In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Irby like this:
IRBY, a township in Woodchurch and Thurstaston parishes, Cheshire; 5 miles NNW of Great Neston. Acres, 574. Real property, £.1, 015. Pop., 177. Houses, 31. Pop. of the Woodchurch portion, 152. Houses, 26. The manor belonged to the Gleggs.
Irby through time
Irby is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Irby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Irby, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5734
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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