sentences:  When the Earl of Sefton conducted a survey of his Estates in 1769 there was both a watermill and a windmill still in use.Even in the early twentieth century the township remained predominantly rural until the opening of a new coalmine at Halsnead Park.Located between the townships of Cronton, Tarbock and Whiston it was called the Cronton Colliery although some of the buildings were sited just within Tarbock.