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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

LEIGHTON (near Neston)

• Leighton (near Neston) (pronounced Lay-tun) was a township in Neston ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2879), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1894 to become part of Neston cum Parkgate.
• It included part of the hamlet of Parkgate
• The population was 266 in 1801, 319 in 1851, and 728 in 1901.

For the period after 1894, see Neston cum Parkgate.

Boundary Changes

• 1894 September 30 — Abolished and incorporated into Neston cum Parkgate (pop. 728 in 1901)

Churches and Chapels

See Neston cum Parkgate.

Local Government Districts

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Wirral (1885-94)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828-1894)

Poor Law Unions

• Wirral (1836-94)

Registration Districts

• Wirral (1837-94)

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