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Thornton Hough

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Thornton Hough is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, of pre-Conquest origins. [1]

71 relations: All Saints Church, Thornton Hough, Badminton, Barnston, Merseyside, Baron Mostyn, Birkenhead, Brimstage, Bromborough, Brownies, Chester, Clatterbridge, Cricket, Cub Scout, Dee Estuary, Domesday Book, Edward II of England, Edward Ould, Elizabethan architecture, Fête, Forge, Gayton, Merseyside, Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting, H. Gustave Hiller, Heswall, Irish Sea, John Douglas (architect), Leasowe, Listed building, Listed buildings in Thornton Hough, Little Neston, Liverpool, Local Government Act 1972, Merseyside, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Model village, Mostyn, Neston, Norman conquest of England, Parish church, Parkgate, Cheshire, Port Sunlight, Post office, Primary school, Pub, Raby Mere, Raby, Merseyside, Rainbows (Girl Guides), River Mersey, Romanesque Revival architecture, Scarecrow, Spire, ..., St George's United Reformed Church, Thornton Hough, Tennis court, The Royal British Legion, The Scout Association, Thornton Manor, Timber framing, Township (England), Turnpike trusts, Unilever, United Kingdom census, 2001, Victorian architecture, Village green, Ward (electoral subdivision), William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, Wirral Hundred, Wirral Peninsula, Wirral Rural District, Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency), Wirral Urban District, World War II. Expand index (21 more) »

All Saints Church, Thornton Hough

All Saints Church is in Raby Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

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Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.

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Barnston, Merseyside

Barnston is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the county of Merseyside, England, situated to the north east of Heswall.

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Baron Mostyn

Baron Mostyn, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

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Brimstage

Brimstage is a village located in the centremost part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, east of Heswall and west of Bebington.

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Bromborough

Bromborough is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside.

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Brownies

Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in America, Girl Scouts) organization for girls aged seven years old to ten years old.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Clatterbridge

Clatterbridge is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England, south-west of Bebington, close to the M53 motorway.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cub Scout

Cub Scouts, Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with Scouting for young children usually between 5 and 12, depending on the national organization to which they belong.

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Dee Estuary

The Dee Estuary (Aber Dyfrdwy) is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Edward II of England

Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.

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Edward Ould

Edward Augustus Lyle Ould (1852–1909) was an English architect.

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Elizabethan architecture

Elizabethan architecture refers to buildings of aesthetic ambition constructed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland from 1558-1603.

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Fête

A fête, or fete, is an elaborate festival, party or celebration.

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Forge

A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located.

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Gayton, Merseyside

Gayton is a village in Wirral, Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate.

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Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14.

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H. Gustave Hiller

Henry Gustave Hiller (1865–1946) was an artist based in Liverpool, England.

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Heswall

Heswall is a town on the Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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John Douglas (architect)

John Douglas (11 April 183023 May 1911) was an English architect who designed over 500 buildings in Cheshire, North Wales, and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall.

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Leasowe

Leasowe is an area on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, in North West England, near Moreton and between Wallasey and Meols.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Listed buildings in Thornton Hough

Thornton Hough is a village in Wirral, Merseyside, England.

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Little Neston

Little Neston is a residential village south of Neston and situated on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million.

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Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England.

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Model village

A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and industrialists to house their workers.

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Mostyn

Mostyn is a small village in Flintshire, Wales, and electoral ward lying on the estuary of the River Dee, located near the town of Holywell.

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Neston

Neston is a small residential town and civil parish in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Parkgate, Cheshire

Parkgate is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the part that lies in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the North West of England.

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Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight is a model village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, it is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula.

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Post office

A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.

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Primary school

A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Raby Mere

Raby Mere is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England.

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Raby, Merseyside

Raby is a hamlet located within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

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Rainbows (Girl Guides)

Rainbows is the youngest section of GirlGuiding in the UK.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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Scarecrow

A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin, often in the shape of a human.

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Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, often a skyscraper or a church tower, similar to a steep tented roof.

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St George's United Reformed Church, Thornton Hough

St George's Church is in Manor Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

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Tennis court

A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.

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The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), sometimes called The British Legion or The Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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The Scout Association

The Scout Association is the largest Scouting organisation in the United Kingdom and is the World Organization of the Scout Movement's recognised member for the United Kingdom (UK).

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Thornton Manor

Thornton Manor is a large house in the village of Thornton Hough, Wirral, Merseyside, England.

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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Township (England)

In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.

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Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Unilever

Unilever () is a British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in London, United Kingdom and Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Village green

A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme

William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (19 September 1851 – 7 May 1925) was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician.

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William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme

William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, DL (25 March 1888 – 27 May 1949) was the son of William Hesketh Lever and Elizabeth Ellen, daughter of Crompton Hulme of Bolton.

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Wirral Hundred

The Hundred of Wirral is the ancient administrative area for the Wirral Peninsula.

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Wirral Peninsula

Wirral, also known as The Wirral, is a peninsula in northwest England.

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Wirral Rural District

Wirral was a rural district in Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1933.

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Wirral South (UK Parliament constituency)

Wirral South is a constituency in Merseyside represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alison McGovern of the Labour Party.

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Wirral Urban District

Wirral was an urban district in Cheshire, England from 1933 to 1974.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Hough

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