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Ellesmere Port

Ellesmere Port history

Ellesmere Port is an industrial town and cargo port to the south of the Wirral Peninsula on the River Mersey estuary. Read

Mostyn House School, Parkgate

Neston and Parkgate history

Neston is a small market town on the Wirral peninsula. Its Viking name means farmstead on the promontory and it appeared in the Domesday Book as Nestone which was owned by William Fitznigel. Read

Church at Ince

Stanlow and Ince history

Stanlow and Ince lie to the east of Ellesmere Port town centre and are surrounded by Shell's Stanlow Refinery. Read

Hooton

Hooton history

Hooton gains it's name from a combination of the Saxon words 'ho' (point of land into the sea or plain) and 'tun' (a farm). Read

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