58-573: Maricourt Catholic High School , in Maghull, Merseyside , United Kingdom, formerly Mater Misericordiae Grammar School , was one of two Roman Catholic secondary schools administered by the Sisters of Mercy in Merseyside , the other being Broughton Hall , West Derby . The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007 with the new headmaster Brendan McLoughlin. The former headteacher Sister Mary Teresa RSM BSc
116-730: A Wednesday or a Thursday. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada , the local television station TalkLiverpool also broadcasts to the area. Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Merseyside , Heart North West , Capital Liverpool , Hits Radio Liverpool , Smooth North West and Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West . An online radio station, Maghull Radio, has been running since February 2014 in partnership with Maghull Council and Maghull Community Enterprise. This radio station broadcasts live from Maghull Town Hall and has
174-475: A corner or nook, giving the meaning of a "flat land in a bend". Another theorised origin is Anglo-Saxon mægðe to refer to mayweed . The original settlement, consisting of fifty people and six square miles of agricultural settlement, was established prior to the Domesday Survey of 1086 where the town is recorded as Magele on a ridge of high ground, that can be most clearly seen at Red Lion Bridge towards
232-534: A few hundred metres from the main Old Hall pitch. Maghull F.C. joined the Lancashire Combination in 1972. In the 1978–79 season, they joined Cheshire County League as founder members of Division Two, while they were founder members of North West Counties League in 1982–83. In 1992–93, they were North West Counties League Division Two Champions but were not promoted due to ground gradings. They left to join
290-589: A parish to a town council and remains the second largest town council in England. Maghull has worked with the neighbouring parishes and villages, as well as Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council under the banner of the Altside Business Village, to give businesses in the areas a united voice and to promote tourism in the area. For this scheme, Maghull works with Aintree , Lydiate , Melling and Sefton Village; all of which are connected geographically as being near
348-749: A rock cutting 400 metres to the east of Halsall Hill Bridge. Soon after, the Red Lion public house was built in Maghull to serve the canal trade. It became a café and general store in the 20th century and was demolished after the Second World War . Several other canalside pubs were built over the years; for example, near Hall Lane Bridge there was the Traveller's Rest (demolished 1936) and the Horse and Jockey in Melling. In 1774,
406-495: A secure hospital to this day, holding such patients as Ian Brady . In 2010, plans were announced by the Labour government that new housing was needed and Sefton East – where Maghull is – was chosen as one of the locations for the new homes. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council showcased the plans at various locations around south Sefton, and were met by local opposition. Maghull is seven miles north-northeast of Liverpool city centre. To
464-435: A variety of shows that combine music, both mainstream and niche, as well as talk shows including news and sport updates. Due to its location and amenities, Maghull has become for popular location for filming. Maghull's sport facilities include bowls and tennis next to the town hall and Maghull F.C. and cricket clubs playing at Old Hall Field. Maghull Cricket Club was founded in 1926 and after playing friendly cricket for
522-585: A visit to the area but by 1780 a new manor house had been built near the site of the original and it still stands in the grounds of Maghull Homes with part of the original moat . It is also recorded that by 1667 the population of Maghull had increased to 599 with 136 houses and 127 families and by 1770 initial work had begun on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal with the first sod being cut by the Honourable Charles Lewis Mordaunt. The actual spot lies in
580-462: Is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside , England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 , by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport , the municipal borough of Crosby , the urban districts of Formby and Litherland , and part of West Lancashire Rural District . It consists of a coastal strip of land on the Irish Sea which extends from Southport in the north to Bootle in
638-472: Is a town and civil parish in Sefton , Merseyside , England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby . The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital . Maghull had a population of 20,444 at the 2011 Census. Housing in the town is almost entirely a 20th-century settlement of semi-detached and detached housing although remains of the original town do exist. The town has had an elected council since
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#1732851476589696-698: Is also home to the Royal Birkdale Golf Club which has played host to the Open Championship , Ryder Cup , Walker Cup and Curtis Cup . This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Sefton at current basic prices published (pp. 240–53) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding ^ includes hunting and forestry ^ includes energy and construction ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured At
