the possession of Mike Royden have been added. (Samantha also runs the @HalewoodHistory Twitter account - don't forget to follow!)

The Old Hutte at Halewood
by Charles Hand

A short study made in 1914, typical of other penny pamphlets published by Charles Hand and others on local topics largely before the Great War. Limited in research, but an interesting observation. Not a definitive account however as much work has been carried out to the present. Copies now extremely rare.

The Hutte in Halewood
by J. Paul Rylands

A short study br J.P. Rylands contained in Phillips, N.G. The Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire, London published in (1893).

Old Hutt In Halewood
by C. Poole

A section reprinted from 'Old Widnes and its Neighbourhood' by Charles Poole published in 1906.

The Origins of the Irelands of Hale
by William Fergusson Irvine

A paper reprinted from the Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol 16, 1900, pp.139-146.

Riding the Changes

by Canon Owen Eva MBE