1245 – 1355
֍ During the years 1245-1355 – township was recorded as: Quitstan, Wystan, Quystan, Whystan, Whytstan, Whyghtstan, Quistan, Whistan, Whiston
1246
֍ First mention of Halsnead
1521
֍ First mention of coal mining in the area
c.1660
֍ c.1660 – Carr House built
1684
֍ Thomas Willis, Liverpool merchant, bought the Halsnead estate
1707
֍ Almshouses built on Warrington Road by Oliver Lyme for the poor of the district
1769
֍ Carr Colliery opened
1798
֍ First mention of a pottery in Whiston
1802
֍ Whiston and Halsnead Collieries opened
1830
֍ The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened
1832
֍ Whiston Wesleyan Methodist Chapel built
1840
֍ Whiston Public Elementary School built
֍ Whiston Wesleyan Association Chapel erected
1842
֍ Whiston Tithe Map and Apportionment Schedule completed
1843
֍ Prescot Union Workhouse opened (later to become Whiston Hospital)
1853
֍ Whiston National School opened – January 1853
1868
֍ St. Nicholas Parish Church consecrated – 30th July 1868
1874
֍ Formation of Whiston Rural District Council. The district comprised the townships of Bold, Cronton, Ditton, Eccleston, Hale, Halewood, Knowsley, Rainhill, Speke, Tarbock, Whiston and Windle
1879
֍ Whiston Free Methodist Chapel built
1890
֍ Whiston Colliery closed
֍ Whiston Welsh Methodist Chapel built
1895
֍ Halsnead Colliery closed
1898
֍ Tushingham’s Metallic Brick Works started production
1915
֍ Hulton Colliery’s first coal raised (later named Cronton Colliery)
1925
֍ Stoves Ltd., gas appliance manufacturer opened its factory in Stoney Lane. The factory site straddles the boundary of Whiston and Rainhill
1928
֍ War memorial in the grounds of St, Nicholas’ Church struck by lightning and later demolished
1929
֍ Halsnead Estate sold by auction
1932
֍ Halsnead Hall demolished
֍ Replacement war memorial erected outside St Nicholas’ Church
1939
֍ St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church, Shaw Lane; foundation stone laid. Opened for services in mid-1940
1964
֍ Whiston Higher Side Comprehensive School built
1974
֍ Whiston becomes part of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
1990
֍ Whiston Railway Station opens
1996
֍ Knowsley Cemetery opens in Fox’s Bank Lane
2006
֍ Transformation of Whiston Hospital site begins with demolition of the original workhouse buildings of 1843 (Prescot Union Workhouse)
2010
֍ Whiston Higher Side Comprehensive School closes after 46 years
2010
֍ St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning opens on Cumber Lane
2016
֍ Under a government housing initiative, KMBC submit proposals for a Halsnead Garden Village creating around 1500 new homes on land at Halsnead and the former Cronton Colliery site
2017
֍ Government ministers announce first 14 successful garden-village housing development plans, including the proposed Halsnead Garden Village
2019
֍ Funding of £12m pledged by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for road infrastructure improvements surrounding the garden village site
֍ Consultation process completed with Whiston residents ahead of commencement of Phase 1 of the Halsnead Garden Village
֍ Whiston landmark ‘The Green Dragon’ public house demolished
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 of plans for 350 homes to be built near to Fox’s Bank Lane and for a new Country Park on the former Cronton Colliery site (part of the new Halsnead Garden Village) – July 2021
֍ Ownership and management of Whiston Juniors F.C., located at Windy Arbor Playing Fields and of Prescot Angling Association and Mellor’s Anglers has transferred from Whiston Town Council to Knowsley MBC – July 2021
֍ Council environmental improvements to take place at Mellor’s Pond due to duckweed and penny wort affecting anglers’ access, also, drainage alterations to be made at Whiston Juniors F.C. following flooding of the playing pitch
