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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

HIGHER BEBINGTON

• Higher Bebington was a township in Bebington ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3184), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1922 to become part of Bebington & Bromborough
• It included the hamlets of Rock Ferry (until 1894), and Dacre Hill.
• The population was 143 in 1801, 1478 in 1851, and 1540 in 1901.

For the period after 1922, see Bebington & Bromborough.

Boundary Changes

• 1894 — Lost the part in Birkenhead County Borough, including the hamlets of Rock Ferry and part of Woodhey, to Rock Ferry (pop. 2971 in 1901)
• 1922 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Bebington & Bromborough (698 acres, pop. 1765 in 1921)

Churches and Chapels

• Bebington: St. Andrew (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Higher Bebington
• Rock Ferry: St. Peter (Church of England). The district church for part of Higher Bebington from 1844.
• Higher Bebington: Christ Church (Church of England). Built in 1859 as a chapel to Rock Ferry: St. Peter, becoming the district church for part of Higher Bebington in 1877.
• Clatterbridge: Hospital Chapel. Opened in 1948 and attached to Bebington: St. Andrew.
• Higher Bebington, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1903.
• Bebington, United Reformed Church (Grange Chapel) (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1943.

See also Rock Ferry.

Cemeteries

• Bebington Cemetery, Town Lane. Opened 1868.

Local Government Districts

• Higher Bebington Local Board District (1859-75)
• Higher Bebington Urban Sanitary District (wholly, 1875-77; partly, 1877-94)
• Birkenhead Municipal Borough (partly, 1877-89) *
• Birkenhead Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1877-94) *
• Birkenhead County Borough (partly, 1889-94) *
• Higher Bebington Urban District (1894-1922)

* The part in Birkenhead Urban Sanitary District (1877-94), Birkenhead Municipal Borough (1877-89) and Birkenhead County Borough (1889-94) became the civil parish of Rock Ferry in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Wirral (1885-1922)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828-1922)
• Birkenhead (Borough) (1877-1894)

Poor Law Unions

• Wirral (1836-1922)

Registration Districts

• Wirral (1837-1922)

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