Lancashire Record Office Document DDX153/1/4-(1) The Right Honourable Thomas Wodehouse Baron Newton (2) James Frawley of 26 Saint John Street, Earlestown, wagon builder, Cornelius Cole of Hawthorn Bank High Street, Newton-le-Willows, Clerk to the Newton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, Henry Thomas Brown of 68 Market Street, Earlestown, draper, Sarah Emma Bate, wife of Herbert Bate of 46 Birch Street, Earlestown, wagon builder, Mary Burgess of The Rams Head Hotel, Earle Street, Earlestown, spinster, Trustees Copy memorandum of agreement, with plan attached, whereby (1) agrees to present by way of gift, and (2) agree to accept, a parcel of land in Newton-le-Willows containing 5a. as a site for a Cottage Hospital which is intended to form the Newton-in-Makerfield War Memorial. 20 Apr. 1921

Warrington Guardian, 17/01/1925 - Report of the Dedication and Opening of the Hospital