The name Moreton comes from the Anglo-Saxon More - meaning a
Lake and Ton - meaning Town. It was originally known as Moreton-
cum-Lingham and was bounded by Great Meols to the West with
Bidston and Wallasey to the South and East. Before the
embankment was constructed, it was 3000 acres of tidal lagoon
between one and two metres below sea level with most of the
remainder little more than one metre above. Lingham means
Heather Island and is derived from the Norse words Lyng -
meaning heather and Holm - meaning island. Leasowe - from the
Anglo-Saxon Leasowes - means Meadow Pastures. By 1900 Moreton
was again thriving and was even being recommended by doctors as
a place for a holiday or a place to live because its fresh air
and clean sea was seen as beneficial for conditions such as
rheumatism. Moreton's association with health attracted the
attention of Margaret Beavan who chose Leasowe as the place to
build the Liverpool Open-Air Hospital for children with
tuberculosis - later to become the Leasowe Children's Ho