These wide, open spaces by the sea have lured folk of a somewhat similar disposition in times past; hear what a rambler said of his visit to Moreton about the early 1920s: ‘Till pretty recently, Moreton was no more than a tranquil cluster of old Wirral homesteads, but just at present its name is associated with contention by reason of a ...

The building on the left is Old Hall Farm, the oldest farm building in Wirral; built in 1719 for Mary and Daniel Wilson of Bidston Hall. More recently it was known as Puvells Pig farm but today is used for commercial

It was known as Moreton-cum-Lingham by 1889 and was bounded by Great Meols to the West with Bidston and Wallasey to the South and East. Before the embankment was constructed, it was 3000 acres of tidal lagoon between one and two metres below sea level with most of the remainder little more than one metre above.

2013年9月3日 · Here follow some notes and recollections starting with memoranda of a visit back to Moreton in about 1972, including a conversation with old Ted Smith who was the sexton at the parish church when I was little.

Moreton is also known for being the home of the Burton's factory, producer of Cadbury's biscuits. Moreton is also the home of Manor Bakeries, the former Cadbury's cakes department, at Reeds Lane near to Leasowe railway station. Moreton witnessed the world's first commercial passenger and mail hovercraft service. The

It was a Moreton with much of the old farming village still intact. Holt Avenue was an “unadopted” lane with a cinder roadway and an old orchard on the corner with Hoylake Road. A walk from home, down towards the shore, along the paved Digg Lane soon gave way …

Moreton and Leasowe are steeped in history, from the oldest Farm House in Wirral to the oldest lighthouse in Britain. We can also trace Moretons original inhabitants back to at least Roman times. There is much evidence of early Roman roads, markets and even ports around the village and surrounding areas. The name Moreton comes from the

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Moreton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Located on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula , it is approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) to the west of Wallasey . Historically part of Cheshire and now within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, the town was divided in 2004 between the local government wards of ...

Just a short note to congratulate you on the most interesting website covering memories of "old" Moreton. I lived there from 1935 to 1966 with some intervals away, one of which was courtesy of the Luftwaffe in WWII. Perhaps I shall add to the accounts given by your friends some day; do you have space for several pages of memoirs?