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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT |
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WALLASEY , an urban district
Birkenhead
Great
Float , forming an immense dock (see BIRKENAEAD). The church of St Hilary, to which is assigned a foundation in the loth century, was rebuilt in the 18th century, with the exception of the tower bearing the date 1536. It was gutted by fire in 1857, and the whole was again rebuilt in the Early English style. On the shore of the Irish Sea is Leasowe Castle, once known as Mock-Beggar Hall
witness the horse-races held here. Under Wallasey Pool are remains of a submerged forest, in which various animal skeletons have been found.At the Conquest Wallasey formed part of the possessions of Robert de Rhuddlan, and on his decease became part of the fee of Halton. In the reign of Elizabeth it had a small port, to which there belonged three barques and fourteen men. In 1668 the manor was possessed by the earl
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