In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Meolse like this:
MEOLSE (GREAT), a township in West Kirby parish, Cheshire; on the coast, and on the Hoylake railway, at Meolse r. station, 6½ miles W by N of Birkenhead. Acres, 3,883; of which 3,200 are foreshore-water. Real property, £883. Pop., 184. Houses, 34.
Great Meolse through time
Great Meolse is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Meolse itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Meolse, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22608
Date accessed: 27th September 2024
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