Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MEOLSE (GREAT)

MEOLSE (GREAT), a township in West Kirby parish, Cheshire; on the coast, and on the Hoylake railway, at Meolse r. station, 6½ miles W by N of Birkenhead. Acres, 3,883; of which 3,200 are foreshore-water. Real property, £883. Pop., 184. Houses, 34.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Meolse CP/Tn       West Kirby AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place names: GREAT MEOLSE     |     MEOLSE     |     MEOLSE GREAT
Place: Great Meolse

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