A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Mersey, river, Cheshire and Lancashire; is formed by the union of several streams from the Pennine Moors, and passes across the low plain between these moors and the Irish Sea, which it enters by a magnificent estuary; by its own course and by that of its affluents (the Irwell and Weaver) it comes in contact with the vast agricultural and manufacturing industries of this district, making it, after the Thames, the most important river of England; is 68 miles long, including 20 miles of estuary, which varies in breadth from 8 miles above Eastham to 1 mile between Liverpool and Woodside, and 2 miles at New Brighton where it enters the sea; the Mersey Tunnel, extending under the bed of the river between Woodside, Birkenhead, and George's Dock, Liverpool, was opened in January 1886.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Merseyside |
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