Great Altcar
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Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | LIVERPOOL | |
| Postcode district | L37 | |
| Dialling code | 01704 | |
| Police | Lancashire | |
| Fire | Lancashire | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Great Altcar is a village and
2011 census was 213.[1] The name Altcar is Norse meaning "marsh by the Alt". The church of St Michael and All Angels is a timber framed
structure dating from 1879.
The area is now intensively farmed. An area called The Moss is situated to the north, and is characterized by drainage dykes.
Altcar hosted
Hightown
.
Geography
Great Altcar is on the
Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway
Southport Extension until July 1952.
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See also
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
Media related to Great Altcar at Wikimedia Commons
- Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 37
- Aerial photo
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080507134445/http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/altcar.htm
- Altcar and Hillhouse railway station photographs
- Altcar Bob
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