Hooton, Cheshire

Description
Hooton, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in East-ham parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 miles S of East-ham, and 7 SE of Birkenhead. It has a station on the Birkenhead railway, at the junction of the Birkenhead and Chester branch with the Hooton, Parkgate, and West Kirby branch, and the Helsby and Hooton branch. Post-town, East-ham, under Birkenhead. Acreage, 1164 of land, 14 of water, 631 of tidal water, and 1099 of foreshore; population, 537. Hooton Hall, the seat of the lord of the manor, is a large mansion with a fine park, stands on an eminence commanding a good view of the Mersey and the surrounding country, belonged formerly to Sir T. M. Stanley, Bart., and was rebuilt in 1778 on the site of an old timbered house. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1862, and includes also the townships of Childer Thomton and Little Sutton. Population, 2374. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £262 with residence. The church was built in 1862, and has five bells. There was a beautiful stained glass E window put in to the memory of Mrs Bridgman in 1893.