Description
Oxton, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Woodchurch parish, Cheshire. The village stands 2 miles W of Birkenhead, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Birkenhead. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury. There are numerous villas and suburban residences. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1848. Population, 3866. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £191. Patron, the Rector of Woodchurch. The church was rebuilt in 1891.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
