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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
OXTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Woodchurch parish, Cheshire. The village stands 2 miles W of Birkenhead r. station, and has a post-office‡under Birkenhead. The township comprises 802 acres. Real property, £12, 580. Pop. in 1851, 2,007; in 1861, 2, 670. Houses, 452. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury. There are numerous villas and suburbanresidences; many of them inhabited by Liverpool families. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1851. Pop. in 1861, 2, 945. Houses, 482. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £220. Patron, the Rector of Wood-church. The church is a modern edifice, in the pointedstyle; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with bell-turret; and has two painted windows. There are national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Oxton CP/Tn Woodchurch CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Oxton |
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