Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

PENSBY

• Pensby was a township in Woodchurch ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 2683), 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 Arno Hill and Lingdale.
• The population was 22 in 1801, 41 in 1851, 48 in 1901, and 2996 in 1951.

Churches and Chapels

• Woodchurch: Holy Cross (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Pensby.
• Barnston: Christ Church (Church of England). The district church for the township of Pensby from 1880.
• Pensby: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). Founded in 1958 as a chapel to Barnston: Christ Church.

Local Government Districts

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

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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