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Leasowe Lighthouse

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • the Mockbeggar Lighthouses 1761 Orm2ii497
  • the Upper Lighthouse 1764 ib
  • the Lingham Lighthouse 1815 Sheaf334
  • Leazou Light-house 1819 Orm2
  • Mockbeggar or Leasowes Light 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , one of two lights for the Mersey , the Mockbeggar Lighthouses 1761 Orm2 ii497, the Upper Lighthouse 1764 ib, the Lingham Lighthouse 1815 Sheaf3 34, Leazou Light-house 1819 Orm2, Mockbeggar or Leasowes Light 1831 Bry , cf. Leasowe, Lingham,Mockbeggar Hall 332, 319, 333infra .