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A History of the County of Stafford
… to remain. 61 The Coventry Canal, built from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Fradley in Alrewas under an Act of 1785 and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the north and east towards the opposite boundaries, the Mersey and Irwell, but nowhere is a greater height than 65 … runs southward to the church and then to the side of the Mersey; there is a bridge over the river at Carrington. 62 … of the township. 64 It should be observed that as the Mersey's course has varied from time to time, its stream as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Ince Blundell to assist navigators in entering the Mersey by Formby Channel. See the plan in Enfield's … during last century; see the map of entrance to the Mersey in Enfield, Liverpool; but the course of the Alt does …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The township, bounded on the south-west by the River Mersey, has an area of 1,625 acres. 1 The division between … by Otterspool, a name now given to the waters of the Mersey, where a brook flowing through Toxteth falls into that … the village and discharge by a narrow gorge into the Mersey; a small portion is still visible. The country is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and south of Gore or Rush Brook, which flows west to the Mersey. The boundary on the west is irregular, Kirkmanshulme, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Waterloo, lies on the northern shore of the estuary of the Mersey, with a level sandy beach extending over three miles … 2 Crosby Channel forms the principal entrance to the Mersey; it is about three-quarters of a mile wide. By …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… alluvial deposits in the immediate vicinity of the River Mersey. The village is situated on the border of Penketh. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the southern and eastern limits being washed by the Mersey, which curves round Hale Point, the most southerly … Ciss Green, and at the western corner, on the banks of the Mersey, is Dungeon, where a century ago there were … M. Gregson in 1817 mentions a project for embanking the Mersey from the marsh at Ditton down to Garston or even to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… north and Rams Brook on the south, both running into the Mersey. Halewood Green, with a hamlet called North End, is … is the village. The part of the township bordering on the Mersey is called Halebank, in which is the site of a large … hawthorn hedges, especially about the farmsteads. On the Mersey bank is a fringe of flat marshy fields and mud banks. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the earl of Derby, as lord of the land between Ribble and Mersey; Inq. and Extents, 147. Windle and Halsall were …