Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

BARNSTON

• Barnston was a township in Woodchurch ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2883), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Merseyside.
• It includes the hamlets of Carnsdale and Whitby Common.
• The population was 129 in 1801, 239 in 1851, 522 in 1901, and 832 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1933 April 1 — Gained part of Brimstage (72 acres, pop. 5 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Woodchurch: Holy Cross (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Barnston.
• Barnston: Christ Church (Church of England). The district church for the township of Barnston from 1870.

Local Government Districts

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
• Wirral Urban District (1933-74)
• Wirral Metropolitan Borough [Merseyside] (1974+)

Electoral Districts

• North Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Wirral (1885-1974)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828+)

Poor Law Unions

• Wirral

Registration Districts

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

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