Gayton, Merseyside

Gayton, Merseyside

infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= Gayton
latitude= 53.3192
longitude= -3.1014
population= 3,110 (2001 Census)
metropolitan_borough= Wirral
metropolitan_county= Merseyside
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Wirral South
post_town= WIRRAL
postcode_district= CH60
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ267808
map_type= Merseyside Gayton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110.citeweb|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS14|title=Wirral 2001 Census: Gayton|work=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|accessdate=4 January|accessyear=2008]

History

The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse "Geit-tún", meaning 'goat farmstead'. [citebook|last=Sulley|first=Philip|title=The Hundred Of Wirral|date=1889] Originally part of the Heswall Parish in the Wirral Hundred, with the hamlets of Dawstone and Oldfield also included as part of Gayton. The village population was 100 in 1801, 144 in 1851, 180 in 1901 and 832 in 1951. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/gayton.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Gayton|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=10 April|accessyear=2007] Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of Wirral Urban District in the county of Cheshire.

Gayton Windmill, built of red sandstone and Wirral's oldest tower mill, [citebook|title=Pictures From The Past: Book 3|last=Young|first=Derek & Marian|pages=p64] ceased operation in 1875. It has since been converted into a private residence. [citeweb|url=http://www.heswall.com/heswall_history.asp|title=History of Heswall|work=heswall.com|accessdate=6 September|accessyear=2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/381168 Photo: Gayton Windmill]


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