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Survey of English Place-Names

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Egremont, Egremont Ferry & Egremont Promenade

Other OS name in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • Egremont 1831 Bry
  • Egremont Ferry 1841 TAMap
  • North Egremont 1842 OS

Etymology

, Egremont 1831 Bry, Egremont Ferry 1841TAMap , North Egremont 1842 OS ( cf. Egremont 330infra ) , a nineteenth - century development , perhaps named after Egremont Cu .