Huyton appears in the Domesday Book as 'Hitune'
1086
Grant of the church at Huyton by Robert de Lathom to the priory he founded at Burscough
c.1189
The Corpse Way, a footpath from Tarbock to Huyton in use as a route for burial parties to Huyton Parish Church
1520
Datestone on Huyton Hey Manor
1670
The Red Hazels built
1764
Original Huyton Cross erected, designed by Thomas Rickman
1819
• Hurst House built • Huyton Gate railway station built; part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first passenger line in the world
1830
Huyton Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed
1850
• St. Agnes Roman Catholic Chapel built on land provided by the Molyneux-Seel family • Huyton Congregational Church built on Huyton Hey Road
1856
Huyton Cricket and Bowling Club in Huyton Lane founded
1860
School built alongside Huyton Congregational Church, Huyton Hey Road
1861
Discovery of a Norman font found buried under the tower of St Michael's Church
1872
St. Gabriel's school built in Huyton Quarry, also used as a temporary church
1873
Huyton Local Government Board established
1877
• New Congregational Church built at the junction of Victoria Road and Seel Road • Former Congregational Church in Huyton Hey Road becomes known as Park Hall
1890
• Huyton Urban District Council, covering Huyton, Roby and Thingwall formed • St. Gabriel's Church, Huyton Quarry consecrated • Liverpool College for Girls, Huyton (later renamed Huyton College) opens
1894
New Huyton Cross erected, replacing the original to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee
1897
Royal visit by King Edward VII
1905
Huyton-with-Roby's war memorial to the Great War dead erected in the grounds of the council offices, Derby Road
1921
Internment camp established on newly built housing estate at Page Moss
1940
Prisoner of war camp established on King George V Playing Fields
c.1943
First of Huyton's new housing estates under construction
1940s
Development of Huyton Village into a modern shopping centre began
1960s
Huntley and Palmer's biscuit factory opens on Wilson Road, Huyton Industrial Estate
1961
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council formed
1974
Huyton Suite opens 5th April 1975
1975
ASDA opened its store in Derby Road (8th November)
1977
Huyton Central Library building opened in Derby Road (20th April)
1978
New Huyton Library and Gallery building opened in Civic Way
1997
• Nutgrove Villa, NHS walk-in centre opened in Westmorland Road • ASDA-Walmart open a two-storey superstore off Huyton Lane, 28th August 2005
2005
Huyton Sports and Arts Centre for Learning secondary school built on former Knowsley Hey School site in Seel Road
2009
Knowsley Leisure Centre and Culture Park opened on Longview Drive
2011
Huyton Sports and Arts Centre for Learning, Seel Road, had a change of name to Lord Derby Academy
2014
• New Greystone footbridge opens above M62 motorway, October 2015 • An Extra Care facility, housing 100 people at Blue Bell Park, Alamein Road, opens, October 2015
2015
Knowsley MBC introduce their new vision for Huyton Village in a Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document, a guide to development up to 2028
2017
‘Foodie Friday’ events begin in Huyton Village featuring street food traders and live entertainment, June 2018
2018
• Development plans for Huyton Village underway: new bars and restaurants to open and a shop front improvement scheme begun, March 2019 • ‘Foodie Friday’ events re-start under the new name: ‘Huyton Live,’ June 2019
2019