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"PRENTON, a township in the parish of WOODCHURCH, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 6 miles (N. by E.) from Great Neston, containing 99 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- Prenton was a township in Woodchurch ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3086), which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1933 the civil parish was abolished to become part of Birkenhead.
- The population was 81 in 1801, 99 in 1851, and 412 in 1901.
For the period after 1933, see Birkenhead.
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| Storeton Road, Prenton, United Reformed Church |
| Storeton Road/Prenton Road West, Prenton, Congregationalist |
| Glenavon Road, Prenton, Methodist |
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Prenton to another place.
- 1933 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Birkenhead (640 acres, pop. 2032 in 1931)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ306864 (Lat/Lon: 53.369886, -3.044503), Prenton which are provided by:
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- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
- Wirral Rural District (1894-1928)
- Birkenhead County Borough (1928-1933)