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Childer Thornton

Coordinates: 53°17′31″N 2°56′56″W / 53.292°N 2.949°W / 53.292; -2.949
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Childer Thornton
The Halfway House pub on the A41 road
Childer Thornton is located in Cheshire
Childer Thornton
Childer Thornton
Location within Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ368776
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townELLESMERE PORT
Postcode districtCH66
Dialling code0151
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°17′31″N 2°56′56″W / 53.292°N 2.949°W / 53.292; -2.949

Childer Thornton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was once a separate village but has since been incorporated into Ellesmere Port. Childer Thornton is on the A41 trunk road, between Hooton and Little Sutton.

History

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The name Childer Thornton means "children's thorn-tree farm/settlement" and likely derives from the Old English words cild (children), þorn (hawthorn tree) and tūn (a farmstead or settlement).[1]

Although not specifically mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, it constituted a portion of the land owned by St Werburgh's Abbey in Chester.

Thornton-Childer was formerly a township in the parish of Eastham,[2] in the Wirral Hundred, in 1866 Childer Thornton became a separate civil parish. It was administered as part of Wirral Rural District until 1933 when it was transferred to Ellesmere Port Urban District. On 1 April 1950 the parish was abolished and merged with Ellesmere Port.[3][4] The population was 112 in 1801, 319 in 1851 and rising to 685 by 1901.[3] In 1931 the parish had a population of 792.[5] From 1974 to 2009 it was in Ellesmere Port and Neston district.

Geography

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Childer Thornton is in the southern part of the Wirral Peninsula, near to the town of Ellesmere Port.

Community and Economy

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The village has one school, three pubs, a hotel and a garden centre. Childer Thornton is exactly halfway in distance between Birkenhead and Chester and one of the pubs is named 'The Halfway House', which was a stagecoach stop between Chester and New Ferry in the 1770s.[6] Childer Thornton's other pubs are 'The Burleydam' and 'The White Lion'. The Village Petrol Station is equipped with a charging station for electric vehicles.

Religion

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Childer Thornton is in the Anglican parish of Hooton, with an attractive parish church made of local sandstone, situated just outside the village itself. St Paul's Church was built between 1858 and 1862, at a cost of £5,000.[7] It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1985.[8]

Transport

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The junction of the A41 and A550 roads, to the north of Childer Thornton

The busy A41 road between Birkenhead and Chester runs through the middle of Childer Thornton. Despite this, the area is relatively unspoilt, with the M53 motorway effectively diverting away from the bulk of through traffic. To the north of the village, the A550 road diverges from the A41, heading towards North Wales.

The nearest railway station is Little Sutton, on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool.

The village is however served by frequent bus services (as of 2021):

Route No. From To Via Frequency
1 Liverpool Chester Birkenhead, Chester Zoo Every 15 mins
X1 Liverpool Chester Birkenhead, Hope Farm Every 10 mins
811 Moreton Broughton Birkenhead Hourly
272 Arrowe Park Ellesmere Port Willaston Hourly
359 Neston (Raby Park Road) Ellesmere Port Willaston (a.m.)/Ledsham Road (p.m.) 1 a.m. journey and 1 p.m. journey

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place-Names: Childer Thornton". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "History of Childer Thornton, in Ellesmere Port and Neston and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Childer Thornton". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Childer Thornton Tn/CP". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Population statistics Childer Thornton CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Guide To Ellesmere Port". drakesvision.com. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  7. ^ "Urbanisation of Ellesmere Port". Whitby High School. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Paul, including south-west boundary wall and gates, Hooton (1115407)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2021.