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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Greasby like this:
GREASBY, a township in West Kirby and Thurstastog parishes, Cheshire; 5¼ miles WSW of Birkenhead. It has a post office under Birkenhead. Acres, 742. Real property, £1, 236. Pop., 204. Houses, 34.
Greasby is now part of WIRRAL District. Click here for graphs and data of how WIRRAL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Greasby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Greasby, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3613
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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