Heswall

Heswall is a town in Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England. The history of Heswall stretches beyond the Doomsday Book where it is listed as 'Eswelle', a derivation of 'Hazel Well'. Right into the nineteenth century was a small village, with a small hamlet centred around St. Peter's Church, with cottages dotted around the heathland. Heswall began to prosper when wealthy merchants from Liverpool set up holiday retreats because of the spectacular views across the Dee to Wales, and the attractive countryside and the invigorating fresh air. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 it was part of the county of Cheshire.

Links To Peel
Peel was born in Heswall Cottage Hospital in 1939, since then a private home and spent much of his childhood in a house on Farr Hall Drive, which he re-visited in 2002 for the TV documentary Celebrity Going Home: Going Home - John Peel's Story. According to Margrave Of The Marshes, Peel's grandmother also lived in the area in the nearby Lower Village.