SOUTHPORT  , a municipal and See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough and seaside resort in the Southport See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, immediately S. of the embouchure of the Ribble into the Irish See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, 182 m . N. by W. of See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool . It is served by the Lancashire & See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire and See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western See also:

• RAIL

rail-ways, and by the Southport & See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire Lines See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

Extension See also:

• SYSTEM

system . Pop . (Igor), 48,083 . Its See also:

• FORESHORE

foreshore consists of a See also:

• GREAT

great expanse of See also:

• FIRM

firm, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright sands, and the mildness of its See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is attributed to the See also:

• RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation of See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat from them . Its proximity to Liverpool and See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester has See also:

• DRAWN

drawn to it a large See also:

• RESIDENT

resident See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, and its visitors number many thousands annually . The See also:

• PROMENADE

promenade along the See also:

• SHORE

shore is 2 M. in length; in its centre is the See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, r m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, down which tramcars are drawn by a stationary See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine . Other facilities for outdoor enjoyment are provided in Hesketh See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (presented to the See also:

• TOWN

town by the Rev . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Hesketh, formerly See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of North Meols, and one of the lords of the See also:

• MANOR

manor), the Botanic Gardens, See also:

• KEW

Kew Gardens, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Marine Park, and the Winter Gardens . The last, laid out at a cost of £130,000, include a large conservatory, a See also:

• FINE

fine enclosed promenade, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and an See also:

• AQUARIUM (plural aquaria)

aquarium . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal public buildings are the town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge Hall (used for concerts, &c.), and an extensive range of markets .

There are several infirmaries and hospitals, and a See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . Southport has also a See also:

• FREE

free library and See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, a See also:

• LITERARY

literary and philosophical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, and a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (Trinity Hall) for the daughters of Wesleyan ministers; and a museum and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and art . An extensive service of electric tramways is maintained . The first considerable See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in South-See also:

• PORT

port (an See also:

• INN

inn for the reception of sea-bathers) was built in 1791, and soon after other houses were erected on the site now known as See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, but the population in 1809 was only See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo . Birk-See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

dale is a residential See also:

• DISTRICT

district adjacent to Southport on the south . In 1867 Southport received a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation . It be-came a county borough in 1905 . The See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consists of a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, to aldermen and 30 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 5144 acres .