Great Altcar

Great Altcar

Great Altcar is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, close to Formby on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The name Altcar is Norse meaning "marsh by the Alt". The church of St Michael and All Angels is a timber framed structure dating from 1879.

The area is now intensively farmed. An area called The Moss is situated to the north, and is characterized by drainage dykes.

Altcar hosted hare coursing's Waterloo Cup from 1836 to 2005, originally with the patronage of William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton. Altcar Rifle Range, established in 1860, is actually in Hightown.

Geography

Great Altcar is on the B5195 road. It was served by Altcar and Hillhouse railway station on the Cheshire Lines Committee Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Southport Extension until July 1952.

Geographic Location
Centre = Great Altcar
North = Woodvale
Northeast = Barton, Haskayne
East = Downholland Cross
Southeast = Lydiate, Maghull
South = River Alt, Ince Blundell
Southwest = Hightown
West = Little Altcar, Formby
Northwest = Formby

ee also

*Little Altcar

External links

* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=39 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 37]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=332843&Y=405671&width=700&height=410&gride=332576.998802817&gridn=406455.69053192&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=0&scale=25000&multimap.x=300&multimap.y=115 Aerial photo]
* http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/altcar.htm
* [http://home.freeuk.net/bevanprice/clc3.htm Altcar and Hillhouse railway station photographs]
* [http://www.southportpast.com/altcarbob.shtml Altcar Bob]


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