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Higher Bebington
Bebington () is a town and unparished area within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it lies south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. Nearby towns include Birkenhead and Wallasey to the north-northwest, and Heswall to the west-southwest. Bebington railway station opened in 1838 and is situated on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network. The electoral ward, which includes the original village centres of Higher Bebington and Lower Bebington, had a total resident population of 13,720 at the 2001 census. which increased to 15,768 at the 2011 census. Some definitions of Bebington include adjoining areas such as Port Sunlight (an early planned factory town), New Ferry, Spital and Storeton. The former Municipal Borough of Bebington, a local authority between 1937 and 1974, also included within its boundaries Bromborough, Eastham, Raby, Thornton Hough and Brimstage, which n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 United Kingdom Census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England and Wales. In its capacity as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebington (ward)
Bebington (previously Higher Bebington and Woodhey, 1973 to 1979) is a Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ward in the Wirral South Wirral South is a constituency in Merseyside, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Alison McGovern of the Labour Party since 2010. Constituency profile Wirral South covers the central part of the Wirral peninsu ... Parliamentary constituency. Councillors References {{reflist, 2 Wards of Merseyside Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clatterbridge
Clatterbridge is a hamlet (place), hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is to the south-west of Bebington and close to the M53 motorway. Clatterbridge is also the name of Clatterbridge (ward), a local government ward, which includes Brimstage, Raby, Merseyside, Raby, Raby Mere, Thornton Hough, Storeton, Spital, Merseyside, Spital and the western fringes of Bromborough and Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham. At the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census, the total population of the ward was 16,906, falling to 14,411 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. The hamlet of Clatterbridge only had a recorded resident population of 30 in 2001. Geography Clatterbridge is in the central part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe, east of the Dee Estuary at Heswall and west of the River Mersey at Bromborough. The Clatter Bridge, itself, is at an elevation of approximately above sea leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brimstage
Brimstage () is a village in the centremost part of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is approximately east of Heswall and south west of Bebington. Administratively, it is within the Clatterbridge Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the time of the 2001 census, Brimstage had a population of 100. History The name Brimstage likely means "Bruna's place or riverbank"; the Old English word ''stæð'' meaning a river-bank, shore or landing place. Over time, the name has been spelt as ''Brunestathe'' (1260), ''Brimstache'' (1275), ''Brunstach'' (1326), ''Bronstathe'' (1348) and ''Brynstat'' (1387). In 1288, Sir Roger de Domville is said to have 'listened for the word ''Brunstath (an old name for Brimstage, which he held as lord) during proceedings at Chester. The Domvilles were a Cheshire family of some standing, owning land in Oxton, as well as Brimstage. The Domville family left the village when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Hough
Thornton Hough () is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, of pre-Conquest origins. The village grew during the ownership of Joseph Hirst into a small model village and was later acquired by William Lever, founder of Lever Brothers, the predecessor of Unilever. Thornton Hough is roughly from Liverpool and from Chester. Administratively, it is part of the Clatterbridge Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the 2001 census, Thornton Hough had 770 inhabitants. History The name Thornton means "thorn-tree farm/settlement" and likely derives from the Old English words ''þorn'' (hawthorn tree) and ''tūn'' (a farmstead or settlement). It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Torintone'', under the ownership of Robert of Rhuddlan. The present name of the village was established when the daughter of local landowner Roger de Thorneton, married Richard de Hoghe during the reign of Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raby, Merseyside
Raby () is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Administratively it is located within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral as part of Clatterbridge Ward. The settlement is within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. Raby is situated approximately to the north east of the town of Neston and close to Merseyside's boundary with Cheshire. The hamlet of Raby Mere is located to the east. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Raby had a total population of 100. History The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse ''Ra-byr'', meaning 'boundary settlement'. It is believed to be so named because it lay close to the boundary which existed in the 10th and 11th centuries between the Norse colony in Wirral to the north, centred on Thingwall, and Anglo-Saxon Mercia to the south. Raby was a township in Neston Parish of the Wirral Hundred with a population of 131 in 1801, 195 in 1851, 350 in 1901 and 308 in 1951. Geography Raby is in the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastham, Merseyside
