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The site of St Elphin's Church has been home to a place of Christian worship since at least 650 AD. Tradition has it that the first church was built by Saint Oswald for his companion Elphin, who remained as the first priest there until his death in 679 AD.
The site of St Elphin's Church has been home to a place of Christian worship since at least 650 AD. Tradition has it that the first church was built by Saint Oswald for his companion Elphin, who remained as the first priest there until his death in 679 AD.
The town was first mentioned by name in 1086 in the Domesday Book, which came 20 years after the Norman conquest. It was mentioned as ''Walintune'', a village near the ford over the Mersey at Latchford and Howley.<ref>[https://www.warrington.gov.uk/brief-history-warrington A Brief history of Warrington]</ref> Warrington had a recorded settlement of 8 households at the time of the Domesday Book, placing it within the smallest 40% of settlements in England at the time. The settlement's Domesday entry noted the presence of a church at Warrington.<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6088/warrington/ Warrington - Domesday Book]</ref> At this time, Warrington formed part of ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' (meaning "(land) between the Ribble and Mersey") - effectively present-day south [[Lancashire]] - which may have been part of [[Cheshire]] at the time, but this view is not universal. Its tenant-in-chief at the time of survey was Roger of Poitou, with ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' having been the principle part of his lordship.
The town was first mentioned by name in 1086 in the Domesday Book, which came 20 years after the Norman conquest. It was mentioned as ''Walintune'', a village near the ford over the Mersey at Latchford and Howley.<ref>[https://www.warrington.gov.uk/brief-history-warrington A Brief history of Warrington]</ref> Warrington had a recorded settlement of 8 households at the time of the Domesday Book, placing it within the smallest 40% of settlements in England at the time. The settlement's Domesday entry noted the presence of a church at Warrington.<ref>[https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6088/warrington/ Warrington - Domesday Book]</ref> At this time, Warrington formed part of ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' (meaning "(land) between the Ribble and Mersey") - effectively present-day south [[Lancashire]] - which may have been part of [[Cheshire]] at the time, but this view is not universal. Its tenant-in-chief at the time of survey was Roger of Poitou, with ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' having been the principle part of his lordship. Warrington was an ancient parish, consisting of five townships: Burtonwood, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Woolston-with-Martinscroft and Warrington itself.
St Wilfred's Church in the nearby village of [[Grappenhall]] (incorporated administratively into Warrington in 1974), which lies south-east of the River Mersey from the town centre, was constructed in c. 1120 AD. St Wildred's Church is the oldest surviving building in the Warrington area.
St Wilfred's Church in the nearby village of [[Grappenhall]] (incorporated administratively into Warrington in 1974), which lies south-east of the River Mersey from the town centre, was constructed in c. 1120 AD. St Wildred's Church is the oldest surviving building in the Warrington area.
The Parliamentary constituency Warrington was established in 1832, having previously been represented in the House of Commons by the Member of Parliament for Lancashire. The constituency's first MP was Edmund George Hornby, a [[Whig Party (British)|Whig]], who was MP until 1835.
The Parliamentary constituency Warrington was established in 1832, having previously been represented in the House of Commons by the Member of Parliament for Lancashire. The constituency's first MP was Edmund George Hornby, a [[Whig Party (British)|Whig]], who was MP until 1835.
A royal charter incorporated Warrington as a municipal borough in 1847, although the borough had slightly different boundaries to the traditional parish; many of the more rural areas of the parish were excluded, but urban areas of [[Latchford, Cheshire|Latchford]] south of the Mersey in [[Cheshire]] were incorporated. The borough became a county borough in 1900.
In 1866, following a change to the legal definition of 'parish' (becoming areas used for administering the poor laws), each of the five townships of the old Warrington parish became a civil parish in their own right.
Starting in 1881, the Regimental Headquarters of the South Lancashire Regiment of the [[British Army]] would be at Peninsula Barracks in Warrington until 1958.
Starting in 1881, the Regimental Headquarters of the South Lancashire Regiment of the [[British Army]] would be at Peninsula Barracks in Warrington until 1958.