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"IRBY, a township in the parish of WOODCHURCH, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Parkgate, containing 145 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Irby was a township in the ancient parishes of Woodchurch and Thurstaston, Wirral hundred (SJ 2584), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Merseyside.
- The population was 96 in 1801, 180 in 1851, and 146 in 1901.
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- 1933 April 1 — Gained part of Arrowe (267 acres, pop. 20 in 1931)
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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ257846 (Lat/Lon: 53.353043, -3.117708), Irby which are provided by:
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- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
- Wirral Urban District (1933-74)
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough [Merseyside] (1974+)