Searching for "BIDSTON"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    BIDDESTONE, or Bidston Wiltshire Bidston, a parish-formerly two parishes, St. Peter and St. Nicholas-in Chippenham district, Wilts; 3 miles N by W of Corsham Imperial
    Bidston Cheshire Bidston , par. with ry. sta., W. Cheshire, near Birkenhead, 4260 ac., pop. 2487. Bidston Hill commands a good view of surrounding Bartholomew
    BIDSTONE Cheshire BIDSTONE. a township and a parish in Wirrall district, Cheshire 'The township lies on the Hoylake railway, 3 miles WNW of Birkenhead Imperial
    Bidston with Ford Cheshire Bidston with Ford , township, 3 miles W. of Birkenhead, W. Cheshire, 1713 ac., pop. 270. Bartholomew
    BIRKENHEAD Cheshire Bidstone parish; the next four were formed out of the first; and St. Paul was formed out of Bebington. Trinity Imperial
    CHESTER Cheshire Bidstone, Birkenhead-St. Anne, Birkenhead-St. James, Birkenhead-St. John, Birkenhead-St. Mary, Birkenhead-Trinity, Birkenhead-Woodside, Bromborough, Burton, Port Imperial
    Claughton cum Grange Cheshire Claughton cum Grange , township, Bidstone and Woodchurch pars., W. Cheshire, forming NW. district of Birkenhead bor., 439 ac., pop. 2934. Bartholomew
    CLAUGHTON-CUM-GRANGE Cheshire Bidstone and Woodchurch parishes, Cheshire; 1 mile NW of Birkenhead. Post town, Birkenhead. Acres, 436. Real property, £13, 323. Pop., 1, 584. Houses Imperial
    Ford Cheshire Ford , hamlet, Bidston par., Cheshire, 3 miles W. of Birkenhead. See BIDSTON WITH FOR. Bartholomew
    FORD Cheshire FORD , a township conjoint with Bidstone township, Cheshire. Imperial
    Grange Cheshire Grange .-- hamlet, Bidston par., W. Cheshire, in NW. of Birkenhead. See CLAUGHTON WITH GRANGE. Bartholomew
    GRANGE Cheshire GRANGE , a township, conjoint with Claughton, in Bidston parish, Cheshire. See Claughton-cum-Grange. Imperial
    HOLYHEAD Anglesey Bidston Hill; and sent intelligence over the whole distance in about 3 minutes; and this, since the introduction of electric Imperial
    HOOSE, or Hoylake Cheshire Bidston; is joined there by a branch from the Wallasey-Bridgeroad in Birkenhead; proceeds, by way of Moreton, Saughall-Massey Imperial
    LIVERPOOL Lancashire Bidston in 15 minutes, but was afterwards worked so ex pertly as sometimes to convey signals from Holyhead and back Imperial
    Moreton Cheshire with ry. sta., Bidston par., Cheshire - dist., pop. 615; vil., 4¾ miles NW. of lnrkenhead. See MORETON CUM LINGHAM. Bartholomew
    MORETON Cheshire Bidston parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Hoylake railway, 4½ miles WNW of Birkenhead; bears the name of Moreton Imperial
    Moreton cum Lingham Cheshire Lingham , township (ry. sta. Moreton), Bidston par., Cheshire, 4¾ miles NW. of Birkenhead, 1202 ac., pop. 424. See MORETON. Bartholomew
    Saughall Massey Cheshire Saughall Massey , township, Bidston par., Cheshire, 5 miles NW. of Birkenhead, 942 ac., pop. 191. Bartholomew
    SAUGHALL-MASSEY Cheshire Bidstone parish, Cheshire; 5 miles W N W of Birkenhead. Acres, 930. Real property, £1, 466. Pop., 202. Houses Imperial
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