Pensby
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Pensby is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England.
It was originally a village in Woodchurch Parish, Wirral Hundred. The population was 22 in 1801, 48 in 1901 and 2996 in 1951.
The original name for lower Pensby was Newtown, this was due to the building of new houses around the turn of last century at the cross roads of Pensby Road and Gills Lane.
It is part of the Pensby & Thingwall Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
The famous Everton footballer Dixie Dean played for Pensby in his early days, on the fields at the side of Gills Lane. He was sold to Tranmere Rovers for the fee of a new kit for the team.
Pensby is also known for the two secondary schools Pensby high school for boys and Pensby high school for girls.
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