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GAYTON, a township in Heswall parish, Cheshire; on the estuary of the Dee, at a ferry to Flintshire, 3 miles NW by N of Great Neston. Acres, 2, 075; of which 1, 235 are water. Real property, £1, 116. Pop., 193. Houses, 31. Gayton Hall belonged to the Baskervilles, and passed to the Gleggs.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Gayton |
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