In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Knotty Ash like this:
KNOTTY-ASH, a chapelry in Walton-on-the-Hill parish, Lancashire; ½ a mile N of Broad-Green r. station, and 4 E of Liverpool. It has a post office under Liverpool, and a police station. Pop. in 1861, about 1,800. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Salisbury. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern, in the later English style; and contains 900 sittings. There are national schools.
Additional information about this locality is available for Walton on the Hill
Knotty Ash through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Knotty Ash, in Liverpool and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25110
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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