| LC control no. | n 81058764 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Merseyside (England) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | England--Merseyside |
| Variant(s) | Merseyside, Eng. Merseyside |
| Beginning date | 1974 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Liverpool (England) England, North West Mersey River (England) |
| Found in | Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. Merseyside. MYB, 1985: under county councils (Merseyside) BL hdg. (Merseyside (England)) Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: Merseyside--ADM1, 53°24ʹN 03°05ʹW (UK28); new name: delete) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 53°24ʹ00ʺN 003°05ʹ00ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed 7 April 2017 (Merseyside; metropolitan county in North West England; it encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool; Merseyside, which was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, takes its name from the River Mersey; it borders Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Irish Sea; it is an amalgamation of 22 former local government districts from the former administrative counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and six autonomous county boroughs centred on Birkenhead, Bootle, Liverpool, Southport, St. Helens, and Wallasey) |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-en |
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