A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Wirral, hundred and peninsula, Cheshire, between rivers Mersey and Dee, 62,578 ac., pop. 49,494; the peninsula is a flat low-lying stretch of land, 12 miles by 7, and is protected from encroachments of the sea by a long embankment.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Wirral |
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