GENUKI: Eastham, Cheshire

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"EASTHAM, a parish in the higher division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the townships of Eastham, Hooton, Nether Pool, Over Pool, Great Sutton, Little Sutton, Thornton-Childer, and a part of that of Whitby, and containing 1430 inhabitants, of which number, 368 are in the township of Eastham, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Great Neston. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at £12. 13., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. About a mile from the village is a ferry on the Mersey, called Eastham ferry; and at the ferry-house is usually held the yearly meeting of the Wirrall Agricultural Society. There are two or three small bequests for the education of poor children." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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Eastham, also a township in Eastham ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3580), became a civil parish in 1866.
Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Merseyside.
It includes the hamlets of Carlett Park and Plymyard.
The population was 348 in 1801, 419 in 1851, 913 in 1901, and 5598 in 1951.

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Cemeteries

Eastham Churchyard, Eastham Village Road. Maintained jointly by the local authority and St. Mary's Church.
Plymyard Cemetery, Bride Road. Opened 1930.

**Anglican**
Christ Church, Ellesmere Port, Church of England
St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Eastham, Church of England

Churches

**Anglican**
Christ Church, Ellesmere Port, Church of England
St Andrew, Ellesmere Port, Church of England
St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Eastham, Church of England
St Peter, Eastham, Church of England

**Congregational / Independent**
St David, Eastham, United Reformed Church

**Roman Catholic**
St Bernard of Clairvaux, Ellesmere Port, Roman Catholic

Civil Registration

Wirral (1837-1974)
Birkenhead (1974-98)
Wirral (1998+)

Court Records

Wirral (1828+)

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"EASTHAM, a parish in the higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, county palatine of Chester, 5 miles N.E. of Great Neston, and 9 N.W. of Chester. It is pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Mersey, near the Birkenhead railway, and is a ferry station, from which boats cross to Liverpool several times daily. The parish contains the townships of Ellesmere Port, Eastham, Hooton, Nether and Over Pool, Great and Little Sutton, Thornton-Childer, and Whitby. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Chester, value £240, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church is a commodious edifice, with tower and spire, built by Inigo Jones. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains some handsome monuments of the Stanley's and others. There is also a district church at Ellesmere Port, the living of which is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the bishop. The parochial charities produce about £30 per annum, £7 of which are for the free school. There is a National school for boys and girls. Richard C. Naylor, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"CHILDER THORNTON, (or Thornton Childer), a township in the parish of Eastham, in the higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, in the county of Chester, 7 miles S. of Birkenhead, 8 N.W. of Chester, and 1 from the Hooton and Sutton stations of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire railway.

"ELLESMERE PORT, a hamlet in the parish of Eastham, county palatine of Chester, 7 miles N. of the city of Chester. It is situated on the banks of the river Mersey, at the entrance to the Ellesmere canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, in the patronage of the bishop."

"GREAT AND LITTLE SUTTON, townships in the parish of Eastham, higher division of Wirrall hundred, county Chester, 7 miles N. W. of Chester, its post town, and 1 mile of Sutton railway station. The village is situated near the river Mersey. There is a National school for both sexes. The Presbyterians have a chapel. Sutton Hall is the principal residence.

"HOOTON, a township in the parish of Eastham, higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, county Chester, 7 miles S. of Birkenhead, and 8 N. of Chester. It is a station on the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction railway. It is situated on the river Mersey. Hooton Hall- is the principal residence. There is a small chapel for Roman Catholics."

"LITTLE SUTTON, a township in the parish of Eastham, county Chester, 8 miles N.W. of Chester.

"NETHER POOLE, a township in the parish of Eastham, higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, county Chester, 2½ miles N. of the Sutton station on the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction railway, and 8 N. of Chester. It is situated on the river Mersey. Poole Hall is an ancient stone mansion, formerly the residence of the Poole family.

"OVER POOLE, a township in the parish of Eastham, higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, county Chester, adjoins Nether Poole.

"PORT WOOD, a ward in the parish of Stockport, hundred of Macclesfield and borough of Stockport, county Chester, 2 miles from Stockport. It is situated on the river Mersey. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Chester, value £150, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately."

"WHITBY, a township in the parishes of Eastham and Stoke, higher division of Wirrall hundred, county Chester, 6 miles N. of Chester. The village is situated near the Dee and Mersey canal, which here communicates with the river Mersey, on which are extensive docks and wharves."

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Historical Geography

Places associated with Eastham ancient parish with separate pages

Childer Thornton; Eastham; Ellesmere Port; Great Sutton; Hooton; Little Sutton
Netherpool; Overpool; Sutton, Great; Sutton, Little; Thornton, Childer; Whitby

1933 April 1 — Gained parts of Childer Thornton (11 acres, pop. 2 in 1931) and Hooton (638 acres, pop. 104 in 1931), and lost parts to Childer Thornton (28 acres, pop. 17 in 1931) and Willaston (near Neston) (15 acres, pop. 12 in 1931)

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Politics & Government

Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
Bebington Urban District (1933-37)
Bebington Municipal Borough (1937-1974)
Wirral [Merseyside] (1974+)

Poor Houses, Poor Law

Wirral

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