Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for West Kirby

West Kirby, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Cheshire, in NW. of co.- par. (containing Hoylake), 6744 ac. land and 27,485 water, pop. 4410; township, 440 ac. land and 2870 water, pop. 1118; vil., 9 miles SW. of Birkenhead; P.O., T.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: West Kirby AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: West Kirby

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