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"WOODCHURCH, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the townships of Arrow, Barnston, Irby, Landican, Noctorum, Oxton, Pensby, Prenton, Thingwell, and Woodchurch, and containing 835 inhabitants, of which number, 74 are in the township of Woodchurch, 6¾ miles (N. by W.) from Great Neston. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £25. 9. 2., and in the patronage of Mrs. King. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, is principally in the Norman style, with a curious ancient font. William Gleave, Esq., alderman of London, in 1665, founded a free school here, and endowed it with lands now producing £80 per annum." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Woodchurch, also a township in Woodchurch ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2787), became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1933 to become part of Birkenhead.
- The population was 52 in 1801, 96 in 1851, and 140 in 1901.
For the period after 1933, see Birkenhead.
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Pemberton Road, Woodchurch, Methodist |
St Michael and All Angels, Woodchurch, Roman Catholic |
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Places associated with Woodchurch ancient parish with separate pages
- Arrowe; Barnston; Claughton with Grange; Irby; Landican; Noctorum
- Pensby; Prenton; Thingwall; Woodchurch
- 1933 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Birkenhead (339 acres, pop. 113 in 1931)
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