St Helens as we know it did not exist until the mid 19th century, becoming a town in 1868.
However, in the town centre lies a building which dates back much further than this, the Friends (Quakers) Meeting house on Church Street is the oldest building in the town in continual use.
The cottage-like house was built by The Quaker religious movement as a place of worship around 1679.
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The building is an important piece of the town's history and culture, still remaining as the oldest Quaker meeting house in the county.
It is a two storey stone building, with a stone-slate roof and bay windows.
Above the entrance sits a sundial, a device used to tell the time of day based off the position of the sun in the sky.
The sundial dates back to around 1753.
The industrial revolution caused the population of St Helens to shoot up. In 1801, the population of the four townships that made up St Helens was 7,570.
By 1821 it was about 10,000 and by 1851 about 15,000. St Helens continued to grow rapidly in the late century and by 1900 it had a population of around 84,000.
The Quaker building is protected is protected as a listed 2 building as a result of its historical and cultural importance to the town, and is easily accessible- sitting close to both railway and bus stations.
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