Eastham

Other current and historical names

Estham

Built-Up Area: Bebington
Parish/Community: Wirral, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Wirral
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°19'2"N 2°57'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 335969, 380485
OS Grid: SJ359804
Mapcode Local: GBR 7ZR2.DJ
Mapcode Global: WH87M.GWG5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Eastham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Eastham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Eastham.-- par. and township, W. Cheshire, on river Mersey, 6 miles SE. of Birkenhead -- par., 7976 ac. and 4839 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 4263; township, 1604 ac. and 724 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 639; P.O.; is a summer resort.

Eastham in the Domesday Book

A village in Willaston hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Osbern (subinfeudated); Haimo of Mascy (subinfeudated); Walter of Vernon (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated); Earl Hugh; Mundred the sheriff (subinfeudated); William Malbank (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 22 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £9 11/12 in 1086
- Households: 36 villagers; 21 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 priest; 9 other; 8 other households
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (22 plough lands)
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Eastham, Wirral

Eastham is a suburban area in Bebington, Wirral

Eastham in historic gazetteers

Eastham in the Domesday Book