In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Parkgate like this:
PARKGATE, a village in Great Neston parish, Cheshire; on the estuary of the Dee, at the terminus of the Hooton and Parkgate railway, ¾ of a mile N W of Great Neston. It was once a considerable port, and a packetstation; but it suffered desertion of most of its business, in consequence of a shoaling-up of its harbour; it now isfrequented as a watering place, and consists mostly of lodging-houses arranged in a long and irregular row; and it has a post-office under Chester, a railway station, a schoolchurch, a Presbyterian chapel, and a boarding-school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Neston
Parkgate through time
Parkgate is now part of Ellesmere Port and Neston district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ellesmere Port and Neston has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Parkgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Parkgate, in Ellesmere Port and Neston and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25648
Date accessed: 07th November 2024
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