Earlestown
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Earlestown forms the western part of the former urban district of Newton-le-Willows, but is now in St Helens Metropolitan Borough, Merseyside, England.
The town is named after Hardman Earle (11 July 1792 - 25 January 1877) who was the Chairman of the London and North Western Railway. The railway leased the Viaduct Foundry from Messrs. Jones & Potts. The foundry was so named because of its proximity to the viaduct Stephenson built so that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway could cross the Sankey valley. The foundry became ever busier and the houses that were constructed to house its workers became the town. The other major employer was coal mining.
Earlestown has a market, an impressive town hall and a railway station with frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and North Wales.
Earlestown is also well-located as far as the road network is concerned, being close to junction 9 of the M62 motorway, junctions 21A, 22 and 23 of the M6 motorway, and the A580 East Lancashire Manchester-Liverpool road.