754-531: Is now defunct ending in 2016 under the final captaincy of Joe Campbell. In the last few years, the 1st XI has slumped to the 2nd Division of the Liverpool Competition but are on the rise. Also, the club has had trouble with the local council over the issue of the rent, this has now been resolved with a new lease being signed in 2017. The 3rd and 4th teams play at the Parkhaven Trust, which is situated
812-547: Is presently served by the Central Square Shopping Centre, which is based in the northwest of Maghull, which is the original town centre. Known locally as "the square", it contains several shops, a police station, numerous banks and nearby is a Morrisons supermarket. In Kennessee Green there is a shopping area called Tree View Court. There are also the Meadows shops near to Maghull Town Hall and Deyes Lane shops near
870-581: The Earl of Sefton and the Earl of Derby , resident of Knowsley Hall , and the adjacent borough was subsequently named Knowsley. A Sefton Rural District covering some of the villages in the district existed from 1894 to 1932. The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is one of the six constituent local government districts of the Liverpool City Region . Since 1 April 2014, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities within
928-508: The IRA blew up the swing bridge at Green Lane on the canal but the strategic significance of this has never been fully explained due to Maghull's relative insignificance. In the Second World War , three bombs landed, one adjacent to King George V Playing Fields, on the site of the former residential home, and one in Ormonde Drive and one in the middle of The Meadows Hotel bowling green A house that
986-564: The Local Government Act 1894 when the government set up a network of local governance across England. Following the Local Government Act 1974 , the council changed its name from a parish to a town council. It has been proposed by Dr Eilert Ekwall that the name Maghull may have been derived from the Celtic word magos referring to a plain or field, and the Old English halh referring to
1044-474: The River Alt – hence the name Altside, and politically as they are all in the eastern parishes of Sefton borough. By 1971 the population of the town stood at 22,794 and gave Maghull the largest population of any civil parish in the country. Maghull also has a town council, established by the 1974 Local Government Act. The town council is composed of councillors elected every four years. The council has been under
1102-488: The Victorian St Andrew's and is the oldest ecclesiastical building in Merseyside still in regular use for worship but in 1756 the mediaeval nave of Maghull Chapel was pulled down with a Roman Catholic dual-purpose school-chapel opening in 1890 near Massey's Barn. It is noted that in 1568 Maghull Moss was divided between Sir Richard Molyneux of Melling and Edward Hulme of Maghull. The boundary of Maghull was, in
1160-526: The West Cheshire League in 1999–00. Several Liverpool and Everton footballers have lived in the area, including Ian Callaghan , Duncan Ferguson , Brian Labone , Steve Staunton , Gordon West , Mick Lyons , Joe Parkinson , Roger Hunt , Tommy Wright , Roger Kenyon , John Hurst , Peter Thompson , Terry Darracott , Steve Heighway , Tony Hateley and Ian St John . Metropolitan Borough of Sefton The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
1218-452: The railway came to Maghull in 1849, with a station on the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway as well as the construction of the town's first police station which was set up by Lancashire County Council in 1870 and the town got a second station in 1884, Sefton and Maghull , on the newly built Cheshire Lines Committee Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway to Southport ,
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#17328514765891276-545: The 2011 census, there were 265,010 usual residents of Sefton aged 3 or over whose main language was declared. The 10 most common main languages were as follows: 1,794 (0.68%) usual residents over the age of 3 had a different main language to the above languages. Sefton is twinned with: The following people, military units and Organisations and Groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Sefton. In terms of television,
1334-650: The 50 years of their existence started playing league cricket in the 1970s. After moving through various junior leagues, they joined the Liverpool and District Competition in 1999. The 1st XI gained promotion to the ECB Premier League in 2001 before being relegated in 2004. In 2005, they won the First Division title for the 2nd time and rejoined the Premier league in 2006. They were relegated in 2008. The 1st XI captain from
1392-550: The A-Level curriculum available within them. Facilities at Maricourt, based in Quarry Brook House, were subject to substantial refurbishment during the 2011 August Holidays with modified study areas as well as the conversion of one of Quarry Brook's larger first floor rooms into an Oratory for use by students. Maricourt is split across two sites, Newman Hall and Arnold Hall, upper and lower school respectively. Newman Hall, named in
