Larton
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Coordinates: 53°22′26″N 3°08′49″W / 53.374°N 3.147°W Larton is a hamlet, located next to Frankby and near to West Kirby, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Leir-tun, meaning 'clay farmstead'.[1] Larton was formerly part of Newton-cum-Larton, in the West Kirby parish of the Wirral Hundred. Its population was 49 in 1801 and 44 in 1851.[2]
Today, Newton is again regarded as a separate entity from Larton and is a district of West Kirby. Larton is now part of the Frankby parish, containing the majority of the population of the former township. Larton's name remains in geographical use with the Larton Livery riding school, Larton Farm and a "state of the art" veterinary surgery.
[edit] References
- ^ Sulley, Philip (1889), The Wirral Hundred
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Newton-cum-Larton, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/newtoncumlarton.html, retrieved 19 August 2007
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