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Moreton (near Wallasey)
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"MORETON, a township in the parish of BIDSTONE, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 9½ miles (N. by W.) from Great Neston, containing 273 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Moreton (formerly Moreton cum Lingham) was a township in Bidston ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2690), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1928 to become part of Wallasey.
- Included the hamlets of Leasowe and Lingham.
- The population was 210 in 1801, 350 in 1851, and 597 in 1901.
For the period after 1928, see Wallasey.
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| Knutsford Road/Hoylake Road, Moreton (Wirral), Presbyterian (Welsh) |
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- 1915 April 1 — Gained parts of Hoylake cum West Kirby (102 acres, pop. 132 in 1921) and Saughall Massie (69 acres, pop. 8 in 1921), and lost part to Saughall Massie (7 acres, pop. 0 in 1921)
- 1928 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Wallasey (1366 acres, pop. 4029 in 1921)
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