Eastham is a village and an Ward (country subdivision), electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historic counties of England, Historically (until 1974), it was part of Cheshire. It is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south of Bromborough and to the east of Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, it had a population of 12,250 (5,940 males, 6,310 females), although the total ward population for the town stood at 13,637 (6,562 males, 7,075 females). In 2011 the town's population was not measured separately but a review was carried out for the ward. The total population had risen to 13,882 of which 6,730 were males and 7,152 females. History Eastham is cited as one of the oldest villages on the Wirral Peninsula and has been inhabited since Anglo Saxon times. The name derives from its location: ''ham'' ("home") situated to the east of Willaston, Cheshire West, Willaston, which was then the prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromborough
Bromborough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, it is situated on the Wirral Peninsula, to the south east of Bebington and to the north of Eastham. In the 2001 census, the population of the township was 12,630, although the total number of people in the larger Bromborough Ward was 13,963. By the time of the 2011 census the population of the township was not recorded, although that of the ward was shown as having increased to 14,850. History The name ''Brunanburh'' is suggested to mean "Bruna's fortification", with ''burh'' being Old English for a fortified place. Bromborough is a contender for the site of an epic battle of 937, the Battle of Brunanburh, which confirmed England as a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom. In an article in ''Notes and Queries'' in 2022, Michael Deakin questions the philological case for Bromborough as ''Brunanburh'', suggesting that the first element i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In England
Local government in England broadly consists of three layers: regional authorities, local authorities and parish councils. Legislation concerning English local government is passed by Parliament, as England does not have a devolved parliament. This article does not cover the 31 police and crime commissioners or the four police, fire and crime commissioners of England. Regional authorities Greater London Authority The Greater London Authority Act 1999 established a Mayor of London and 25-member London Assembly. The first mayoral and assembly elections took place in 2000. The former Leader of the Greater London Council, Ken Livingstone, served as the inaugural Mayor, until he was defeated by future Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2008. The incumbent, Sadiq Khan, was first elected in 2016. The Mayor's functions include chairing Transport for London, holding the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and London Fire Commissioner to account and keeping strategies up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Bebington
Bebington was a local government district on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire, England. It was the local authority for the towns of Bebington and Bromborough. New Ferry and Port Sunlight were also within its boundaries. The district also included the civil parishes of Brimstage, Eastham, Poulton cum Spital, Raby, Storeton and Thornton Hough. Created in 1922 as an urban district, it absorbed Bromborough Urban District, Higher Bebington Urban District and Lower Bebington Urban District. The new jurisdiction was known as Bebington and Bromborough Urban District. Its name was changed to Bebington Urban District in 1933, shortly before being incorporated as a municipal borough in 1937. The coat of arms of Bebington were granted on 3 January 1934. The shield featured two wheatsheaves, an emblem of the county of Cheshire and a ship to represents the borough's proximity to the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The saltire of St. Andrew in the upper-centre, depicts to who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storeton
Storeton is a small village on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated to the west of the town of Bebington and is made up of Great Storeton and Little Storeton, which is classified as a hamlet. At the 2001 Census the population of Storeton was recorded as 150. History There are Viking connections with Storeton, with the name deriving from the Old Norse ''Stor-tún'', meaning "great farmstead". The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Stortone''. It has been thought that the poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' refers to Storeton Hall. Storeton Hall, itself, dates from the 14th century. Storeton was a township in Bebington Parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was 180 in 1801, 233 in 1851, 265 in 1901 and 325 in 1951. In October 1944 a USAAF Liberator Bomber number 42-50347 from the 445th Bombardment Group exploded without explanation over the fields between Little Storeton and Landican with the loss of all 24 servicemen on board. The los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spital, Merseyside
Spital () is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. It is located mid-way on the Wirral Peninsula, and is mostly incorporated into the town of Bebington and the most westerly point of Spital forms the most northern edge of Bromborough. Spital is primarily a residential suburb which has apartments, and close proximity to the motorway network. The area contains shops, two bars, a chip shop and a primary school. Toponym The name "Spital" is a place or building known as a "spital house" that acted as a hospital or colony for lepers. However, the name might have been derived from the term "hospitality" - due to the large number of people working at the manorial estate in Poulton Lancelyn. Other original names of the village were "Poulton cum Spital" and "Spital Old Hall" until Spital was formally adopted at the end of the 19th century. It could also be a corruption of the Welsh '' ysbyty'', as seen in place names like Spittal, Pembrokeshire. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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