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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hanging Birch like this:
HANGING-BIRCH, a hamlet in Widnes township, Prescot parish, Lancashire; 4¼ miles SE of Prescot.
Hanging Birch is now part of HALTON Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HALTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hanging Birch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hanging Birch, in Halton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25501
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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