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INTRODUCTION of population can, like Liverpool, boast of such delightful and largely unspoilt country lying at the very door ; country, moreover, that has historical associations so full of interesting and picturesque incident. It is perhaps somewhat of a reflection on the dwellers between Mersey and Dee that it is left to a man from Lancashire to discover and tell all the charm of the Peninsula of Wirral ; but it is travellers who write the best descriptions of the countries through which they wander, for most objects are so familiar to the dwellers there that they have long ago forgotten to notice them. So coming from South-west Lancashire, where the natural objects include Bootle, Widnes, St. Helens, and other centres of industry, the fresh green fields and flowery country lanes of the Cheshire peninsula and the varied views of mountain and sea have so inspired Mr. Young's pen that he cannot but tell the things he has seen and heard. Mr. Young brings to his task the trained of a man who has travelled and observed, eye and he is able to take a wider view than the mere historical student, for he has an intimate know- ledge of the work that has already been done in dealing with the history, geology, flora, and entomology of Wirral, and, what is better, has formed a shrewd estimate of the relative values
INTRODUCTION of the different writers, and so is able to know where to turn for his facts, and how much weight to attach to each authority. Mr. Young does not only address those who are interested in the history and archaeology of the district, but the far wider circle of readers who wish to know about the district in which they live. At the same time he has exercised such a wise discretion in selecting and such care in checking his information that the student of local history will often find him a more trustworthy guide than more pretentious authors. WM. FERGUSSON IRVINE. XIX
Page 1 and 2: \MBULATION ;IE HUNDRED WIRRAL
Page 5: A PERAMBULATION OF THE HUNDRED OF W
Page 10 and 11: First Edition, October 1909 Second
Page 12 and 13: DEDICATION I have also been fortuna
Page 15 and 16: CONTENTS CHAPTER I Leland's Descrip
Page 17: CONTENTS CHAPTER XI Heswall Oldfiel
Page 20 and 21: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PACK POOLE HA
Page 22 and 23: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PACK DAWPOOL
Page 27 and 28: A PERAMBULATION OF WIRRAL CHAPTER I
Page 29 and 30: LELAND'S DESCRIPTION OF WIRRAL Redd
Page 31 and 32: BOOKS ABOUT WIRRAL The year 1819 wa
Page 33 and 34: SITUATION OF WIRRAL to hear the nig
Page 35 and 36: DESCRIPTION OF WIRRAL of the church
Page 37 and 38: WIRRAL AFFORESTED one time densely
Page 39 and 40: STATE OF THE ROADS surface. Prior t
Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER II BIRKENHEAD PRIORY SEARCH
Page 45 and 46: BIRKENHEAD PRIORY sharp sea breezes
Page 49 and 50: TRANMERE HALL of the river Mersey,
Page 51 and 52: ROCK FERRY banks hereabout, where n
Page 53 and 54: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE "Then he began
Page 55 and 56: PORT SUNLIGHT "Commerce," says Emer
Page 59 and 60: PORT SUNLIGHT library of technical
Page 63 and 64: BEBINGTON CHURCH the spire ; and ye
Page 67 and 68: FLODDEN FIELD under the Earl of Sur
Page 69 and 70: THE MAYER MUSEUM of the parish, and
Page 71 and 72: THE COW CHARITY amount was left for
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COURT HOUSE, BROMBOROUGH POOL ELEPH
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THE PURITANS roused his ire that he
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A MODEL VILLAGE came courting, and
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BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH meadows on the
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BROMBOROUGH VILLAGE eye behold the
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BROMBOROUGH CHURCH some good modern
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CHAPTER IV EASTHAM SOON after passi
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FAITHFUL SERVANTS would lessen him,
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EASTHAM VILLAGE tion. The view of t
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THE STANLEYS OF HOOTON dignity and
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EDWARD STANLEY resisted Count Hohen
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THE OLD HALL Spaniards, and enliste
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HOOTON HALL PRESENT DAY POOLE HALL,
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CHAPTER V POOLE HALL LEAVING Hooton
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THE CLOCK-TOWER oak, and a room ups
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WILLIAM THE RAKE house shall provid
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ELLESMERE PORT habited cottages a s
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STANLAW ABBEY There is a small rabb
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THE GREAT FIRE lying buried therein
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ROBERT HAUWORTHE degree. The twenty
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THE FARM corporated portions of the
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SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF WIRRAL lord an
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STOKE were considered as old as the
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STOKE CHURCH stained glass, in whic
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GEORGE ORMEROD enduring monument. N
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MOLUNGTON HALL
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ROBERT DE RODELENT they caught him
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MRS. MARY DAVIES slowly to Great Sa
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GREAT SAUGHALL this poor afflicted
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SHOTWICK IT is impossible to stand
