Greasby

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Greasby is a village in the Wirral, England. It has a population of about 15000 and dates back (at least) to Roman times. It has four primary schools, (namely Greasby Infant School, Greasby Junior School, Our Lady of Pity Primary School and Brookdale Primary School), three churches, (St. Nicholas' Church of England, Our Lady Of Pity Catholic Church, and Greasby Methodist Church), and several pubs. These include Ellies Wine Bar, The Greave Dunning, The Red Cat, The Twelfth Man and The Coach & Horses. There are also nine hairdressers.

In 2006, the Channel 4 television programme Fat Pets identified Greasby as the home of supposedly the fattest cat in Britain. His name is Archie and he lives near the Junior School. Greasby was also once seen on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, as they visited a house near Greasby Infant School, the front of which was painted like that year's England World Cup shirt.

[edit] Prehistory

The earliest known human settlement in Merseyside has been found at Greasby. It dates from approximately 7000 BC. National Museums Liverpool archaeologists excavated the site between 1987 and 1990. The site was found during a programme of fieldwalking.