1450-518: The UK national government and the combined authority over a possible devolution deal to confer greater powers on the region, including whether to introduce an elected 'Metro Mayor' to oversee the entire metropolitan area. The existence of Sefton has been an ongoing local controversy, especially in Southport , where local Members of Parliament (MPs) and councillors have campaigned for separation from Bootle and
1508-480: The area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada broadcasting from the Winter Hill transmitter. The borough is served by both BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio Lancashire . Other radio stations including Heart North West , Smooth North West , Dune Radio , Hits Radio Liverpool , Hits Radio Lancashire , Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West and Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire . The area
1566-457: The beginning of the 2011 season is batsman John Ring, who led the team to their 3rd First Division Championship in ten years in 2011, returning Maghull to the Premier League for the 2012 campaign. The 2nd XI plays in the 2nd XI First Division and is captained by Liam Gibbons. Gibbons led the side to promotion, and the 1st Division championship, to the 2nd XI Premier Division in 2010, but the side
1624-494: The canal had reached Maghull and provided it with its second connection to Liverpool. The arrival of the canal created new industry in the area, notably quarrying of sandstone and clay extraction. It also bolstered the local hostelry trade. Maghull's first school was founded in 1668 in a small cottage in School Lane with the headmaster being Humphries Webster, showing the town's emergence although County Rates from 1716 said of
1682-408: The centre of old Maghull. The Trans Pennine Trail , a long-distance footpath from Southport to Hornsea , near Hull skirts Maghull, following the line of the old Cheshire Lines railway. Maghull saw some regeneration during the early 1990s with the creation of a central square shopping region. Over the road from the new shopping square was Clent House , then owned by farmer John Cropper who sold
1740-458: The centre of the town and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal follows it on the plain and the A5147 on the brow. This ridge marks the edge of the flood plain of the River Alt , providing protection from flooding and access to this fertile pasture of the plain. A church is known to have existed in the area in 1100 although it has been rebuilt at least once and the chapel still stands, in the churchyard of
1798-515: The control of Labour since the 2011 local elections. Since 2019 it has the following make up 12 Labour, 2 Conservatives and 2 Independent Councillors. Maghull town council is made up of four wards: East which elects five councillors, West which elects four councillors, North which elects five councillors, and South which elects two Councillors Maghull also falls into Molyneux, Park and Sudell Wards on Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council. There are 3 Borough Councillors to each of these wards. Education in
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1856-531: The council is composed of 41 Labour councillors, 12 for The Liberal Democrat and Progressive Alliance Group, six Conservatives , and five for The Independents Group. There are two vacancies. The borough has a strong income from tourism, most of whom visit the Aintree Grand National , the most valuable horse race in Europe, Anthony Gormley 's Another Place at Crosby Beach and Southport . Birkdale
1914-570: The end of Deyes Lane, about five or ten minutes walking distance from Deyes High School. In 1929, the Maghull Townswomen's Guild was formed. It later became the Maghull Summerhill Townswomen's Guild and was a Registered Charity , but closed in 2014. The Maghull Community Association on Green Lane provides live entertainment, family fun days and special events such as Christmas parties and ladies nights. In 2009, Maghull Town Hall
1972-689: The first small external section in January 1958. This section was formally blessed by Cardinal Heenan on 8 March in the same year. Due to the interest taken in it by the Bootle Education Committee, it rapidly grew in building size and pupil numbers, and became a voluntary aided Grammar School . It was the first co-educational voluntary aided school in the Archdiocese, opened under the new title of Maricourt Catholic High School , with Sister Mary Magdalen as headmistress. She retired at Christmas in 1989 and
2030-529: The first time in the side's history. In 2005, the club entered a team in the Sunday 3rd XI First Division Competition, called the 5th XI. Due to regional boundaries in this league, the team have moved between the East and West divisions. As of 2018, the 1st XI captain is Paul Walter. 2nd XI captain is James Stanley and the 3rd XI and 4th XI are now equal teams being captained by Adam Lloyd and Gareth Lloyd respectively. The 5 XI
2088-479: The honour of Cardinal John Henry Newman , is considered the school's main site and is home to both the administrative offices and most subject offices. School years 9 to 11 and the Sixth Form reside on this site for the majority of their lessons, and years 7 and 8 visit the site to use the available facilities, such as sports, drama and technology. Arnold Hall, previously the site of St Paul's Comprehensive, serves as
