13th Century
֍ Disputes begin over the manor lands between the Holland and Ireland families
15th Century
֍ Halewood now a separate township from Hale
1628
֍ The manor of Halewood became part of the dower of Charlotte, Countess of Derby
19th Century
֍ Halewood still divided between two manors: The Ireland portion held by the Ireland-Blackburnes and the Holland portion by the Earl of Derby
֍ Halewood crossed by two separate railway links
1839
֍ Original chapel of St. Nicholas built
1843
֍ Halewood Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed
1844
֍ Halewood Parish formed from part of the civil parishes of Huyton and Childwall
1847
֍ St. Nicholas’ Chapel greatly enlarged
1861
֍ Wesleyan Chapel was built at Halebank
1868
֍ St. Nicholas’ Chapel becomes a rectory and a true Parish Church
1874
֍ Halewood Railway Station opens on Bailey’s Lane – May 1874
1876
֍ Halewood Village School built adjacent to the church
1920
֍ The ‘Ireland’ portion of Halebank becomes part of the Widnes Corporation
1930
֍ Land at Halewood North End and part of Halebank held by the 17th Earl of Derby, sold to Liverpool Corporation
1938
֍ Horses’ Rest site relocated to Lodge Farm, Halewood (this later became RSPCA Liverpool Animal Centre)
1942
֍ ‘Blackie’ the war horse that served his officer owner in the Royal Field Artillery in France and Belgium during the Great War is buried at RSPCA Animal Centre, Higher Road
1950s
֍ Housing estates including tower blocks built to cater for the surge in the population
1963
֍ Ford Motor Company plant completed at Halewood but in the building of the plant, two ancient moated-sites were destroyed: the Old Hutt and Wright’s Moat
1974
֍ Halewood became part of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.
2002
֍ Halewood Leisure Centre opened in Bailey’s Lane
2005
֍ Appraisal of Halewood’s Conservation Area completed
2007
֍ Everton F.C.’s new training ground USM Finch Farm, off Finch Lane and Higher Road opens – 9th October 2007
2008
֍ Ford sells Jaguar and Land Rover to India-based Tata Group, the merged company name becoming Jaguar Land Rover
2009
֍ Halewood Centre for Learning opened in The Avenue, Wood Road
2012
֍ Leather’s Lane area regeneration: opening of Halewood Shopping Centre alongside a new bus terminus
֍ In Roseheath Drive, The Halewood Centre opens combining various Knowsley Council services including Halewood Library, NHS Knowsley, Post Office and various commercial services
2013
֍ Change of name for Halewood Centre for Learning School to Halewood Academy
2016
֍ Council-owned Volair Limited takes over running of all KMBC’s leisure centres including Volair Halewood in Bailey’s Lane
2019
֍ RSPCA branch at Higher Road, Halewood, closes – May 2019
2020
֍ Halewood Community Police Station, Leather’s Lane re-opens following refurbishment – 29th January 2020
֍ The whole year 2020 was dominated by the Coronavirus COVID-19. Working from home or being on furlough became the new normal, together with social distancing measures and the wearing of face coverings
2021
֍ Approval granted to build 1,300 homes on the fields off Bailey’s Lane and Greensbridge Lane, including on the former RSPCA site – 11th February 2021
2022
֍ Plantation Primary School, Hollies Road, to be expanded to accommodate the expected increase in pupil numbers due to the current Halewood housing development – September 2022
֍ Levelling-up bid submitted to the government to extend Halewood town centre, greenspace and leisure facilities
2023
֍ Halewood awarded £15.3m following Knowsley Council’s successful bid under Round 2 of the Government’s Levelling Up Fund – 18 January 2023
֍ Prescot’s Elizabethan Fayre took place in the town centre – 10 June 2023
֍ Serious Nonsense Festival celebrating Knowsley’s connections to Edward Lear to take place 11-13 August 2023
