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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"RAINHILL, a township in the parish of Prescot, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 3 miles S.E. of Prescot, its post town, and 6¾ from Newton. It is a station on the Liverpool and Manchester section of the London and North-Western railway. The district is studded with villas and well-built residences. A large portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the manufacture of watchmakers' tools. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value £178. The church is modern, built by subscription."