English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

New Brighton

Other OS name in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • New Brighton Ferry 1842 OS
  • Ferry House 1831 Bry 1841 TAMap

Etymology

, 1841TAMap , New Brighton Ferry 1842 OS, a seasideresort developed in the nineteenth century and named after BrightonSx. A Ferry House is shown in Ferry House 1831 Bry, 1841TAMap , near Vale Park .