Little Neston
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Little Neston is a residential village south of Neston and situated on the Wirral Peninsula
, Cheshire
, England
. Little Neston is administratively part of Cheshire West and Chester
and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census.
The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday Book
as Little Nestone.
Together with Neston, it is a former mining
village, with shafts dug out underneath the River Dee
. The slag heaps from these mining operations were open to the public and locally known as 'The Black Hills'. In the last few years however they have been fenced off to allow sheep to graze.
The marshes
of the River Dee are popular with bird watchers and horticulturalists because of the wide range of flora and fauna to be found in the area.
Lord Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton, was born in nearby Ness
and is remembered locally with the Lady Hamilton pub.
Wirral Peninsula
Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Little Neston is administratively part of Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority area with borough status, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health...
and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census.
The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
as Little Nestone.
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
village, with shafts dug out underneath the River Dee
River Dee, Wales
The River Dee is a long river in the United Kingdom. It travels through Wales and England and also forms part of the border between the two countries....
. The slag heaps from these mining operations were open to the public and locally known as 'The Black Hills'. In the last few years however they have been fenced off to allow sheep to graze.
The marshes
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
of the River Dee are popular with bird watchers and horticulturalists because of the wide range of flora and fauna to be found in the area.
Lord Nelson's mistress, Emma Hamilton, was born in nearby Ness
Ness, Cheshire
Ness is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the part that remains in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is situated near to the town of Neston, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester...
and is remembered locally with the Lady Hamilton pub.