Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for New Brighton

New Brighton, town, Wallasey par., Cheshire, at NE. corner of the Wirral peninsula, 4 miles N. of Birkenhead, pop. 4910; P.O., T.O. New Brighton is a pleasant and much frequented watering-place, with excellent bathing, a fine promenade, and a landing-pier 600 ft. in length. Many places of interest are in the neighbourhood.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Wallasey CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: New Brighton

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