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"CALDEY (GREAT-and-LITTLE), a township in the parish of WEST KIRBY, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 6¾ miles. (N. W. by N.) from Great Neston, containing 90 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • Caldy was a township in West Kirby ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2285), which became a civil parish in 1866.
  • Since 1974 it has been an unparished area in the county of Merseyside.
  • The population of West Kirby was 92 in 1801, 142 in 1851, 202 in 1901, and 607 in 1951.
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Civil Registration

  • Wirral (1837-1974)
  • Birkenhead (1974-98) ; Wirral (1998+)
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Court Records

  • Wirral (1828+)
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Description & Travel

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Maps

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Politics & Government

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

  • Wirral
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Voting Registers

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