2146-415: The land and property around 1993 to the local authorities. Cropper's family had owned the land for generations, while their house was fronted by a "picturesque delf, ringed by trees" and was considered among the more beautiful parts of Maghull. Plans to regenerate the site were set in motion to provide needed amenities for the area, with a new police station and council offices among the suggestions. Maghull
2204-522: The line was an extension of the North Liverpool Extension Line . A large section of embankment has been destroyed to make space for Switch Island . In 1933 Northway ( A59 road ) was built, initially as a tree-lined single carriageway but dualled in the early 1960s, which bisects Maghull, taking travellers from Liverpool to Ormskirk off 'Liverpool Road'. The arrival of Northway triggered an increased rate of expansion in Maghull. In 1939,
2262-601: The metropolitan area and subsumed into the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority . The combined authority has effectively become the top-tier administrative body for the local governance of the city region and the leader of Sefton Council, along with the five other leaders from neighbouring local government districts, take strategic decisions over economic development, transport, employment and skills, tourism, culture, housing and physical infrastructure. In July 2015, negotiations took place between
2320-489: The milestone. The Sixth Form at Maricourt was rated as gaining some of the highest Advanced Level results in Merseyside and stand consistently above the national average, as well as enjoying a regular 100% pass rate for Advanced Level students. Maricourt works alongside Maghull High School and Deyes High School to form the Maghull Collaborative , in which students may study across these sixth forms to broaden
2378-455: The north, Maghull Brook and to the south, Melling Brook; the west was marked by the River Alt. At the eastern edge, however, the boundary was ill-defined on the moorland and due to the value of turf from the moss as a vital fuel this caused regular disputes between both Maghull and Melling Manors. Maghull Manor House was built in 1638 and local tradition has it that Charles II slept there during
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2436-630: The northwest is Lydiate , to the east Melling , to the south Aintree and Netherton and to the west the Mersey Forest and Sefton village . Maghull is separated from the rest of the Greater Liverpool sprawl by a green belt which runs across the Switch Island motorway junction and through which flows the River Alt. In 1912, the Maghull & District Conservative Club was founded on Station Road; it still stands today. The Maghull Labour Party
2494-536: The possible inclusion of the town as a district in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire . It was highlighted after the 2012 local government election that different regions in Sefton had vastly different socio-economic backgrounds and needs. There are high levels of poverty around the Bootle area and central Southport . The council has 66 councillors, three for each of the borough's 22 wards : As of April 2021 ,
2552-542: The primary site for years 7 and 8, with sports facilities and rooms used by all students. Both sites have a large field used for recreation, physical education and sporting events. Until 2007 previous headteachers had been both female and members of the Sisters of Mercy. || 2015-2016 Alumni of Maricourt Catholic High School are known as Old Maricourtians . Noted Old Maricourtians include: Maghull, Merseyside Maghull ( / m ə ˈ ɡ ʌ l / mə- GUL )
2610-449: The river eventually becoming good agricultural land. This had led to the growth of the population to 534, with about half the employment being in trade rather than agriculture and a rise in 1815 to a population of 720 people with 71 families engaged in agriculture and 29 in trade, manufactures and handicrafts. There were 108 inhabited houses. By the 1820s, horse racing was well established on land in Maghull. Old Racecourse Farm later became
2668-739: The secondary schools serve pupils from the neighbouring towns in south Sefton, and the neighbouring local authorities of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley and Liverpool . Maghull is bisected by the A59 road and is served by Maghull railway station and the Maghull North railway station , along with bus routes to the nearby areas of Kirkby, Southport, Ormskirk and Liverpool city centre with most running past or near Maghull Square. The M57 and M58 motorways start at Switch Island , between Aintree and Maghull. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through
2726-517: The site for the Meadows Hotel; and Old Racecourse Road, off Sefton Lane, commemorates the sport. Baines' Directory of Lancashire in 1825 provided the first list of specialist male occupations in Maghull – 1 blacksmith , 1 cooper , 1 tailor , 1 land surveyor and 1 wheelwright . By 1840 the agriculture of the area had changed from animal to arable farming and the 1861 National Census the population stood at 1,222. Due to this increase in population
