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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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GARSTON, a small town, a township, and a chapelry, in Childwall parish, Lancashire. The town stands on the Mersey, and on the Warrington, Garston, and Liverpool railway, 6 miles SE of Liverpool; was once noted for extensive salt-works; is now a sub-port to Liverpool, with new docks; and has a railway station with telegraph, and a post office‡ under Liverpool. -The township includes also Aigburth, a suburb of Liverpool. Acres, 3, 293; of which 1, 665 are water. Real property, £31, 643. Pop. in 1851, 2, 756; in 1861, 4, 720. Houses, 763.—The chapelry includes only the eastern part of the township; excludes Aigburth; and was constituted in 1828. Pop., 2, 016. Houses, 356. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £138.* Patron, Richard Watt, Esq. The church is very good; and there are two dissenting chapels, Church schools, and charities £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Childwall AP/CP Garston CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Garston |
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