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New Brighton. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Brighton like this: BRIGHTON (New), a village and a chapelry in Wallasey parish, Cheshire.
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One of the early maps of New Brighton, circa 1835, only highlights two street names, Montpelier Crescent (with one 'l') and Albion Street. A start had been made on New Brighton....
New Brighton is a seaside resort and suburb of Wallasey, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England, at the northeastern tip of the Wirral peninsula. It has sandy beaches which line the Irish Sea and mouth of the Mersey, and the UK's longest promenade. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,859.
Apr 6, 2024 · Within three years of Atherton buying the land, a steam paddle-wheel ferry service was introduced from Liverpool to what was starting to be called New Brighton after Brighton, the famous South coast watering hole.
Mar 23, 2020 · Much of the land that now makes up the coast edge and promenade of New Brighton has been reclaimed from the sea over the last 100 or so years. The original foreshore was around 150m further inland than it is today. You can see the extent of the early foreshore in this Ordnance Survey Map from 1882.
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During the latter half of the 19th century, New Brighton developed as a very popular seaside resort serving Liverpool and the Lancashire industrial towns, and many of the large houses were converted to inexpensive hotels. A pier was opened in the 1860s, and the promenade from Seacombe to New Brighton was built in the 1890s.