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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

POULTON CUM SPITAL

• Poulton cum Spital was a township in Bebington ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3382), 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 Clatterbridge (part), Poulton Lancelyn and Spital.
• The population was 87 in 1801, 294 in 1851, 487 in 1901, and 1257 in 1951.

Boundary Changes

• 1895 September 30 — Lost part to Bromborough (pop. 67 in 1901)

Churches and Chapels

• Bebington: St. Andrew (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Poulton cum Spital.
• Poulton Lancelyn: Holy Trinity (Church of England). A chapel to Bebington: St. Andrew, founded in 1977.

Local Government Districts

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
• Wirral Rural District (1894-1933)
• Bebington Urban District (1933-74)
• Bebington Municipal Borough (1937-74)
• Wirral Metropolitan Borough [Merseyside] (1974+)

Electoral Districts

• South Cheshire (1832-67)
• West Cheshire (1868-85)
• Wirral (1885-1948)
• Bebington (1949-74)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Wirral (1828+)

Poor Law Unions

• Wirral

Registration Districts

• Wirral (1837-1974)
• Birkenhead (1974+)

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