Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALE

HALE, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Childwall parish and Prescot district, Lancashire. The village stands on the coast of the Mersey, 2 miles S W of Halewood r. station, and 10 SE by E of Liverpool; is a picturesque and pleasant place, much frequented by pleasure parties from Liverpool; and has a post office‡ under Warrington. The township comprises 1, 626 acres of land and 2, 165 of water. Real property, £3, 847. Pop., 6 48. Houses, 122. The manor belonged, in the time of William the Conqueror, to John de Ireland; and has descended from him to its present proprietor John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. Hale Hall, Mr. B. 's seat, was built, in 1674, by Sir Gilbert Ireland; has a recently erected front; and commands a fine view of the Mersey. A decoy pool, for catching wild fowl, is about ¼ of a mile from the village. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and is of very ancient date. Pop., 1, 062. Houses, 202. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £105. * Patron, J. I. Blackburne, Esq. The church is a plain building, with aisles, porch, and tower. Charities, £15. John Middleton, known as ' ' the child of Hale, '' who was 9 feet 3 inches high, was born here in 1578, and died and was buried here in 1623.—The sub-district contains the townships of Hale, Speke, and Halewood. Acres, 13, 042. Pop., 2, 424. Houses, 430.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Childwall AP/CP       Hale Ch/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Hale

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