Poulton with Seacombe, Cheshire
Historical Description
Poulton-with-Seacombe, a township in Wallasey parish, Cheshire, on Wallasey Pool and the river Mersey, opposite Liverpool, and in the N vicinity of Birkenhead. There are stations at both Seacombe and Poulton on the Wurall railway. The township contains the Birkenhead suburb of Seacombe, and comprises 758 acres of land and 72 of water, with 276 of an adjacent tidal water and 30 of foreshore; population, 14,839. Poulton village has gas and water works which supply the whole parish of Wallasey, a mission church, and a post and money order office under Liverpool; telegraph office, Liscard.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.