Claughton cum Grange was a township in Bidston Parish, Wirral Hundred
(SJ 3089, which became a civil parish in 1866.
In 1898 the whole of Claughton cum Grange was added to Birkenhead.
Including the hamlets of Birkenhead Park and Flaybrick.
The population was 67 in 1801 and 714 in 1851.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Bidston, St. Oswald (C of E). The ancient parish church for most of Claughton cum Grange.
Woodchurch, Holy Cross (C of E). The ancient parish church for a small part of Claughton cum Grange.
Claughton, Christ Church (C of E), Christ Church Road. Built as a chapel to Bidston in 1849, becoming the parish church for parts of Claughton cum Grange and Birkenhead. Registers of B aptisms 1854–1963 and Marriages 1854–1961 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
Oxton, St Saviour (C of E). The parish church for part of Claughton since 1851.
Claughton, St. Michael & All Angels (C of E). Built in 1858 as a chapel to Christ Church, becoming the parish church for parts of Claughton cum Grange and Tranmere in 1912; closed in 1958. Registers of Baptisms 1898–1958 and Marriages 1898–1958 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office.
Claughton, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers). Park Road South/Slater Street. Founded 1836.
Claughton, Trinity Presbyterian Church (C of E), Beresford Road. Founded 1863, Built in 1866.
