A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
EGREMONT, a town in Wallasey parish, Cheshire; on the Mersey, opposite the lower part of Liverpool, 2 miles NNW of Birkenhead. It has a post office under Birkenhead, a steam ferry to Liverpool, a principal hotel, a church, and other prominent objects. It is a new place; partakes of the history and prosperity of Birkenhead; comprises a number of streets, principally laid out on straight lines and at right angles; and consists of two parts, Egremont proper, and North Egremont. The church at it is that of St. John, Liscard. An United Presbyterian church at it, built in 1862, at a cost of about £3, 000, is a spacions edifice in the Grecian style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wallasey CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Egremont |
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