Woodchurch
Parish in the County of Cheshire
Etymology
The ancient parish of Woodchurch contained the townships 1. Arrowe, 2. Barnston, 3. Irby, 4. Landican, 5. Noctorum, 6. Oxton, 7. Pensby, 8. Prenton, 9. Thingwall, 10. Woodchurch. Of these, all except Barnston, Irby and Pensby are now included in Birkenhead County Borough. Part of Irby belonged to Thurstaston parish 279infra , and to Woodchurch parish belonged part of Claughton cum Grange township, cf. 316infra .The origin of Woodchurch parish is discussed 267 infra .
Major Settlements
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
- Arrowe Brook
- Arrowebrook Fm
- Arrowhouse Fm
- Card Plantation
- The Cottage
- Ivy Fm
- Limbo Lane
- Neilson's Plantation
- Nicholson's Plantation
- Rake Lane
- Robinson's Plantation
- Tophouse Fm
- The Acres
- Barnston Common
- Barnston Hall
- Border Fm
- Dale House, Dale House Rd
- Gills Lane
- Lower Fm
- Manor Fm & Manor Ho
- Meadow Ho
- Newtown
- Oaklands
- Pensby Ho & Pensby Rd
- The Pringles
- Slack Rd
- Smithy Lane
- Streeve
- Whitehouse, Whitehouse Lane
- Whitfield Lane
- Heathfield
- Irbymill Hill
- Irbymillhill Fm
- Limbo Lane
- Mill Cottage
- Redstones Fm
- The Rookery
- Ellison's Fm(lost)
- Landican Lane
- Prenton Bridge
- Woodchurch Lane
- Heath Heys
- Holm Lane, New Home Fm
- Mere Farm Rd
- Mill Hill
- Oxton Hall
- Oxton Heath
- Oxton Hill
- Townfield Lane
- Village Rd
- Woodchurch Rd
- The Croft
- Elms Fm
- Highfield Ho
- Oakland
- The Orchard
- Thistlefield
- Lower Fm
- Mount Ho, Mount Rd & Mount Wood
- Prenton Bridge
- Prenton Brook
- Prenton Dell
- Prenton Lane
- Storeton Rd
- Woodchurch Rd
- Cross Hill
- The Fiddler's Folly(lost)
- Heathfield
- Manor Ho(lost)
- Pool Cottage
- Thingwall Common
- Thingwall Hall
- Thingwall Mill(lost)
- Fleet Cottage
- Home Fm