Hundred End is a coastal hamlet in

West Lancashire West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town is Skelmersdale. The district borders Fylde to the north, over the Ribble Estuary; South Ribbl ...

, England. It is 2 miles east of the larger village of

Banks A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. As banks ...

and 2 miles west of the larger village of

Hesketh Bank Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Southport and south-west of Preston. The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall, which includ ...

. It is administered by the West Lancashire District Council and

North Meols North Meols () is a civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The parish covers the village of Banks, Lancashire, Banks and the hamlet of Hundred ...

parish council. It falls in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency.

History

Hundred End railway station was previously a stop on the

West Lancashire Railway The West Lancashire Railway (WLR) ran northeast from Southport to Preston in northwest England. History The Act of Parliament that established the company received Royal Assent on 17 August 1871. The first sod was cut by Alderman Samuel Sw ...

, fully opened in 1878, which ran between

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

and Preston, carrying both passengers and cargo from the fields of the area to be sold at town markets. Low passenger numbers later led to the railway's decline and its closure was assured by the

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named ...

in 1964. The station house has since been demolished but the train track can be followed along a footpath that stretches towards Banks.

Etymology

The hamlet is called Hundred End because it was situated on the boundary between the two hundreds of

West Derby West Derby ( ) is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, in the east of the city. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382. History West Derby Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', West Derby achieved significance far earlier tha ...

and Leyland.

Geography

The area has similar geography to that of

. There is an enclosed salt marsh that is used for grazing cattle and the marshes are managed by the RSPB.Skelcher, G. (2010) "Ribble Estuary NNR Management Plan", http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/ribblennrmanagementplanpart1_tcm6-19925.pdf

Religion

Hesketh Moss Methodist Church is a small chapel which was built by the local farmers of the hamlet, the nearest Church of England Church are in Hesketh Bank and Banks.

Education

The hamlet does not have a school, but children usually attend primary schools in Tarleton, Mere Brow, Banks and Hesketh Bank. The nearest Secondary School being Tarleton High School.

Landmarks

Hundred End Farm, built in 1837 is the oldest building in the hamlet. The largest house is Ribble Hall which is a modern mansion built by Godfrey Crook. He was responsible for taking away the train tracks and the gravel beds when the West Lancashire Railway line closed, he built Ribble Hall on land near the former Hundred End railway station.

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* {{authority control Villages in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire