MEOLS (NORTH), a parish in the hundred of
WEST-DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, 9 miles
(N. N. W.) from Ormskirk, containing. 2763 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Chester, rated in the king's books at £ 8. 3.4., -and
in the patronage of Peter Hesketh, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Cuthbert. There is a place of worship
for Independents. An ancient grammar school, endowed
with £370, by means of various benefactions, is
now consolidated with a National school, erected by
subscription in 1827, on the site of the old school-room;
sixty boys and eighty girls are educated gratuitously.