Hoylake, eccl. dist. and coast vil. with ry. sta., West Kirby par., W. Cheshire, at entrance to river Dee - dist., pop. 2519; vil., 6 miles W. of Birkenhead; P.O., T.O.; is situated at the extreme point of Wirral peninsula, and is a pleasant watering-place, affording excellent bathing, and possessing a racecourse and links for golfing. Near the church are 2 lighthouses, 64 and 42 ft. high, each with fixed light (Hoylake) 555 and 31 ft. above high water and seen 13 and 11 miles.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))