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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

EASTHAM

• Eastham was a township in Eastham ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3580), 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 Carlett Park and Plymyard.
• The population was 348 in 1801, 419 in 1851, 913 in 1901, and 5598 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1933 April 1 — Gained parts of Childer Thornton (11 acres, pop. 2 in 1931) and Hooton (638 acres, pop. 104 in 1931), and lost parts to Childer Thornton (28 acres, pop. 17 in 1931) and Willaston (near Neston) (15 acres, pop. 12 in 1931)

Churches and Chapels

• Eastham: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Eastham.
• Eastham, United Reformed Church, Crossthwaite Avenue. Founded in 1943.

Local Government Districts

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
• Bebington Urban District (1933-37)
• Bebington Municipal Borough (1937-1974)
• Wirral [Merseyside] (1974+)

Cemeteries

• Eastham Churchyard, Eastham Village Road. Maintained jointly by the local authority and St. Mary's Church.
• Plymyard Cemetery, Bride Road. Opened 1930.

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Wirral (1885-1948)
• Bebington (1948-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828+)

Poor Law Unions

• Wirral

Registration Districts

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

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