Header image: A pair of mandarins on the Sherdley Park lake photographed on April 12th, 2010.
Welcome To Sutton Beauty & Heritage
A Photographic Celebration of Sutton in St.Helens!
'Sutton in Spring & Summer 2010'
Slideshow
Photographed between April and August 2010 - last
update 30th August - (44 pictures)
This website is an appreciation of the natural and
architectural beauty found in the Sutton district of
the town of St.Helens, located midway between the
cities of Liverpool and Manchester in the north-west
of England. It's also a pictorial research-based
study of the heritage of the former Sutton township.
Historically, Sutton has been a Lancastrian centre of mining and industry. However as traditional ways of earning a living have ended, so the landscape of the area has changed with areas of natural beauty now flourishing. Sutton is going through a period of regeneration and this website is a long-term project intended to document its renewal.
It was launched in November 2006 as Sutton Beauty with a focus on the present day in Sutton, St.Helens with a little contextual background on the historical development of each featured site. However, the majority of emails that I received demonstrated considerable interest in the history of Sutton, Clock Face and Bold. So in July 2008, the site was relaunched as Sutton Beauty & Heritage with a much stronger emphasis on the history of the Sutton district, as well as retaining the original ethos of celebrating the present.
The references to Sutton in St.Helens, incidentally, include Sutton Heath, Sutton Manor, Sutton Oak and Sutton Leach and extends to Marshalls Cross, Four Acre, Clock Face, Lea Green and Bold Heath. Essentially greater Sutton within south St.Helens.
Sutton Beauty & Heritage is an evolving resource which is very regularly updated with new images and information and is permanently under construction. No page is ever completed - it's simply waiting to be updated!
Do visit my two other websites relating to St.Helens heritage: George Groves - the Movie Sound Pioneer - Oscar-winning George was born in Duke Street in 1901 and raised in Owen Street, King Edward Road and Speakman Road. Plus Herbert Mundin - the Hollywood Scene Stealer - the 1920s and '30s stage and film actor was born in Windleshaw Road in 1898.
Historically, Sutton has been a Lancastrian centre of mining and industry. However as traditional ways of earning a living have ended, so the landscape of the area has changed with areas of natural beauty now flourishing. Sutton is going through a period of regeneration and this website is a long-term project intended to document its renewal.
It was launched in November 2006 as Sutton Beauty with a focus on the present day in Sutton, St.Helens with a little contextual background on the historical development of each featured site. However, the majority of emails that I received demonstrated considerable interest in the history of Sutton, Clock Face and Bold. So in July 2008, the site was relaunched as Sutton Beauty & Heritage with a much stronger emphasis on the history of the Sutton district, as well as retaining the original ethos of celebrating the present.
The references to Sutton in St.Helens, incidentally, include Sutton Heath, Sutton Manor, Sutton Oak and Sutton Leach and extends to Marshalls Cross, Four Acre, Clock Face, Lea Green and Bold Heath. Essentially greater Sutton within south St.Helens.
Sutton Beauty & Heritage is an evolving resource which is very regularly updated with new images and information and is permanently under construction. No page is ever completed - it's simply waiting to be updated!
Do visit my two other websites relating to St.Helens heritage: George Groves - the Movie Sound Pioneer - Oscar-winning George was born in Duke Street in 1901 and raised in Owen Street, King Edward Road and Speakman Road. Plus Herbert Mundin - the Hollywood Scene Stealer - the 1920s and '30s stage and film actor was born in Windleshaw Road in 1898.
Sutton in the News - 115 Years Ago This Week:
'COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT ST. HELENS - TWO
MEN KILLED'
There was an error in this report as one
of the colliers who died was called
Thomas Burke not Thomas Murphy.
36-years-old Burke and 43-years-old
Hughes had only begun working at Bold
Colliery some three or four days earlier
and at their inquest, held at Sutton's
Alexandra Hotel, the jury and coroner
called for a legal requirement for safety
officials to visit mine workings more
often. The law at that time only demanded
one inspection per shift. The coroner Sam
Brighouse also pointed out the large
number of mine fatalities through roof
falls and how the law only required
employers to make timber available to
colliers so they could prop up the roof.
The obligation was firmly on the miner to
keep himself safe and not the employers.
Sutton in The News This Week describing
events in Sutton's heritage is updated on
Sundays
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Notice / Factual Accuracy Statement:

Sutton Beauty & Heritage strives for factual accuracy at all times. Please do also get in touch if you believe that there are any errors, with details of any corrections contained within the site's update history page, which also details the regular updates. Many individuals from all over the world have kindly contributed Sutton information or photographs. If you would like to participate in this project, I would be delighted to hear from you and this website always credits any assistance given. Do also consider contributing any recollections of old Sutton that you might have for the Sutton Memories pages, which are proving very popular. I respond quickly to all emails and if you haven't received a response within 12 hours, please check your junk mail folder or send your message again. Thank you! SRW



