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"OXTON, a township in the parish of WOODCHURCH, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 7¼ miles (N. E.) from Great Neston, containing 169 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Oxton was a township in Bidston ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3087), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- The civil parish was abolished in 1898 to become part of Birkenhead.
- It includes the hamlets of Arno Hill and Lingdale.
- The population was 137 in 1801 and 2007 in 1851.
For the period after 1898, see Birkenhead.
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| All Saints and St Bede, Oxton, Church of England |
| Christ Church, Oxton, Church of England |
| St Saviour, Oxton, Church of England |
| Balls Road, Oxton, Congregationalist |
| Trinity Chapel, Oxton, Presbyterian |
| Holy Name of Jesus, Oxton, Roman Catholic |
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Oxton to another place.
- 1898 March 31 — Abolished and incorporated into Birkenhead (pop. 4579 in 1901)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ298874 (Lat/Lon: 53.378767, -3.056747), Oxton which are provided by:
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- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-77)
- Birkenhead Municipal Borough (1877-89)
- Birkenhead County Borough (1889-98)