| 词条 | Bromborough Pool |
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Bromborough Pool, also known as Bromborough Pool Village and Price's Village, is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England, to the north of Bromborough. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bebington and to the north of Eastham. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the urban district of Bebington, within the county of Cheshire. Model villageBromborough Pool was developed from 1853–58 as a "model village" for the workers at the factory of Price's Patent Candle Company.[1] The completed village comprised 142 houses with a church, school, institute, shop and library for Price's workforce. It predates the nearby model village of Port Sunlight just to its north, started in the 1880s. See also
References1. ^{{Cite book | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press| year =2011| origyear=1971| location =New Haven and London| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }} Further reading
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1 : Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
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