In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hanging Birch like this:
HANGING-BIRCH, a hamlet in Widnes township, Prescot parish, Lancashire; 4¼ miles SE of Prescot.
Additional information about this locality is available for Widnes
Hanging Birch through time
Hanging Birch is now part of Halton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Halton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hanging Birch itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hanging Birch, in Halton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25501
Date accessed: 17th October 2024
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