Oxton, Cheshire

Historical Description

Oxton, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Woodchurch parish, Cheshire. The village stands 2 miles W of Birkenhead, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Birkenhead. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury. There are numerous villas and suburban residences. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1848. Population, 3866. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £191. Patron, the Rector of Woodchurch. The church was rebuilt in 1891.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Oxton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Oxton)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cheshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Oxton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cheshire papers online:

• Chester Chronicle
• Cheshire Observer
• Chester Courant

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 is available on the Heraldry page.