Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirby, West

Kirby, West, par., township, and vil., with ry. sta., Cheshire, in NW. of co., on Dee estuary, 9 miles SW. of Birkenhead--par., 6744 ac. land and 27,485 water, pop. 4410; township, 440 ac. land and 2870 water, pop. 1118; P.O., T.O.


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

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Feature Description: "parish, township, and village, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cheshire Ancient County
Place names: KIRBY     |     KIRBY WEST     |     WEST KIRBY
Place: West Kirby

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