2784-476: The south, and an inland part to Maghull in the south-east, bounded by the city of Liverpool to the south, the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley to the south-east, and West Lancashire to the east. It is named after Sefton , near Maghull. When the borough was created, a name was sought that would not unduly identify the borough with any of its constituent parts, particularly the former county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. The area had strong links with both
2842-522: The town "Maghull doth always bear and pay a third less than either Down Holland or Lidyeat". This shows that Maghull was a developing community, but still not as rich as its neighbours Downholland and Lydiate . Economic development continued with the Molyneux family ( Earls of Sefton ) being significantly active in bringing about the Alt Drainage Act in 1779 which resulted in many acres of marshland along
2900-571: The town began with William Harper founding the Maghull School in Damfield Lane, the location of Maricourt Catholic High School , in 1815 under the terms of his will. In 1839, the National School , later St Andrew's Church of England School, was built and the earlier school, a small cottage, which still stands, became the headmaster's house. Money for the school, which cost £450 7s 0d (£450.35p),
2958-474: Was formed in 1928. Maghull has been governed as part of the Borough of Sefton since the Local Government Act 1974 , when the boundaries were redrawn. Maghull moved from Lancashire into Merseyside . Maghull has had an elected council since the Local Government Act 1894 when the government set up a network of local councils across England. Following the Local Government Act 1974 , the council changed its name from
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#17328514765893016-705: Was given a large extension costing £8.2million, and which included a library and sports facilities. The main local newspapers are the Liverpool Echo (evening) and the Liverpool Daily Post (morning). Both are tabloids published by the Trinity Mirror group. There are also two local newspapers, the Aintree & Maghull Champion and the Maghull Star , both of which are free and are delivered every week either on
3074-576: Was merged with Ormonde Drive High School to form Maghull High School , concentrating on the Ormonde Drive site. Today Maghull contains several primary schools including State , Roman Catholic and Church of England schools. There are also three high schools which all contain independent Sixth Form facilities, working together as part of the Maghull Collaborative. These secondary schools being Deyes High School , Maghull High School and Maricourt Catholic High School . As well as serving Maghull,
3132-641: Was raised by local subscription and the schoolmistress was paid £5 a year, and each scholar had to pay one penny (1d) a month towards the cost of a fire, and tuppence (2d) a month for pens and ink, if they were being taught to write but by 1873 a second storey was added to the school to accommodate the growing population. In 1957, the Sisters of Mercy created the Maricourt Catholic High School with all students initially taught in Quarry Brook House with an initial intake of only twelve girls. In 1982, Old Hall High School , formerly Maghull Grammar School,
3190-529: Was relegated in 2011. The club has a 3rd and 4th XI, with Andy Buchannon in charge of the 3rds and Gareth Barry responsible for the 4th team. In 2007, the 3rd XI won the 3rd XI First Division championship and plays in the 3rd XI Premier Division. 2011 saw the 3rd XI win the Embee Trophy and narrowly miss out on the Premier Division championship. It also saw the 4th XI win promotion to the Premier Division for
3248-544: Was succeeded by Sister Mary Teresa, who led the school until 2007. The school is now the largest Catholic secondary school in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton . A jubilee mass was celebrated on 21 September 2007 in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral . The chief celebrant was the Archbishop of Liverpool , Patrick Kelly, with thousands of friends, students, past and present attending the ceremony to celebrate
3306-611: Was the last of the Sisters to be Head the school and ceased her duties in 2007, opting to remain as deputy chair of the Board of Governors. The school offered both GCSE and Advanced Level qualifications for male and female students. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy on 12 September 1957, originally known as Mater Misericordiae Grammar School . It opened in the convent parlour of Quarry Brook House, former home of Meccano inventor and Conservative MP Frank Hornby , with only 16 eleven-year-old girls. The school eventually moved to
3364-546: Was then 16 Park Lane (now 321, the houses were renumbered in the late 1960s or early 1970s), Moss Side, was also destroyed; it was rebuilt in the 1950s. It served as a refuge for up to 6,000 people a night from Bootle . American and Polish army units were stationed in Maghull and it also held several camps for displaced persons. Park Lane TB sanatorium and a hospital, built to treat shell shock victims, were combined to form Ashworth Hospital and one hundred patients transferred from Rampton Secure Hospital with it remaining
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