WOODCHURCH
- Woodchurch was a township in Woodchurch Parish, Wirral Hundred (SJ 2787),
which became a civil parish in 1866.
- In 1933 the whole of Woodchurch was added to Birkenhead.
- The population was 52 in 1801, 96 in 1851, and 140 in 1901.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Woodchurch, Holy Cross (C of E). An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Arrowe, Barnston, Claughton cum Grange (part), Irby (part), Landican, Noctorum, Oxton, Pensby, Prenton, Thingwall and
Woodchurch. Registers of Baptisms 1571–1945, Marriages 1571–1951 and Burials 1571–1913 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record
Office- Woodchurch, St. Michael & All Angels (Roman Catholic). Founded 1952.
- Woodchurch, Methodist Chapel. Founded 1957, Built in 1963.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS
- Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
- Wirral Rural District
(1894–1933).
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
- South Cheshire (1832–67)
- West Cheshire (1868–85)
- Wirral (1885–1948)
POOR-LAW UNIONS
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
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Woodchurch, Holy Cross (C of E). An ancient parish church, originally serving the townships of Arrowe, Barnston, Claughton cum Grange (part), Irby (part), Landican, Noctorum, Oxton, Pensby, Prenton, Thingwall and
Woodchurch. Registers of Baptisms 1571–1945, Marriages 1571–1951 and Burials 1571–1913 have been deposited at the Cheshire Record
Office