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Evidence for the existence of Kirkby dates back to the Domesday Book, and a reference to Cherchebi, with a population of 80. The town's main church, St. Chads', was established at the time, and a Norman watchtower still stands on one of the main roads.

Up until 1947, the area was largely farmland, with a few cottages and farm buildings, some of which survive to this day. During the Second World War, the area was the location of a Royal Ordinance Factory. In 1947, the Earls of Sefton, the owners of the land, sold the right to build to the Liverpool Corporation, who were seeking to develop the area around the city in an attempt to alleviate the housing shortage caused by the Blitz, and to provide housing for workers on the burgeoning industrial estate.

The current population of Kirkby stands at 36,400 [1], somewhat down from its peak in the 1960s of 60,000, largely due to falling birth rates and the slow decline of the industrial estate forcing workers to look elsewhere. The town's industrial heritage has largely faded away, with service industries moving in to replace the factories. Major employers in the town included QVC and Barclaycard, with several other call centre companies also based in Kirkby.

The M57 motorway runs along the eastern edge of Kirkby, and the M58 connects just to the north of the town. The town is well served by public transport, with train connections to Liverpool (on the Merseyrail network) and ManchesterThis article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is a city in North West England, which in 2002 had a population of approximately 422,302. The city is situated in the centre of the large metr (via WiganWigan is a large town in Greater Manchester, in north west England. It was settled in Roman times, and was then known as Coccium''. It is the biggest town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, with a population of around 90,000. Many local residents proud), and multiple bus routes connecting Kirkby with several nearby towns. Construction on a new tramSirio low-floor tram in Athens, Greece passes in front of the Acropolis A tram (or tramway trolley streetcar strassenbahn is a light-rail vehicle for public transport. Trams are distinguished from other forms of light rail in that they travel along tracks service linking Kirkby with Liverpool is expected to begin in late 2004 for completion by 2006.

Press attention

Following the 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. murder of local toddler James Bulger, UK tabloidA tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, associated with higher-quality journalis and broadsheetBroadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. Broadsheets measure roughly 29½ by 23½ inches (74. 7 cm) per spread, twice the size of a standard tabloi newspapers, most notably The SunSee Sun (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word "Sun", and other newspapers known as "The Sun The Sun a daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom, has the highest circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world, standing at, attacked Kirkby, Bulger's hometown, and Liverpool in general, accusing them of false grief ('self pity city') and blaming the town's decrepit state for his death – much in a similar vein as their attacks following the Hillsborough disaster. (This was despite the fact that the boy's killers were not from Kirkby, but from the Walton district of Liverpool.)