Hooton Railway Station
Hooton railway station is situated in the south of the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England. It lies on the Wirral Line north of Chester and south west of Liverpool Lime Street on the Merseyrail network, and is the junction of the branch from the Chester line to Ellesmere Port. It serves the villages of Hooton and Willaston. The station is midway between Junction 5 of the M53 motorway and Willaston village. It provides a major park and ride facility for Birkenhead, Liverpool and Chester, being convenient of access from north east Wales by the A550. The station car park contains compliant blue badge parking spaces; a variable height counter and new cycle parking were provided in 2007. Network Rail has installed a DDA compliant structure to replace the original footbridge, with lifts to all platforms; it was completed at the end of January 2011, making Hooton a wholly 'disabled friendly' station. An 'M to Go' shop was opened in March 2010. Improvements to the station also incl ...
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Hooton, Cheshire
Hooton is a suburban village on the Wirral Peninsula, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was once a separate village but was incorporated into Ellesmere Port as the town expanded outwards during the twentieth century. The 2011 census recorded the population of the Hooton built-up area as 385. History The name Hooton means "hill-spur farm/settlement" and likely derives from the Old English words ''hōh'' (s sharply projecting tract of land) and ''tūn'' (a farmstead or settlement). In 1070 William the Conqueror granted the lands of Hooton to Adam de Aldithly. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Hotone'' in the hundred of ''Wilaveston'' (later called the Wirral Hundred) under the ownership of Richard de Vernon and consisting of nine households (one villager, four smallholders and four 'riders'). Eventually the lands passed to the Stanley family through a series of marriages. After the Ba ...
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