Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gayton

Gayton.-- township, Heswall par., W. Cheshire, on Dee estuary, 3 miles N. of Great Neston, 708 ac. and 1150 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 199; contains the seat of Gayton Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place: Gayton

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