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MOORE, or MooR, a village and a township in Runcorn parish, Cheshire. The village stands adjacent to the Northwestern railway and the Bridgewater canal, 1 mile SE of the Mersey and Irwell cana1, 1½ SE of the Mersey river, and 3¼ SW of Warrington; is a neat place; and has a station on the railway, and a postal letter-box under Warrington. The township comprises 901 acres. Real property, £2,267. Pop. in 1851,336; in 1861, 269. Houses, 56 'T he manor, with Moore Hall, belongs to the Rev. G. Heron. There is a Wes1eyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Moore Parish Runcorn Parish Cheshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | MOOR | MOORE | MOORE OR MOOR |
| Place: | Moore |
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