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SHOTWICK had been in the neighbourh
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SHOTWICK CHURCH bits, the whalle, s
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FIELD PATH TO PUDDINGTON of the squ
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WILLIAM MASSEY the fifth baron of D
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THE ESCAPE not before many of the J
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CAPENHURST private grounds to the h
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CHAPTER VIII WILLASTON IF ever the
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AN OLD ENGLISH INN of news-room, wh
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THE WIRKAL STONE
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BURTON MANOR planted some bright ro
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COL. WALTER N. CONGREVE, V.C. rifle
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BURTON CHURCH is a picturesque buil
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BURTON PARISH REGISTERS His works a
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O 1
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DENHALL he would take twice from th
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LADY HAMILTON held in the neighbour
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CHAPTER IX NESTON I WAS quite hungr
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A GREAT FUNERAL extent and hardship
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NESTON COACHES out, so that in a li
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NESTON CHURCH of steam has altered
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LONGEVITY manship, executed, perhap
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A SPLENDID LUNCH degrees to the eas
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A STROLLING PLAYER ant, or Memoirs
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WILLIAM DANIELL, R.A. " At Parkgate
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Oh ! MRS. DELANY'S LETTERS poor Wil
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THEOPHILUS GIBBER to Fitzgerald, "
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RABY MERE and after crossing the hi
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DIBBENSDALE If it is at the end of
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PRENTON Never walk through Birkenhe
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AN ANCIENT ROAD you will find in a
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STORETON Arthur Young was travellin
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A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE chief forester
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SIR JOHN TROUTBECK towards the end
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BRIMSTAGE SMITHY house having been
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GAYTON HALL their activity by arres
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CHAPTER XI HESWALL AND now, to quot
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HESWALL CHURCH where are also the G
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THURSTASTON Thurstaston has altered
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THURSTASTON HALL Many people do not
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THOMAS HENRY ISMAY which again repl
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IRBY HALL mound is unusually high,
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CHAPTER XII OXTON HAS Oxton changed
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THE COW CHARITY in colour, yet so r
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BIDSTON crosses the fields and pass
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THE SEVENTH EARL OF DERBY been give
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JAMES STANLEY, 7x11 EARL OF DERUY,
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BIDSTON HILL His wife was the grand
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WALLASEY residential quarter, and i
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NEW BRIGHTON find a strain of wild
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LEASOWE former days an interesting
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LEASOWE RACES The first sweepstakes
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LEASOWE EMBANKMENT the Act, and tha
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ANCIENT TOWN OF MEOLS hidden in the
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DEAN DAVIES' ACCOUNT The following
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THE HOYLE LAKE the Prince of Denmar
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HOYLAKE IN 1796 singularly contrast
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HOYLAKE IN 1813 on the larger and m
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THE VICAR OF HOYLAKE editor of the
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THE PILGRIMS it was here the Benedi
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THE CONSTABLE'S SANDS monks their s
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THE MONKS AT HILBRE "The document f
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WEST KIRBY of West Kirby spread its
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THE PORT OF DAWPOOL banks of the De
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WEST KIRBY CHURCH severe marches ov
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CALDY near Manchester, Esquire, who
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SCALE- 2 MILES TO I 2 3 INCH
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Dayton's " Polyolbion," 152 EASTHAM
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Wicksted, Richard, 81 Willaston, 10
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670 A perambulation thelQO of. DA 6
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