Chorlton Ees. Ees means a low lying water meadow, one liable to flooding. Pronounced eezz as in easy, but those of you with a South East Englander accent should have no difficulty strangling the word. Before they raised the banks of the River Mersey this area was the flood plain and flooded on a regular basis. Quick geography lesson - the River Mersey starts in Stockport, Cheshire and passes through this picture towards Stretford, Runcorn, Warrington and other towns before going into the Irish Sea at Liverpool.