- Little Neston
infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= Little Neston
latitude= 53.280
longitude= -3.057
population= 3,390 (2001 Census)citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5948067&c=little+neston&d=14&e=16&g=428530&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1192998850203&enc=1|title=2001 Census: Little Neston|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=21 October|accessyear=2007]
shire_district=Ellesmere Port and Neston
shire_county=Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Ellesmere Port and Neston
post_town= NESTON
postcode_district= CH64
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ296764Little Neston is a residential village south of
Neston and situated on theWirral Peninsula ,Cheshire ,England . Little Neston is administratively part of the borough ofEllesmere Port and Neston and had a population of 3,390 at the 2001 Census. ]The settlement was mentioned in the
Domesday Book as "Little Nestone". [citeweb|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire2.html#littlenestone|title=Cheshire (L-Z)|work=Domesday Book Online|accessdate=21 October|accessyear=2007]Together with Neston, it is a former
mining village, with shafts dug out underneath the River Dee. The slag heaps from these mining operations were open to the public and locally known as 'The Black Hills'. In the last few years however they have been fenced off to allow sheep to graze.The marshes of the River Dee are popular with bird watchers and
horticulturalists because of the wide range of flora and fauna to be found in the area.Lord Nelson's mistress,
Emma Hamilton , was born in nearby Ness [citeweb|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/news/newsarticle.asp?id=447&venue=7|title=Nelson and Lady Hamilton|work=National Museums Liverpool|date=15 February 2005|accessdate=21 October|accessyear=2007] [citeweb|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/hms-victory/features/nelson-and-emma-letters-in-progress|title=The Story of Nelson and Emma|work=Icons: A Portrait of England|accessdate=21 October|accessyear=2007] and is remembered locally with the Lady Hamiltonpub .References
External links
* [http://www.neston.org.uk Neston website]
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