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HESWALL CUM OLDFIELD

• Heswall cum Oldfield was a township in Heswall ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2781), 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 Dawstone and Oldfield.
• The population was 168 in 1801, 513 in 1851, 2167 in 1901, and 6773 in 1951.

Churches and Chapels

• Heswall: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Heswall cum Oldfield.
• Heswall: Church of the Good Shepherd (Church of England). Built in 1901 as a chapel to St. Peter.
• Heswall: Nautical Training School Chapel (Church of England). Opened in 1915 (attached to St. Peter). Closed in 1956.
• Heswall, Our Lady and St. John (Roman Catholic), Telegraph Road. Built in 1919.
• Heswall, Friends' Meeting House (Quakers). Founded in 1939.
• Heswall, Centenary Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Telegraph Road. Built in 1891 (replacing an earlier building in Gayton). Registers of baptisms 1859-1949 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Heswall, United Reformed Church (Presbyterian), Telegraph Road. ReBuilt in 1909.

Local Government Districts

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

Cemeteries

• Heswall Cemetery, Irby Road. Opened 1960.

Electoral Districts

• South 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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