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    The River Mersey (/ˈmɜːrzi/) is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to...
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  • Mersey River may mean: the Mersey River (Tasmania) in Tasmania, Australia. the Mersey River (Nova Scotia) in Nova Scotia, Canada. the River Mersey in Liverpool...
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  • establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey: Ships HMS Mersey (1814) was a Conway-class 26-gun sixth rate launched...
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    Viscount Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for the lawyer...
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    The Mersey Railway was the passenger railway connecting the communities of Liverpool, Birkenhead, England. It is currently a part of the Merseyrail network...
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    The Mersey Tunnels connect the city of Liverpool with Wirral, under the River Mersey. There are three tunnels: the Mersey Railway Tunnel, opened 1886...
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  • Liverpool, England in the 1950s. Merseybeat, Merseybeats, or Mersey Beat may refer to: Mersey Beat, a music newspaper Merseybeat (TV series), a television...
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  • Beat music (redirect from Mersey Sound)
    bands. The 'Mersey' of 'Merseybeat' refers to the River Mersey. Liverpool lies on the eastern side of the river's estuary. The name Mersey Beat was used...
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  • "Ferry Cross the Mersey" is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the...
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    River Mersey) and Cheshire (west of the River Mersey). The two parts are linked by the two Mersey Tunnels, the Wirral line of Merseyrail, and the Mersey Ferry...
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  • Look up Mersey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The River Mersey is in northwest England, flowing past Liverpool. Mersey may also refer to: Electoral...
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    A Mersey flat is a type of doubled-ended barge, they were commonly used on the River Mersey. Traditionally, the hull was built of oak and the deck was...
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    The Mersey Barrage is a proposed scheme for building a tidal barrage across the Mersey Estuary, between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula, England. The...
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    The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for...
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    The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. Locally, it is often referred...
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  • Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. It was founded by Bill Harry, who was one of John Lennon's classmates at...
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  • Ashton-on-Mersey School is a secondary school in Ashton upon Mersey, Greater Manchester, England. The school is an academy, part of The Dean Trust, which...
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    HMS Mersey is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Named after the River Mersey, she is the fifth RN vessel to carry the name...
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    The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a toll bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England, which spans the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal...
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  • The Merseybeats (redirect from Merseys)
    The Merseybeats (sometimes written as The Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, performing...
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    HMS Mersey was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for the Brazilian Navy and christened Madeira, she was purchased by...
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  • Ferry Cross the Mersey is the soundtrack for the 1965 film of the same title, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers, who recorded the titular song. Both the...
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    Heaton Mersey is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the north-western border of Stockport, adjacent to Didsbury and...
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    3°01′30″W / 53.416°N 3.025°W / 53.416; -3.025 The Mersey Ferry is a ferry service operating on the River Mersey in northwest England, between Liverpool to the...
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    The Mersey Tunnels Police is a small, specialised, non-Home Office police force that provides policing services for the Mersey Tunnels in Merseyside, England...
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  • Mersey (ship) may refer to: Mersey (1805 ship), a ship wrecked off Torres Strait, Australia in 1805 Mersey (1894 ship), a former Nourse Line and White...
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    Kingsway Tunnel (or Wallasey Tunnel) is a toll road tunnel under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Wallasey. The 1.5 mi (2.4 km) tunnel carries the A59...
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    46694°N 3.020139°W / 53.46694; -3.020139 The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB), owns and administers...
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    John Charles Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, PC (3 August 1840 – 3 September 1929) was a British jurist and politician. After early success as a lawyer and...
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    Ashton upon Mersey is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 9,693 at the 2011 census. It lies...
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