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"WHITBY, a township partly in the parish of EASTHAM, and partly in that of STOKE, higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 6¼ miles (N.) from Chester, containing 250 inhabitants. The Ellesmere, or Wirrall, canal passes through the parish." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Whitby was a township in the ancient parishes of Eastham and Stoak, Wirral hundred (SJ 3974), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1911 to become part of Ellesmere Port.
- It included the hamlets of Ellesmere Port and Whitbyheath.
- The population was 89 in 1801, 72 in 1851, and 91 in 1901.
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- 1911 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Ellesmere Port (pop. 10145 in 1911)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ395758 (Lat/Lon: 53.275714, -2.908734), Whitby which are provided by:
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- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Wirral Rural District (1894-1910)
- Ellesmere Port & Whitby Urban District (1910-11)