Brimstage

Brimstage
Village
Brimstage Craft Centre
Brimstage
Brimstage shown within Merseyside
Population	100 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ304826
• London	177 mi (285 km)[2] SE
Metropolitan borough	Wirral
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIRRAL
Postcode district	CH63
Dialling code	0151
ISO 3166 code	GB-WRL
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Wirral South

Brimstage (locally /ˈbrɪmstɪdʒ/) is a village located in the centremost part^[3] of the Wirral Peninsula, England, east of Heswall and west of Bebington. The village is located in the Clatterbridge Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the time of the 2001 Census, Brimstage had a population of 100.^[1]

History

Although the exact date of construction is unknown, Brimstage Hall is believed to have been built between the 12th century and 14th century, making it one of the oldest buildings on Merseyside.^[3][4] Originally the site was enclosed by a moat and high embankment. The building's first known occupants were Sir Hugh Hulse and his wife, who were granted the right to construct a chapel in 1398.

Brimstage was the home of the Domville family, who arrived with William the Conqueror. The seventh Lord of Oxton, third Lord of Brimstage, Sir Roger de Domville, 'listened for the word Brunstath' (the old name for Brimstage) during proceedings at Chester. He was to go to meet his wife Isobel, at his home, Brimstage Hall. The year was 1288. There is a male descendency from the time of William the Conqueror for the Domvilles which is continued today (2013). The family were to leave the hall when the Hulse family took residence circa 1378.

Brimstage was formerly a township in Bromborough Parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was 127 in 1801, 126 in 1851, 181 in 1901 and 135 in 1951.^[5] On 1 April 1974, local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of Wirral, including Brimstage, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside as part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.

There were two pubs in Brimstage, the Red Cat and the Pig and Whistle. The Red Cat was knocked down and never rebuilt while the Pig and Whistle is thought to have been the now named Rose Cottage adjacent to the Pig and Whistle field.

Geography

Brimstage is in the central part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe Lighthouse, about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at Gayton and about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) west-north-west of the River Mersey at Port Sunlight. The village is situated at an elevation of around 40 m (130 ft) above sea level.^[6]

Neighbouring places
	Barnston	Storeton	Bebington
	Heswall		Bebington
		Brimstage
	Thornton Manor	Thornton Hough	Clatterbridge

Community

The telephone box

Brimstage is a rural community centred on a small village green, consisting of Brimstage Hall, numerous farms and a small number of dwellings. Brimstage Hall and the surrounding Courtyard hosts a vibrant retail community which includes these retailers.

In 2006 the former dairy at Home farm was refurbished to become the home of Brimstage Brewery - Wirral's first commercial brewery since the closure of Birkenhead Brewery in the 1960s.^[7]

Brimstage, along with the neighbouring villages of Raby and Thornton Hough, are within an Area of Special Landscape Value, a protective designation to preserve the character and appearance of the area. This is part of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.^[8]

Bus

Services operating along Brimstage Road and Talbot Avenue to the west of the village as of 2015:

References

Bibliography

• Mortimer, William Williams (1847). The History of the Hundred of Wirral. London: Whittaker & Co. pp210-212. 

External links

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