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Rainford is a village and civil parish within Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It is around north of St Helens. At the 2001 Census the population of the civil parish was 8,344. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is unknown when Rainford was founded, but the earliest record of the village is dated 1189.〔http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/coffey_time/10076636.Looking_at_the_long_history_of_this_proud_Lancashire_village/〕 Rainford formerly constituted an urban district. ==History == Rainford is well known for its industrial past when it was a major manufacturer of clay smoking pipes. The nearby coal mines became worked out and closed prior to the Second World War. Until the mid-1960s, it was also a location for sand excavation, for use in the glass factories of St Helens. One of the noteworthy buildings in Rainford is the Rookery, a large 17th-century manor house situated off the 'Pottery Padds'; the house was formerly a school and workhouse and has since become home to a tenant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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