In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Egremont like this:
EGREMONT, a town in Wallasey parish, Cheshire; on the Mersey, opposite the lower part of Liverpool, 2 miles NNW of Birkenhead. It has a post office under Birkenhead, a steam ferry to Liverpool, a principal hotel, a church, and other prominent objects. It is a new place; partakes of the history and prosperity of Birkenhead; comprises a number of streets, principally laid out on straight lines and at right angles; and consists of two parts, Egremont proper, and North Egremont. ...
The church at it is that of St. John, Liscard. An United Presbyterian church at it, built in 1862, at a cost of about £3, 000, is a spacions edifice in the Grecian style.
Egremont through time
Egremont is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Egremont itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Egremont, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21408
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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