Bromborough, Cheshire

Description
Bromborough, a township and a parish in Cheshire. The township lies on the Mersey, 4 1/2 miles S by E of Birkenhead, and has a station on the Birkenhead and Chester section of the L. & N.W.R. and G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) under Birkenhead. It had formerly a weekly market, and an annual fair by charter of King Edward I. It adjoins the Eastham ferry on the Mersey, and is believed to be the site of the battle of Brunenburgh, fought tiy King Athelstan in 937. Acreage, 1539 of land and 1690 of water (including 902 tidal water and 772 foreshore), population, 1662. The parish includes also the township of Brimstage, which forms part of Thornton Hough ecclesiastical parish. Bromborough Hall is the chief residence. Bromborough Pool, a creek of the Mersey, is occupied by the Liverpool floating gunpowder magazines, and has on its shore the establishment of Price's Patent Candle Company. A small priory was founded at Bromborongh about 912 by Ethelfleda. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester; gross value, £343 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The church was rebuilt in the Early English style in 1865. There is a church at Bromborough Pool and a cottage hospital.