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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MORETON, a township and a chapelry in Bidston parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Hoylake railway, 4½ miles WNW of Birkenhead; bears the name of Moreton-cum-Lingham; and has a station, of the name of Moreton, on the railway. Acres, 1,193. Real property, £2,279. Pop., 361. Houses, 59. The chapelry contains also the township of Saughall-Massey; and was constituted in 1863. Post town, Birkenhead. Acres, 2,123. Pop., 563. Houses, 89. The manor belongs to R. Vyner, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £208.* Patron, W. Inman, Esq. The church was built in 1863, at a cost of £7,900, defrayed by W. Inman, Esq.; is in the early English style, of local white stone; and has a spire 100 feet high. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire AncC |
| Place names: | MORETON | MORETON CUM LINGHAM |
| Place: | Moreton |
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