Hale, Halton

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Hale is a village and civil parish in the Halton unitary authority of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,898. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2½ east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The village of Hale Bank is just to the east.

John Middleton(1578-1623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine foot three inches tall (2.8 metres). His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside of the church is a carving of the Childe Of Hale which is said to be life size.

The entire area is historically part of Lancashire. Before 1974 it formed part of the Whiston Rural District in Lancashire. The area still however has a Liverpool postcode "L24"

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