| Eastham | |
  Eastham shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 12,250 (2001 Census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIRRAL |
| Postcode district | CH62 |
| Dialling code | 0151 3** |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wirral South |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
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Geography
Eastham is the southernmost area of the Merseyside part of Wirral, lying within a green belt area bordering Merseyside and Cheshire, adjacent to the River Mersey. A green belt or greenbelt is a policy or land use designation used in Land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped wild or agricultural land Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. It is located close to the M53 motorway, and lies directly on the A41 road, the main road between Birkenhead and Birmingham. The M53 is a 20 Mile (32 Km) Motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in The A41 is a formerly-major Trunk road in England that links London and Birkenhead, although as stated below it has now largely been Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um It is also close to the city of Chester and shares a proximity to the village of Port Sunlight, a historic centre for the British soap industry. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Port Sunlight is a Model village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The town comprises the original village of Eastham and modern pleasant private housing areas. These include Brookhurst (which borders Willaston and Raby Mere) and Chapel View, a development of new housing near Eastham Ferry. Willaston is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. Raby Mere is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England.
History
Eastham is cited as one of the oldest villages on the Wirral Peninsula and has been inhabited since Anglo Saxon times. The name derives from its location: ham ("home") situated to the east of Willaston, which was then the principal settlement. [3] The original village is clustered around St. Mary's church, whose churchyard contains an ancient yew. St Mary's Church Eastham is in the small town of Eastham on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England ( Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Much of the surrounding land was once owned by the powerful Stanley family.
Since the Middle Ages, a ferry service operated across the River Mersey between Eastham and Liverpool, the early ferries being run by monks from the Abbey of St. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Werburgh. By the late 1700s, up to 40 coaches each day arrived at a newly built pier, carrying passengers and goods for the ferry. Paddle steamers were introduced in 1816 to replace the sailboats, but the demand for a service declined in the 1840s with the opening of a railway link between Chester and Birkenhead Woodside Ferry. A paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a Steam engine that uses one or more Paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. Woodside is a small riverside locality in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, situated almost In 1846, the owner of the ferry, Thomas Stanley, built the Eastham Ferry Hotel and shortly after, the Pleasure Gardens were added to attract more visitors. Thomas Stanley may refer to one of several people Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (1435&ndash1504 English aristocrat Thomas Bahnson Stanley The gardens were landscaped with Rhododendrons, Azaleas, ornamental trees and fountains. Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, "rose" and dendron, "tree" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Azaleas are flowering Shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Attractions included a zoo, with bears, lions, monkeys and antelope, an open air stage, tea rooms, bandstand, ballroom, boating lake, water chute and a loop-the loop roller coaster. A zoological garden, shortened to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity The lion ( Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four Big cats in the Genus Panthera. A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being Antelope are Ruminant hoofed Mammals of the family Bovidae in the order of Even-toed ungulates. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first [4]
Entertainers performed in the gardens during summer, and included Blondin, the famous tight-rope walker who once wheeled a local boy across a high wire in a wheelbarrow. Jean François Gravelet-Blondin ( 28 February 1824 &ndash 19 February 1897) French tight-rope walker and acrobat In 1894, the Manchester Ship Canal was opened by Queen Victoria, bringing added prosperity to the area and a Jubilee Arch was built at the entrance to the Pleasure Gardens in 1897 to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. The Manchester Ship Canal is a wide long river navigation in North West England, opened on 21 May 1894 Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th Anniversary in the case of a person (e
In 1854 the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, whilst in the position of United States consul in Liverpool, visited Eastham and declared it to be: "the finest old English village I have seen, with many antique houses, and with altogether a rural and picturesque aspect, unlike anything in America, and yet possessing a familiar look, as if it were something I had dreamed about. Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4 1804 – May 19 1864 was an American novelist and Short story writer " The English Note-Books (1870).
In its heyday Eastham Ferry was known as the 'Richmond of the Mersey', but its popularity declined during the 1920s and the last paddle steamer crossing took place in 1929. The Pleasure Gardens fell into disrepair during the 1930s and the Iron pier and Jubilee Arch were later dismantled. [4] In 1970, to commemorate European Conservation Year, the area was designated a Woodland & Country Park and today, it is once more a popular place of recreation. A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment
In the 1930s, significant housing development joined Eastham to neighbouring Bromborough leaving the Mersey side of the Wirral continuously built up to New Brighton. New Brighton is a Seaside resort located in the town of Wallasey, on the north east tip of the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside
Open spaces
As well as Eastham Country Park and Woods, The Lowfields, close to Eastham Rake Station, is the start of a guided walk suggested by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, following Dibbinsdale Brook and leads onto the Wirral Way. The Wirral Country Park is a Country park on the Wirral Peninsula, England, lying both in the Metropolitan
Dibbinsdale Brook and Clatter Brook run through the Brookhurst area of Eastham and into Bromborough. There is also a private golf club, Eastham Lodge, a mature parkland course with views across the River Mersey.
Near to the village centre is a small public area called Torr Park. It was originally founded by the Stanley family as an area for recreation. In the present day the park offers tennis courts and a bowling green. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) In English garden history, a bowling green is a finely-laid close-mown and rolled stretch of flat Lawn for playing the game of Bowls, a fashion in
Transport
Eastham Lock forms the western end of the Manchester Ship Canal, and is the largest lock in the UK. The Manchester Ship Canal is a wide long river navigation in North West England, opened on 21 May 1894 A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal Waterways. In order to provide berthing facilities for large tankers that could not be accommodated on the canal due to size, the Queen Elizabeth II Dock was constructed, with vehicular access from Ferry Road. Queen Elizabeth II Dock is a dock situated on the River Mersey at Eastham, on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
Eastham Rake railway station opened in 1995 on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. Eastham Rake railway station is a Railway station serving the village of Eastham on The Wirral, Merseyside, England. The Wirral Line is one of the two lines owned and operated by Merseyrail on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern Line (the Merseyrail Merseyrail is the name given to the electric metro-style commuter Train network centred on Liverpool in the metropolitan county of Merseyside
References
- ^ a b Wirral 2001 Census: Eastham. Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Retrieved on 30 June 2007. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ 2001 Census: Eastham (Ward). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 15 April 2008. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ The Wirral Hundred, The Wirral Peninsula. Mike Kemble. Retrieved on 15 April 2008. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ a b History of Eastham. sunnyfield. co. uk. Retrieved on 15 April 2008. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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