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|text='''New Brighton''' is a seaside resort on the Wirral in [[Cheshire]]. It effectively forms part of the neighbouring town, [[Wallasey]]. New Brghton stands at the northeastern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, where sandy beaches line the shore of the Irish Sea. The town was created specificallyto draw holidaymakers, and named after the most famous of the seaside resort towns; Brighton in Sussex. | |text='''New Brighton''' is a seaside resort on the Wirral in [[Cheshire]]. It effectively forms part of the neighbouring town, [[Wallasey]]. New Brghton stands at the northeastern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, where sandy beaches line the shore of the Irish Sea. The town was created specificallyto draw holidaymakers, and named after the most famous of the seaside resort towns; Brighton in Sussex. | ||
The town was founded when in 1830, a Liverpool merchant bought much of the land at Rock Point, which enjoyed views out to sea and across the Mersey and had a good beach. His aim was to develop it as a desirable residential and watering place for the gentry, in a similar way to Brighton, one of the most elegant seaside resorts of that Regency period. Later it came to attract millworkers from the heaving industrial towns of south Lancashire}}<noinclude> | The town was founded when in 1830, a Liverpool merchant bought much of the land at Rock Point, which enjoyed views out to sea and across the Mersey and had a good beach. His aim was to develop it as a desirable residential and watering place for the gentry, in a similar way to Brighton, one of the most elegant seaside resorts of that Regency period. Later it came to attract millworkers from the heaving industrial towns of south Lancashire.}}<noinclude> | ||
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