Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Moreton (near Wallasey)

MORETON (near Wallasey)

Moreton (formerly Moreton cum Lingham) was a township in Bidston ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2690), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was abolished in 1928 to become part of Wallasey.
Included the hamlets of Leasowe and Lingham.
The population was 210 in 1801, 350 in 1851, and 597 in 1901.

For the period after 1928, see Wallasey.

1915 April 1 — Gained parts of Hoylake cum West Kirby (102 acres, pop. 132 in 1921) and Saughall Massie (69 acres, pop. 8 in 1921), and lost part to Saughall Massie (7 acres, pop. 0 in 1921)
1928 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Wallasey (1366 acres, pop. 4029 in 1921)

Bidston: St. Oswald (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Moreton.
Moreton: Christ Church (Church of England). The district church for Moreton from 1864.
Great Meols: St. John the Baptist (Church of England). The district church for part of Moreton from 1937.
Leasowe: St. Chad (Church of England). The district church for part of Moreton from 1957.
Moreton, Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic), The Cross. Founded in 1923.
Moreton, Our Lady of Lourdes (Roman Catholic), Leasowe Road. Founded in 1957.