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Gayton, Merseyside

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Gayton
type	Village
coordinates
population	3,110
population_ref	(2001 Census)
metropolitan_borough	Wirral
metropolitan_county	Merseyside
region	North West England
static_image	Gayton Mill, Cheshire.jpg
static_image_caption	The converted windmill seen from the junction of Old Mill Close and the A540 Telegraph Road
constituency_westminster	Wirral South
post_town	WIRRAL
postcode_district	CH60
postcode_area	CH
dial_code	0151
os_grid_reference	SJ267808
london_distance	177 mi
london_direction	SE
iso_code	GB-WRL

Gayton is a village in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110.

History

The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Geit-tún, meaning 'goat farmstead'. Gayton was formerly a township in the parish of Heswall, in the Wirral Hundred, in 1866 Gayton became a separate civil parish. The hamlets of Dawstone and Oldfield are also included as part of Gayton. The parish population was 100 in 1801, 144 in 1851, 180 in 1901 and 832 in 1951. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of Wirral Urban District in the county of Cheshire. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.

William of Orange stayed at Gayton Hall in 1689 en route to the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland, and knighted his host, Sir William Glegg.

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

Geography

Gayton is on the western side of the Wirral Peninsula, and is situated at the eastern side of the Dee Estuary. The village is approximately 10 km south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Hoylake and about 8 km west-south-west of the River Mersey at Port Sunlight. The village is situated at an elevation of between 3-70 m above sea level.

(across Dee Estuary) (across Dee Estuary)

Transport

Rail

The nearest railway station to Gayton is Heswall.

Bus

Services operating in the Gayton area, as of January 2015:

Number	Route	Operator	Days of operation
77	Heswall–Woodside	Avon Buses	Monday–Saturday
85	Clatterbridge Hospital–Heswall	Avon Buses	Monday–Saturday
113	Heswall–New Ferry	A2B Travel	Monday–Saturday evenings
174	Lower Village–Heswall	A2B Travel	Monday–Saturday
472	Barnston–Liverpool	Arriva North West & Stagecoach	Monday–Friday peak times
X22	Heswall–Chester	Al's Coaches	Monday–Saturday

References

Bibliography

References

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(January 2017). "Wirral 2001 Census: Gayton". Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
Sulley, Philip. (1889). "The Hundred Of Wirral".
"History of Gayton, in Wirral and Cheshire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"Relationships and changes Gayton CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Gayton". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy.
"Wirral Registration District". UKBMD.
Coward, Thomas Alfred. (1903). "Picturesque Cheshire". Sherratt and Hughes.
Young, Derek & Marian. "Pictures From The Past: Book 3".
"History of Heswall". heswall.com.
"SRTM & Ordnance Survey Elevation Data in PHP".

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