Claughton, ENG - Postcode - PR3 0PL

Description of Claughton, England

Claughton, sometimes known as Claughton, is a settlement and suburb of Birkenhead in Merseyside, England. Located just next to Birkenhead Park, it is around 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the heart of Birkenhead. Claughton is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral's administration. It was a component of Cheshire's County Borough of Birkenhead before that body was disbanded on 1 April 1974 as part of a statewide reorganization of local governments.

History of Claughton

The name comes from the Old Norse word klakkr-tun, which means "hamlet on a hillside." This name has Viking origins.

Around 1850, local donor Sir William Jackson commissioned the construction of Claughton Manor House, and Sir Joseph Paxton was commissioned to create the surrounding grounds. Until its demolition in the 1930s, it stood between Egerton Road and Manor Hill. Artist Harry B. Neilson, reflecting on his upbringing in Claughton during the 1860s, penned the following: " "My dad still uses the ancient stocks and half-Wellington boots. Young men of vogue sported peg-top pants, small pork-pie hats with fluttering ribbons, and Dundreary beards, while young women wore poke bonnets, crinolines, Paisley shawls, and many-flounced, voluminous skirts. There were still instances of police officers donning top hats. The only common form of female outdoor recreation was croquet." Located in Birkenhead, England, The Birkenhead Institute was formed in 1889 by local benefactor George Atkin in the form of a for-profit corporation with its own board of directors and stockholders. It moved from its original location on Whetstone Lane in Birkenhead to its current location on Tollemache Road in Claughton in the 1970s. After its closure in 1994, the school was torn down. Wilfred Owen, a poet who served in World War I, attended the school when it was in its first location. On the former Tollemache Road, a residential street now bears his name.

Claughton was a civil parish from 1866 to 1898, when it was annexed to the civil parish and municipal borough of Birkenhead. Prior to that, it was a township divided between the parishes of Bidston and Woodchurch in the Wirral Hundred. A total of 67 people were counted in 1801, 714 in 1851, and 733 in 1898. Most of the Wirral Peninsula, including Claughton, moved from Cheshire to the newly formed county of Merseyside on 1 April 1974 as a result of local government reorganization in England and Wales.

Geographical Description of Claughton

Located on the northeastern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, Claughton is about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) south-southeast of Wallasey and the Irish Sea, 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) east-northeast of the Dee Estuary at Caldy, and 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) west of the River Mersey at Woodside. Elevation ranges from 25 to 36 meters (82 to 118 feet) above sea level at Claughton, which is located on the eastern side of Bidston Hill with its stores and college on the A5027 road.