Sources & further reading

General & place-name history

• West Kirby — Wikipedia
• West Kirby — Wikishire
• West Kirby Village Conservation Area — Wirral Council

Norse & Viking-age Wirral

• Viking Wirral — University of Nottingham
• Viking Wirral — Cheshire Now

St Bridget's Church

• St Bridget's Church, West Kirby — Wikipedia
• History and Buildings — St Bridget's Parish Church
• St Bridget's Parish Church — History Hit

The railway & Victorian resort

• West Kirby railway station — Wikipedia
• West Kirby 1st Station — Disused Stations
• History of Hoylake — Hoylake Help

Marine Lake, Ashton Park & the seafront

• Ashton Park, Merseyside — Wikipedia
• Origin of the West Kirby Marine Lake — CVRDA forum

Hilbre Island & the Dee Estuary

• Hilbre Islands — Wikipedia
• West Kirby Lifeboat Station — Wikipedia
• The History of Hilbre Island — HilbreTides
• Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve Conservation Plan — Wirral Council

War memorials & wartime history

• Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial — Wikipedia
• Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial — Historic England
• RAF West Kirby — Imperial War Museums War Memorials Register

Images

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