Storeton
Storeton | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WIRRAL | |
Postcode district | CH63 | |
Dialling code | 0151 | |
ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL | |
Police | Merseyside | |
Fire | Merseyside | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Storeton is a small village and former
History
Storeton has
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Stortone.[4]
It has been thought that the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to Storeton Hall.[5] Storeton Hall dates from the 14th century.[6] It was formerly in Wirral Hundred.
Storeton was formerly a
In October 1944 a
Geography
Storeton is in the centre of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe, about 6 km (3.7 mi) east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at Heswall and less than 4 km (2.5 mi) west-south-west of the River Mersey at New Ferry. The village is west of Storeton Hill, at around 52 m (171 ft) above sea level.[12]
Storeton Woods
On the ridge above the village Storeton Woods, owned by the Friends of Storeton Woods
Storeton Woods is also the location for Storeton Transmitting Station, a television relay and radio transmitter and mast.[14]
Storeton quarries and tramway
The woods have grown up on the site of a quarry present since the times of the Roman occupation. The quarries were up to 200 feet (61 m) deep at the beginning of the 20th century and, from the 19th century, a tramway (a single-track, standard-gauge railway) was used to transport stone to the quayside at Bromborough. A portion of the tramway embankment still exists as footpath and a section of the rails have been re-installed by the Bromborough Society. Some rails were embedded at a former level crossing on Rest Hill Road until 1979 when they were buried under a new layer of tarmac. The tramway ran along the southern border of the current woods, into Hancock's Wood and through a tunnel under Mount Road. It then ran in a sweeping curve to Bromborough.[15] Much of the route of the tramway can no longer be seen as it has been lost under housing development or levelled for the playing fields of
Most of the village is built from locally quarried stone from Storeton Ridge. The stone is a creamy
The quarry was filled in with spoil from the excavation of the Queensway Tunnel in the 1920s and the site is currently a tranquil nature reserve enjoyed by walkers.
Transport
Bus
Services operating in the Storeton area, as of 8 December 2014:
Number | Route | Operator | Days of Operation |
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77/77A | Heswall-Woodside | Avon Buses | Monday-Saturday |
Railway
The
See also
References
- ^ a b Wirral 2001 Census: Storeton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, retrieved 1 September 2007
- ^ "Coordinate Distance Calculator". boulter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Sulley, Philip (1889), The Hundred Of Wirral
- ^ Cheshire L-Z, The Domesday Book Online, retrieved 1 September 2007
- S2CID 162203676. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Randall 1984, pp. 86–88
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Storeton CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Wirral Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Storeton, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, retrieved 1 September 2007
- ^ "19th October 1944 USAF Liberator Explosion".
- ^ "SRTM & Ordnance Survey Elevation Data in PHP". Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Home page". Friends of Storeton Woods. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Storeton transmitting station
- ^ Storeton Tramway, Friends of Storeton Woods, retrieved 1 September 2007
- ^ a b "Station Name: STORETON". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
Sources
- Randall, David (1984). The Search for Old Wirral. Countryvise. OCLC 263480984.
Bibliography
- Jermy, Roger C. (1981). Storeton Tramway. Avon-Anglia Publications. ISBN 9780905466439.
- Mortimer, William Williams (1847). The History of the Hundred of Wirral. London: Whittaker & Co. pp192-194.