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LL Cheshire |
Name |
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Town |
Visit? |
LL Ref. |
Dates |
Actual Location |
Grid Reference |
IoE |
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Swan & Cygnet |
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Thornton Hough, Wirral |
Private |
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Jan 10 : |
Gatehouse to Thornton Manor
Manor Road
CH63 1JB |
N53.3272 W3.0512 |
215483
BLB |
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Lucky Horseshoe |
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Thornton Hough |
Smithy |
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The Smithy
Neston Road
CH63 1JF |
N53.3204 W3.0472 |
215491 |
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Thornton Hough was largely rebuilt and expanded in the
1880s by the
third
Lord Leverhulme, of the then
Lever Brothers soap company, now the
Unilever
corporation. His aim was to create as a clean and safe environment for his
workers to live in.
c.f. Port Sunlight |
Lilliput
Lane's "The Swan & Cygnet" is based on
Gatehouse to Thornton Manor, Manor Road, CH63 1JB ? ("It’s up the road out of town towards the
A5137". [IoE
215483 BLB] {Claire Scott info} |
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Photo: Claire Scott |
Blank |
Lilliput
Lane's "Lucky Horseshoe" is based on
The Smithy,
Neston Road,
CH63 1JF [IoE
215491] {Claire
Scott info} |
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Photo: Mike Tarrant |
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The Smithy is on the edge of
the green |
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Other buildings |
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Thatched Sports Pavillion |
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5,4,3, 2, 1 [IoE
215486] Neston Road |
5 [IoE
215489], 3 & 4 Neston Road [IoE
215488] |
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2 Raby Road [IoE
215579] |
1-6 Manor Road [IoE
215478] |
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All Saints Church [IoE
215578] |
St Georges URC [IoE
215589] |
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Village Post Office & Club [IoE
215595] |
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