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SOUTHPORT , a municipal and See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

borough and seaside resort in the Southport See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, immediately S. of the embouchure of the Ribble into the Irish See also:

Sea, 182 m. N. by W. of See also:

Liverpool. It is served by the Lancashire & See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire and See also:

LONDON

London & See also:

North-Western See also:

RAIL

rail-ways, and by the Southport & See also:

CHESHIRE

Cheshire Lines See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

Extension See also:

SYSTEM

system. Pop. (Igor), 48,083. Its See also:

FORESHORE

foreshore consists of a See also:

GREAT

great expanse of See also:

FIRM

firm, See also:

bright sands, and the mildness of its See also:

winter See also:

CLIMATE

climate is attributed to the See also:

RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation of See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat from them. Its proximity to Liverpool and See also:

Manchester has See also:

DRAWN

drawn to it a large See also:

RESIDENT

resident See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, and its visitors number many thousands annually. The See also:

PROMENADE

promenade along the See also:

SHORE

shore is 2 M. in length; in its centre is the See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, r m. See also:

long, down which tramcars are drawn by a stationary See also:

steam-See also:

engine. Other facilities for outdoor enjoyment are provided in Hesketh See also:

Park (presented to the See also:

TOWN

town by the Rev. See also:

Charles Hesketh, formerly See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of North Meols, and one of the lords of the See also:

MANOR

manor), the Botanic Gardens, See also:

KEW

Kew Gardens, See also:

South Marine Park, and the Winter Gardens. The last, laid out at a cost of £130,000, include a large conservatory, a See also:

FINE

fine enclosed promenade, a See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and an See also:

AQUARIUM (plural aquaria)

aquarium. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal public buildings are the town See also:

hall, the See also:

Cambridge Hall (used for concerts, &c.), and an extensive range of markets.

There are several infirmaries and hospitals, and a See also:

SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium for See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children. Southport has also a See also:

FREE

free library and See also:

ART

art See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, a See also:

LITERARY

literary and philosophical See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, and a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (Trinity Hall) for the daughters of Wesleyan ministers; and a museum and See also:

SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and art. An extensive service of electric tramways is maintained. The first considerable See also:

house in South-See also:

PORT

port (an See also:

INN

inn for the reception of sea-bathers) was built in 1791, and soon after other houses were erected on the site now known as See also:

Lord See also:

Street, but the population in 1809 was only See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo. Birk-See also:

dale is a residential See also:

DISTRICT

district adjacent to Southport on the south. In 1867 Southport received a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation. It be-came a county borough in 1905. The See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consists of a See also:

mayor, to aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:

AREA

Area, 5144 acres.

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