Eastham
Parish in the County of Cheshire
Etymology
The ecclesiastical parish of Eastham was created about 1152 as a chapelry of Bromborough parish, v. 234, 239infra . It contained the townships 1. Eastham, 2. Hooton, 3. Netherpool, 4. Overpool, 5. Great Sutton, 6. Little Sutton, 7. Childer Thornton, and also (8) part of Whitby 198infra .It would seem that Stanlow and Great Stanney 185, 182supra belonged here originally, Eastham being the mother church of the men of Stanney in 1186–91 Whall (ChetOS xi533), cf. Orm2 ii397. Eastham township with part of Hooton is now included in the c.p. of Bebington Municipal Borough (245infra ). The rest of the ancient parish, with Great Stanney and Stanlow, is included in the c.p. of Ellesmore Port Municipal Borough (198infra ).
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
- Dale Hey Lane(lost)
- Eastham Rake
- Church Wood
- Clayhill Wood
- David's Rough
- Eastham Sands
- Hooton Park Fm, Kennel Cottages & Kennel Wood
- The Park
- Poole Hall Rocks
- St Helen's Well
- Sea Rough(lost)
- Shoulder of Mutton Plantation
- Wades Gate
- Well Wood
- Mount Manisty
- Backfordcross Fm
- Damage Bridge No
- The Manor
- Salters Lane(lost)
- Woodlands (part)
- David's Rough
- Eastham Sands
- Poole Hall
- Pool Hall Banks & Pool Hall Deep(lost)
- Poole Hall Rocks
- Pooles Wharf(lost)
- Standing Wood
- Banners Style(lost)
- Fallance Lane
- Mill Ho & Mill Lane(lost)
- Big Shallacres & Little Shallacres
- Smithy Lane
- Bridge Fm
- Dunkirk Ho
- Manor Cottages
- Sutton Green
- Carlett Cottage & Carlett Park
- Eastham Ferry
- Eastham Windmill
- Eastham Woods
- The Heys
- Job's Ferry
- Lowfields Fm
- Mill Hey
- Park Cottage & Park Ho
- Townfield Lane(lost)
- Wades Gate(lost)
- The Warrens
- Bankfields
- Fallance Lane(lost)
- Backford Cross
- Capenhurst Grange & Capenhurst Lodge
- Homefield Ho
- Iron Cottages
- New Hey
- Whetstone Hey Fm
- Clayhill Wood
- Farre Ho
- Gorsthill
- Greenfields
- Hooton Lodge
- Ledsham Hall & Ledsham Rd
- Smithy Lane(lost)
- Sutton Hall
- Suttonhall Fm
- Woodhey
- Woodlands (part)
- Crowthorns
- Heath Fm
- Lowfields
- The Oaklands, Oakfield
- School Lane
- Old Smithfield
- Thornton Hall
- Thornton Heath