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
1819
Hurst House built
1830
Huyton Gate railway station built; part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first passenger line in the world
1830
St. Agnes Roman Catholic Chapel built on land provided by the Molyneux-Seel family (replaced by a new building in 1965)
1856
Huyton Congregational Chapel built (later known as Park Hall)
1856
Huyton Cricket and Bowling Club in Huyton Lane founded
1860
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
1890
Huyton Urban District Council, covering Huyton, Roby and Thingwall formed
1894
St. Gabriel's Church, Huyton Quarry consecrated
1894
Liverpool College for Girls, Huyton (later Huyton College) opens
1894
New Huyton Cross erected, replacing the original
1897
Royal visit by King Edward VII
1905
War memorial erected to the Great War dead
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's 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 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
2005
ASDA-Walmart opened 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, has a change of name to Lord Derby Academy
2014