In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Poulton like this:
POULTON-CUM-SPITTLE, a township in Bebington parish, Cheshire; on the Chester and Birkenhead railway, 4½ miles S by E of Birkenhead. It has a station, of the name of Spittle, on the railway; and it contains Wirralworkhouse, which had 123 inmates at the census of 1861. Acres, 954. Real property, £2, 770. Pop., 360. Houses,
Poulton through time
Poulton is now part of Wirral district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wirral has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Poulton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Poulton, in Wirral and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3690
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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