Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NESS

NESS, a village and a township in Neston parish, Cheshire. The village stands near the shore of the Dee'sestuary, 1¼ mile S S E of Great Neston; and is a pleasantplace. The township comprises 2, 375 acres of land, and 1,060 of water. Real property, £1, 643. Pop. in 1851, 454; in 1861, 346. Houses, 70. About 16 houses weretaken down between 1851 and 1861. Much of the landbelongs to Sir R. Errington, Bart.; and Den Hall is the seat of Mrs. Stanley.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ness CP/Tn       Neston AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Ness

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