Gayton, Merseyside

Gayton
Gayton

 Gayton shown within Merseyside
Population 3,110 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SJ267808
Metropolitan borough Wirral
Metropolitan county Merseyside
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WIRRAL
Postcode district CH60
Dialling code 0151
Police Merseyside
Fire Merseyside
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Wirral South
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

Gayton is a village in Wirral, Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110.[1]

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History

The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Geit-tún, meaning 'goat farmstead'.[2] Originally part of the Heswall Parish in the Wirral Hundred, with the hamlets of Dawstone and Oldfield also included as part of Gayton. The village population was 100 in 1801, 144 in 1851, 180 in 1901 and 832 in 1951.[3] Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of Wirral Urban District in the county of Cheshire.

Gayton Windmill, built of red sandstone and Wirral's oldest tower mill,[4] ceased operation in 1875. It has since been converted into a private residence.[5]

Transport

Rail

The nearest railway station to Gayton is Heswall.

Bus

Services operating in the Gayton area, as of December 2008:

Number Route Operator Days of Operation
22/22A Caldy-Chester Avon Buses Monday-Saturday
77 Heswall Shore-Woodside Avon Buses Monday-Saturday
85 Heswall-Mill Park Avon Buses Monday-Saturday
113 Heswall-New Ferry A1A Travel Monday-Saturday evenings
174 Lower Village-Heswall Eazibus (Mon-Fri) and A2B Travel (Sat) Monday-Saturday
186 Eastham Ferry-Leasowe Avon Buses Evenings and Sundays
272/273 Hooton/Neston-Arrowe Park Hospital Helms Coaches (Mon-Sat) and Eazibus (Sun) Monday-Sunday
471/472 Barnston-Liverpool Arriva North West Monday-Friday peak times

References

  1. ^ a b Wirral 2001 Census: Gayton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS14, retrieved 4 January 2008 
  2. ^ Sulley, Philip (1889), The Hundred Of Wirral 
  3. ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Gayton, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/gayton.html, retrieved 10 April 2007 
  4. ^ Young, Derek & Marian, Pictures From The Past: Book 3, pp. 64 
  5. ^ History of Heswall, heswall.com, http://www.heswall.com/heswall_history.asp, retrieved 6 September 2007 

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