Cheshire

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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

PRENTON

• Prenton was a township in Woodchurch Parish, Wirral Hundred (SJ 3086), which became a civil parish in 1866.
• In 1933 the whole of Prenton was added to Birkenhead civil parish.
• The population was 81 in 1801, 99 in 1851, and 412 in 1901.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• Woodchurch, Holy Cross (C of E). The ancient parish church for Prenton.
• Prenton, St. Stephen. Prenton Lane/Reservoir Road. Founded 1894 as a chapel to Woodchurch, becoming the parish church for Prenton and parts of Oxton and Tranmere in 1902. Registers of Baptisms 1894–1954 and Marriages 1902–1957 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record Office (no burials).
• Prenton, St. Alban. Northwood Road/Prenton Village Road. A chapel to St. Stephen. Registers of Marriages start in 1969 are held at the church (no baptisms or burials).
• Prenton, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Storeton Road. Built in 1909.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Wirral Rural District (1894–1928)
• Birkenhead County Borough (1928–1933).

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832–67)
• West Cheshire (1868–85)
• Wirral (1885–1945)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Wirral

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Wirral (1837–1937)

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