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1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Meols offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Meols at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a Meols? Wrong! If the Meols is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about Meols then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling Meols? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about Meols and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Meols wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Meols then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Meols site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Meols, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Meols, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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2,380 (Male),
2,730 (Female)|metropolitan_borough= Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|region= North West England|constituency_westminster=[Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency)|post_town= WIRRAL|postcode_district = CH48|postcode_area= CH|dial_code= 0151|os_grid_reference= SJ232900|map_type= Merseyside-->
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This article is about the village on the Wirral Peninsula. See also Meols Cop for the Southport suburb.
Meols () is a village on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is generally paired with its neighbour, the larger town of Hoylake, situated immediately to the west. Formerly, Meols was in the county of Cheshire. Since 1974, it has been in the
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
History
Meols was named as such by the Vikings; its original name from the
Old Norse for 'sand dunes' was
melr, Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols, Medieval & after Retrieved 17 September 2007 Wirral & West Lancs 1100th Viking Anniversary Retrieved 17 September 2007 becoming
melas by the time of the Domesday Survey. Domesday Book Online: Cheshire (L-Z) Retrieved 17 September 2007
Impressive archaeological finds dating back to the
Neolithic period suggest that the site was an important centre in antiquity. Since about 1810, a large number of artefacts have been found relating to pre-Roman
Carthage, the Roman Empire, the
Celts, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings. These include items as varied as coins, tokens, brooches, pins, knives, glass beads, keys, pottery, flint tools, mounts, pilgrim badges, pieces of leather, worked wood and iron weapons. They came to be discovered after the beginning of large-scale dredging (to accommodate the needs of the nearby growing seaport of Liverpool) started to cause notable sand erosion along the coastline near Meols. These finds suggest that the site was used as a port as far back as the
Iron Age some 2400 years ago, and was once the most important seaport in the present-day northwest of England. Thus trading connections are believed to have reached far across Europe. Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols, An ancient port British Archaeology: Meols Amazon: Viking Mersey: Scandinavian Wirral, West Lancashire and Chester
Many of the present day inhabitants of Meols show Viking ancestry. In 2002,
University of Nottingham researchers began investigating the degree of Viking blood still extant in the village. Nottingham University: Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire
Meols is an amalgam of the two former villages of Great Meols and Little Meols. Both were townships in West Kirby Parish of the
Wirral Hundred, becoming part of Hoylake cum West Kirby
civil parish in 1894. Great Meols had a population of 140 in 1801, 170 in 1851 and 821 in 1901. Retrieved 17 September 2007The name Little Meols fell out of use in
Victorian era times, having been absorbed by Hoylake. From 123 inhabitants in 1801 and 170 in 1851, by 1901 at 2,850, its population had outstripped Great Meols. Retrieved 17 September 2007The name Great Meols was still in use up to the 1960s, for instance in postal addresses and on the destination indicators of buses from
Chester, but not as the name of the Meols railway station. Little Meols was situated to the west (towards Hoylake), in the area served by Manor Road railway station.
Meols was known to be spelt as
Meolse A Vision of Britain, undated, accessed 17 September 2007 up until when the railway station was placed. The error came about at the time of the station's construction, when rail managers took the spelling of Meols from the Southport suburb of
Meols Cop and used it for new signage.
Present day
]
Meols is mainly residential with a small yacht and fishing community on its Sea] shore line. The centre has a small row of shops adjacent to
Meols railway station.
It was home to the cyclist
Chris Boardman, winner of a gold medal for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, before he moved to Hoylake.
In September 2007, a 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under the Railway Inn public house car park by archaeologists using
ground penetrating radar equipment. The vessel is believed to be lying beneath 6ft to 10ft (2m to 3m) of
clay. Professor Stephen Harding, of the University of Nottingham, is seeking funds for an
excavation and removal to a museum.
Cultural references
Andy McCluskey of the 1980s electronic music band
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) is from Meols. OMD had a track called
Red Frame White Light which referred to the public telephone box between the church and the Railway Inn in Meols. Hidden within the lyrics was the telephone number of the telephone box. It is claimed that fans would call that telephone number from all over the world.
