EASTHAM, a parish in the higher division of the
hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, comprising
the townships of Eastham, Hooton, Nether Pool,
Over Pool, Great Sutton, Little Sutton, Thornton-Childer,
and a part of that of Whitby, and containing 1430 inhabitants,
of which number, 368 are in the township of Eastham,
5 miles (E. N. E.) from Great Neston. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Chester, rated in the king's books at £12. 13., and in
the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. About a mile from the
village is a ferry on the Mersey, called Eastham ferry,;
and at the ferry-house is usually held the yearly meeting
of the Wirrall Agricultural Society. There are two or
three small bequests for the education of poor children.