Wirral

/ ˈwɪrəl /

noun

the Wirral
a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 313 800 (2003 est). Area: 158 sq km (61 sq miles)

On the opposite bank of the Mersey lay the Wirral peninsula, in which this system of assessment cannot be traced.

The encroachment of the sea upon the Wirral shore has been very gradual, p. 65but regular, for many years.

Scarcely a house in north Wirral that could not provide a guest with a good stiff glass of brandy or Hollands.

In the Wirral or Western Cheshire are several attractive villages.

Brunanburh has been thought by some writers of history to be the village of Bromborough in Wirral.

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