The television sitcom
Watching, produced by Granada Television between 1987 and 1993, utilised Meols as a filming location. This was likely due to the fact that the characters Malcolm & Mrs Stoneway lived in the village. BBC Guide To Comedy: Watching Retrieved 19 August 2007
References
External links
- Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols
{{infobox UK place||country = England|official_name= Meols|latitude= 53.4014|longitude= -3.1553|population= 5,110 (Total 2001), Wirral 2001 Census: Meols Retrieved 17 September 2007
2,380 (Male),
2,730 (Female)|metropolitan_borough= Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|region= North West England|constituency_westminster=[Wirral West (UK Parliament constituency)|post_town= WIRRAL|postcode_district = CH48|postcode_area= CH|dial_code= 0151|os_grid_reference= SJ232900|map_type= Merseyside-->
:
This article is about the village on the Wirral Peninsula. See also Meols Cop for the Southport suburb.
Meols () is a village on the northern coast of the
Wirral Peninsula,
Merseyside,
England. It is generally paired with its neighbour, the larger town of
Hoylake, situated immediately to the west. Formerly, Meols was in the county of
Cheshire. Since 1974, it has been in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
History
Meols was named as such by the Vikings; its original name from the
Old Norse for 'sand dunes' was
melr, Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols, Medieval & after Retrieved 17 September 2007 Wirral & West Lancs 1100th Viking Anniversary Retrieved 17 September 2007 becoming
melas by the time of the Domesday Survey. Domesday Book Online: Cheshire (L-Z) Retrieved 17 September 2007
Impressive archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic period suggest that the site was an important centre in antiquity. Since about 1810, a large number of artefacts have been found relating to pre-Roman Carthage, the Roman Empire, the
Celts, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings. These include items as varied as coins, tokens, brooches, pins, knives, glass beads, keys, pottery, flint tools, mounts, pilgrim badges, pieces of leather, worked wood and iron weapons. They came to be discovered after the beginning of large-scale dredging (to accommodate the needs of the nearby growing seaport of Liverpool) started to cause notable sand erosion along the coastline near Meols. These finds suggest that the site was used as a port as far back as the
Iron Age some 2400 years ago, and was once the most important seaport in the present-day northwest of England. Thus trading connections are believed to have reached far across Europe. Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols, An ancient port British Archaeology: Meols Amazon: Viking Mersey: Scandinavian Wirral, West Lancashire and Chester
Many of the present day inhabitants of Meols show Viking ancestry. In 2002,
University of Nottingham researchers began investigating the degree of Viking blood still extant in the village. Nottingham University: Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire
Meols is an amalgam of the two former villages of Great Meols and Little Meols. Both were townships in West Kirby Parish of the Wirral Hundred, becoming part of Hoylake cum West Kirby
civil parish in 1894. Great Meols had a population of 140 in 1801, 170 in 1851 and 821 in 1901. Retrieved 17 September 2007The name Little Meols fell out of use in
Victorian era times, having been absorbed by Hoylake. From 123 inhabitants in 1801 and 170 in 1851, by 1901 at 2,850, its population had outstripped Great Meols. Retrieved 17 September 2007The name Great Meols was still in use up to the 1960s, for instance in postal addresses and on the destination indicators of buses from
Chester, but not as the name of the
Meols railway station. Little Meols was situated to the west (towards Hoylake), in the area served by
Manor Road railway station.
Meols was known to be spelt as
Meolse A Vision of Britain, undated, accessed 17 September 2007 up until when the railway station was placed. The error came about at the time of the station's construction, when rail managers took the spelling of Meols from the Southport suburb of Meols Cop and used it for new signage.
Present day
]
Meols is mainly residential with a small yacht and fishing community on its Sea] shore line. The centre has a small row of shops adjacent to Meols railway station.
It was home to the cyclist
Chris Boardman, winner of a gold medal for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, before he moved to Hoylake.
In September 2007, a 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under the Railway Inn public house car park by archaeologists using ground penetrating radar equipment. The vessel is believed to be lying beneath 6ft to 10ft (2m to 3m) of
clay. Professor Stephen Harding, of the University of Nottingham, is seeking funds for an
excavation and removal to a museum.
Cultural references
Andy McCluskey of the 1980s
electronic music band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) is from Meols. OMD had a track called
Red Frame White Light which referred to the public telephone box between the church and the Railway Inn in Meols. Hidden within the lyrics was the telephone number of the telephone box. It is claimed that fans would call that telephone number from all over the world.
The television
sitcom Watching, produced by Granada Television between 1987 and 1993, utilised Meols as a filming location. This was likely due to the fact that the characters Malcolm & Mrs Stoneway lived in the village. BBC Guide To Comedy: Watching Retrieved 19 August 2007
References
External links
- Liverpool Museums, Field Archaeology: Meols
