Burton (near Neston)
village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire West and Chester, England
Burton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated south of the town of Neston.
At the 2001 Census, the settlement constituted part of the Burton and Ness Ward of the Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston. The population of the village was 715 with the ward having a total population of 1,620.
As of 2026 Burton is part of Willaston and Thornton Ward.
History
The village population was recorded at 288 in 1801, 291 in 1851, 222 in 1901 and 667 in 1951.
The Cheshire and Chester Record Office has records of baptisms, marriages and burials at the parish church, St Nicholas', dating from 1538.
Ancient
Burton was first documented in the Domesday Book and historically was on the route which travellers would take from London to Birkenhead. Owing to its location on trade routes, it is thought to have developed at a faster rate than neighbouring communities. Indeed, during the fourteenth century trade and travel allowed Burton to flourish, standing as it did near the site of embarcation for the ferry to North Wales and on the main route to the city of Chester.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Burton (near Neston)” as village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q659927. Authority coordinates are 53.260, -3.025. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 2026, 1801 and 1851.
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