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Leasowe Castle was built by Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby-a patron of Shakespeare-in 1593, possibly ( though this is disputed ) as an observation platform for the Wallasey races which took place on the sands in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which are regarded as a forerunner of the Derby races.
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Leasowe and Castle
The ceiling of the Star Chamber can still be seen at Leasowe Castle, Wirral, England.
and the historic Star Chamber ceiling, with its bright gold stars, was brought to Leasowe Castle on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire from the Court of Westminster, along with four beautiful tapestries depicting the four seasons.
Leasowe Castle
He also built Leasowe Castle, probably as an observation platform for watching horse races on the nearby sands.
He was created a Baronet in 1876 ( see Cust Baronets, of Leasowe Castle ).
* Cust baronets, of Leasowe Castle
The coast at Moreton is part of a stretch of sand that runs from Meols to Leasowe known as Mockbeggar Wharf, named after Mockbeggar Hall, otherwise known as Leasowe Castle.
Leasowe and was
Historically within Cheshire, Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey, and is now within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, the Wallasey parliamentary constituency and the New Wallasey Regeneration programme.
Leasowe Lighthouse was built in 1763 by Liverpool Corporation's Docks Committee ( the forerunner of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board ) and is the oldest brick-built lighthouse in Britain.
It was one of four lights on the North Wirral foreshore, the others being two at Hoylake and another-a lower light-at Leasowe.
Littler, Consultant Rheumatologist, who was devoted to Leasowe.
Leasowe Hospital was eventually bought by the Wirral Christian Centre in 1981 and was used later as a retirement home and handicap centre.
The Leasowe and Egremont were popular ferries with their crews as they had much improved crew accommodation compared to the earlier steamers, where much of the lower deck space was taken up with boilers and machinery.
There was, however, a major design fault with Leasowe and Egremont.
From 2004, the town was divided between the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral wards of Leasowe & Moreton East and Moreton West & Saughall Massie.
Because of the sandbanks just offshore, Leasowe Lighthouse was built in 1763 and is the oldest brick-built lighthouse in Britain.
Until the 1990s, Bristol-Myers Squibb was also a major employer to the local workforce, with a large factory located on the opposite side of Reeds Lane to Burton's, next to Leasowe Station.
A Vickers-Armstrong VA-3 hovercraft was operated by British United Airways and ran from Leasowe embankment to Rhyl in North Wales.
This served both as a recreational amenity in its own right, and to link up the developments along the estuary, and was later extended westwards towards Leasowe.
The club was refused permission to build a ground in Leasowe Road not far from their former grounds.
Leasowe and built
Along the embankment between Leasowe and Moreton are the remains of fortifications built during the Second World War.
The Leasowe and Egremont were built by Philip and Co. in Dartmouth, Devon and entered service in late 1951 and early 1952 respectively.
Leasowe Lighthouse, built in 1763 and the oldestbrick-built lighthouse in Britain
Leasowe and by
On Leasowe Road is the first building in the world to be heated entirely by solar energy.
Leasowe is part of the Wallasey parliamentary constituency and represented by Angela Eagle MP.
Manor Bakeries, the former Cadbury's cakes department, ( now owned by Premier Foods Group ) is located in the town at Reeds Lane, near to Leasowe railway station.
The park is managed by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ranger service from their offices in the Leasowe Lighthouse, and occupies some 400 acres ( 988 hectares ) of land in a four mile stretch along the coastline making it Wirral's largest park.
Leasowe and though
* Look though the Webcam on top of Leasowe Lighthouse
Leasowe and is
Leasowe is an area on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, in North West England, near Moreton and between Wallasey and Meols.
Another name closely associated with ' Leasowe '; amongst others, is that of ( the late ) Dr T. R.
Leasowe railway station is situated on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.
The majority of the Leasowe area is governed locally as Leasowe and Moreton East Ward.
The Leasowe is still cruising around the Greek islands.
Leasowe and for
Leasowe Hospital or ; The Leasowe Sanatorium For Crippled Children and Hospital for Tuberculosis, to give its full and original name, later became known as the Liverpool Open-Air Hospital, Leasowe, and finally Leasowe Hospital.
They were loosely based on designs of the Leasowe and Egremont of the Wallasey fleet, although they both weighed considerably more at 464 tonnes, compared with 311 tonnes for the earlier vessels.
Leasowe and Wallasey
The constituency covers the town of Wallasey, at the north of the Wirral Peninsula, including the six areas: Wallasey Village, Seacombe, Egremont, Liscard, New Brighton and Poulton, as well as Moreton and Leasowe.
Leasowe and on
Early photographs of Leasowe and Egremont show them carrying what look like binnacle shrouds ( the brass lids that sit atop of a binnacle ) on the roof of their wheelhouses and wing cabs.
Leasowe and are
There are two stations serving Moreton, these are Moreton and Leasowe.
Leasowe and .
The world's first passenger hovercraft service operated in 1961-62 between Leasowe and Rhyl in North Wales.
Slowly Leasowe Hospital changed from being principally a children's T. B.
The ward takes in the Leasowe housing estate, developments along Leasowe Road and East Moreton.
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