Little Altcar

Little Altcar
Little Altcar
Village
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L37
Dialling code	01704
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Sefton Central;
	List of places UK England Merseyside 53°33′04″N 3°03′07″W / 53.55111°N 3.05194°W

Little Altcar is a village and

civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton on Merseyside, within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire and on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain of England. The village forms part of the built-up area of Formby. It had a population of 892 in the 2001 Census,^[1] increasing to 910 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Etymology

The name Altcar is Norse meaning 'marsh by the River Alt'.

Governance

Local Government

Little Altcar has two tiers of local government, at parish and metropolitan borough level: Little Altcar Parish Council, and Sefton Council. Sefton is also a constituent part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The civil parish now called Little Altcar was created in 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, which split the former parish of Altcar between Lancashire and the new metropolitan county of Merseyside. The parts in each county became new parishes, with the parish in Lancashire taking the name Great Altcar. The parish in Merseyside was initially called simply "Altcar",^[3] changing to "Altcar-in-Merseyside" in 1977,^[4] before changing again to "Little Altcar" on 19 November 1987.^[5]

For elections to

councillors

, the recent election in May 2015 has resulted in an influx of Formby Residents Action Group representatives becoming the majority party.

Parliamentary representation

From 1950 until 2010 Little Altcar was within the boundaries of the

MP Bill Esterson

.

References

^ Cernsus 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Sefton Office for National Statistics, retrieved 23 August 2009
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ New Parishes Order 1973 (PDF). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1973. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Database of Local Government Orders". Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ Bulletins of Change of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1 April 1987 - 31 March 1988 (PDF). London: Department for the Environment. 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links

[1] Cernsus 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Sefton Office for National Statistics, retrieved 23 August 2009

[2] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[3] New Parishes Order 1973 (PDF). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1973. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[4] "Database of Local Government Orders". Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[5] Bulletins of Change of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1 April 1987 - 31 March 1988 (PDF). London: Department for the Environment. 1988. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Ceremonial county of Merseyside
Metropolitan districts	City of Liverpool Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Bebington Birkenhead Bootle Bromborough Crosby Earlestown Eastham Formby Halewood Haydock Heswall Hoylake Huyton Kirkby Litherland Liverpool Maghull Moreton Newton-le-Willows Prescot Rainhill St Helens Southport Upton Wallasey West Kirby List of civil parishes in Merseyside
Rivers	Alt Mersey Dee
Topics	People Population of major settlements (with links) All places Parliamentary constituencies Schools SSSIs Commemorative plaques Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Scheduled monuments History Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Football clubs Aintree Racecourse