Dawpool

Dawpool Nature Reserve

Dawpool was a village and port on the Dee Estuary in Cheshire, England. The village was between Thurstaston and Caldy on the Wirral Peninsula, ^[1] and the site is now within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. The harbour at Dawpool was once a stopping-off point for packet ships between Parkgate and Dublin. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Dawpool House, the former residence of the White Star Line owner Thomas Henry Ismay, was demolished in 1927. ^[2] A nature reserve on the site of a former landfill site retains the name. ^[10]

References

1. "Dawpool Cottages, Dawpool Bank, Dawpool and Dawpool School :: Survey of English Place-Names". The English Place-Name Society. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
2. Weston, Alan (23 May 2021). "Vanished villages from Wirral's past that no longer exist". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
3. Chappell, Gavin. "Lost Villages of Wirral". Gavin Chappell. Retrieved 1 May 2024. In the eighteenth century, Dawpool, which lay between Caldy and Thurstaston was a significant harbour, based on the anchorage at Dawpool Deep. It had seen the writer Jonathan Swift pass through on his way to and from Dublin, and had employed two customs men, due to extensive smuggling operations in the area.
4. Hewitt, William (1922). The Wirral Peninsula: An Outline Regional Survey. University Press of Liverpool, Limited.
5. Fenwick, George Lee (1896). A History of the Ancient City of Chester from the Earliest Times. Phillipson and Golder.
6. Young, Harold Edgar (1909). A Perambulation of the Hundred of Wirral in the County of Chester: With an Account of the Principal Highways and Byways, Old Halls, Ancient Churches, and Interesting Villages Situated Between the Rivers Mersey and Dee ... Henry Young & sons.
7. Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1898). Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Institution.
8. Craig, Robin (18 October 2017). British Tramp Shipping, 1750-1914. Liverpool University Press. ISBN   978-1-78694-911-0.
9. Michael, Chris. "Dawpool (Dalpool, Dorpool, Darpool,...)". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
10. Hanik, Josef (2022). "Wirral Country Park Management Plan 2017–2022" (PDF). Wirral Council. p. 30. Retrieved 28 August 2025.

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