Wirral Hundred
The Wirral Hundred is one of the hundreds of Cheshire, located in the north-west of the county. It is named after the Wirral peninsula which forms the majority of its area. It is bounded to the east by the Mersey estuary; to the west by the Dee estuary; to the south-west by Flintshire; to the south by Broxton Hundred; and to the south-east by Eddisbury Hundred. It is the second-most populous of the hundreds, after Macclesfield Hundred, with a population of 418,379 in 2011.
It comprises the following ancient parishes:
- Backford
- Bebington
- Bidston
- Birkenhead
- Bromborough
- Burton
- Chester Holy Trinity (Blacon cum Crabhall township)*
- Eastham
- Great Stanney (ex. par.)
- Heswall
- Neston
- Stanlow (ex. par.)
- Shotwick
- Shotwick Park (ex. par.)
- Stoke
- Thurstaston
- Upon
- Wallasey
- West Kirby
- Woodchurch
*: Remainder in Chester (Broxton Hund.)
| Hundreds of Cheshire |
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Broxton (including Chester) • Bucklow • Eddisbury • Macclesfield • Nantwich • Northwich • Wirral |