Place:Woodbank, Cheshire, England

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NameWoodbank
Alt namesRough Shotwicksource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.249°N 2.967°W
Located inCheshire, England
See alsoWirral Hundred, Cheshire, Englandhundred in which it was situated
Wirral Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part
Great Boughton Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-1871
Chester Registration District, Cheshire, Englandregistration district of which it was part after 1871
Chester Rural, Cheshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, Englandunitary authority in which it is now located
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Woodbank is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is located on the Wirral Peninsula, about 6 miles northwest of the city of Chester and near the larger village of Saughall.

Woodbank was a township in the ancient parish of Shotwick of the Wirral Hundred and included part of the nearby hamlet of Two Mills. The population was 48 in 1801, 64 in 1851, 72 in 1901 and 77 in 1951.

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