Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Great Sankey within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Sankey, Great, eccl. dist., township, and vil. (ry. stations Sankey, and Sankey Bridges), Prescot par., SW. Lancashire - dist., pop. 1869; township, 1923 ac., pop. 630; vil., on Sankey Canal, 2 miles "W. of Warrington; P.O. at Sankey Bridges.