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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Raby like this:
RABY, a township in Neston parish, Cheshire; 2 miles N E of Great Neston. Acres, 1, 472. Real property, £1, 828. Pop., 214. Houses, 36. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Raby is now part of WIRRAL District. Click here for graphs and data of how WIRRAL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Raby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Raby, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4563
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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