This was one of many stopping places on the way to the parish church at Farnworth.
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Former Big Brother housemate Liam Young and Premier League rugby star Stephen Myler also attended the college.
Before 1847, the area now occupied by the town of Widnes consisted of the hamlets of Farnworth, Cronton, Appleton, and Upton; a few scattered houses; and areas of mostly marshy farmland.
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