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.

Beacon Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Grange Beacon 1882 Orm2

Etymology

, 1842 OS , named from Grange Beacon 1882 Orm2 , a stone column erected in 1841 as a beacon for Mersey navigators , giving name to Column Rd and replacing Grange Mill , the old landmark blown down in a storm in 1839 , cf. Brownbill 64 .