Coordinates: 53°20′17″N 3°05′42″W / 53.338°N 3.095°W
| Pensby | |
  Pensby shown within Merseyside |
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| Population | 6,900 (2001 Census}[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Wirral |
| Metropolitan county | Merseyside |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIRRAL |
| Postcode district | CH61 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Wirral West |
| List of places: UK • England • Merseyside | |
Pensby is a large village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located to the north east of Heswall. It is part of the Pensby & Thingwall Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West. At the 2001 Census, the population of the village was 6,900[1] and the total population for the ward was 13,314.[2]
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History
The name Pensby comes from Old Norse, meaning a village or settlement at a hill called "Penn".[3] The "by" suffix, included in neighbouring place names such as Frankby, Greasby, and Irby, is believed to be Viking in origin.
Pensby was originally a village in Woodchurch Parish, Wirral Hundred. The population was 22 in 1801, 48 in 1901 and 2,996 in 1951.[4]
Lower Pensby was previously known as Newtown. This was due to the building of new houses around the turn of the twentieth century at the crossroads of Pensby Road and Gills Lane.[5]
On 1 April 1974, local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of Wirral, including Pensby, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside.
Education
Pensby's primary schools are Ladymount RC Primary, Pensby Park Primary and Pensby Infants and Junior schools (also known as Green Bank). Pensby Infants and Junior Schools are to combine due to falling pupil numbers.[citation needed] The local secondary schools are Pensby High School for Boys, which was renamed Pensby Sports College in 2005 by the Department for Education and Skills,[6] and Pensby High School for Girls.
Sport
The famous Everton FC footballer Dixie Dean played for FC Pensby in his early days, on the fields at the side of Gills Lane. He was sold to Tranmere Rovers for the fee of a new kit for the team.[7]
Transport
Rail
The nearest station is Heswall.
Bus
Services operating in the Pensby area, as of December 2008:
| Number | Route | Operator | Days of Operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Caldy-Chester | Avon Buses | Monday-Saturday |
| 71/72 | Heswall-Liverpool | First Chester & The Wirral | Monday-Friday |
| 166/167 | Heswall Shore-Heswall | Eazibus | Monday-Saturday |
| 171 | Heswall-Birkenhead | A2B Travel | Sunday evenings |
| 172 | Heswall-Birkenhead | Avon Buses (Mon-Sat) and A2B Travel (Sun) | Monday-Saturday mornings and Sunday evening |
| 175 | Heswall-Irby | Eazibus (M-F) and A2B Travel (Sat) | Monday-Saturday |
| 186 | Eastham Ferry-Leasowe | Avon Buses | Evenings and Sundays |
| 272/273 | Hooton/Neston-Arrowe Park Hospital | Helms Coaches (Mon-Sat daytime) and Eazibus (evenings and Sundays) | Monday-Sunday |
| 471 | Barnston-Liverpool | Arriva North West | Monday-Friday peak times |
| 472 | Barnston/Heswall-Liverpool | Arriva North West | Monday-Saturday |
References
- ^ a b Wirral 2001 Census: Pensby, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS30, retrieved on 10 May 2007
- ^ 2001 Census: Pensby & Thingwall (Ward), Office for National Statistics, http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=5941377&c=pensby&d=14&e=16&g=361640&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=129, retrieved on 10 May 2007
- ^ Sulley, Philip (1889), The Wirral Hundred
- ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Pensby, GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy, http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/CHS/pensby.html, retrieved on 11 March 2007
- ^ Dawson, Greg (1994), Arwe: The Story of Arrowe, Pensby and the Liverpool Slave Trade, Dawson Publishing, ISBN 0-9522598-1-8
- ^ Pensby Sports College, http://www.pensbysportscollege.wirral.sch.uk/index.html, retrieved on 11 March 2007
- ^ Everton History - Dixie Dean, bluekipper.com, http://www.bluekipper.com/dixie/legend.htm, retrieved on 18 March 2008
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