Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hoylake within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Hoylake, eccl. dist. and coast vil. with ry. sta., West Kirby par., W. Cheshire, at entrance to river Dee - dist., pop. 2519; vil., 6 miles W. of Birkenhead; P.O., T.O.; is situated at the extreme point of Wirral peninsula, and is a pleasant watering-place, affording excellent bathing, and possessing a racecourse and links for golfing. Near the church are 2 lighthouses, 64 and 42 ft. high, each with fixed light (Hoylake) 555 and 31 ft. above high water and seen 13 and 11 miles.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Hoose, coast township, West Kirby par., W. Cheshire, near mouth of Dee estuary, 7½ miles NW. of Birkenhead, 108 ac. and 1615 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 1208.