Saughall Massie

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 53.3859
longitude= -3.1333
map_type= Merseyside
official_name= Saughall Massie
shire_county = Merseyside
population= 1,260 (2001 Census)citeweb|url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS37|title=Wirral 2001 Census: Saughall Massie|work=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|accessdate=17 May|accessyear=2007]
shire_district= Wirral
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Wallasey
post_town= WIRRAL
postcode_district= CH48
postcode_area= CH
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ247882::"This article is about the village of Saughall Massie. See also Saughall for the village and civil parish in Chester District."Saughall Massie is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. It is bordered by Greasby, Meols, Moreton and Upton. The village is part of the Moreton West & Saughall Massie Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and the parliamentary constituency of Wallasey. A small village primarily made up of large fields owned by local farmers, Saughall Massie had a population of 1,260 at the time of the 2001 Census.

History

The name de Massie, de Massey or de Mascy has been connected to the Wirral since the time of the Norman Conquest. Baron Hamon de Mascey, whose family came from the settlement of Mascey near Avranches, Normandy, established Birkenhead Priory in 1150. His relations, the Masseys of Sale, settled on the Wirral during the reign of King John were supposed to have given their name to Saughall Massie. [citeweb|url=http://www.fitzwalter.com/afh/Massie/massiehist1.htm|title=The Massie Family: Early History|work=Kenrick Armitstead|accessdate=17 May|accessyear=2007] [citeweb|url=http://www.chester.anglican.org/schools/RE/chester.htm|title=The Diocese of Chester|work=chester.anglican.org|accessdate=17 May|accessyear=2007] It is also supposed that the name Saughall Massie means "Willow-tree nook of land". [citeweb|url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epncurrent/php/detailpop.php?placeno=12176|title=A Key to English Place Names|work=nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=17 May|accessyear=2007]

Formerly a township in the Bidston Parish of the Wirral Hundred, the population of Saughall Massie and the nearby hamlet of Carr Houses was 98 in 1801, 176 in 1851 and 186 in 1901. [citeweb|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/saughallmassie.html|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Saughall Massie|work=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|accessdate=17 May|accessyear=2007] On 1 April 1974, local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of Wirral, including Saughall Massie, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside.

Transport

Saughall Massie is of equal distance to both Moreton and Meols train stations on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network.

ee also

* Saughall, a village in the Chester district, Cheshire.

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4880498.stm BBC News: 'Villagers win pub hours campaign' (5 April 2006)]
* [http://www.thisiswirral.co.uk/display.var.1378268.0.plaque_unveiled_at_bridge.php Wirral Globe: Brassey's Saughall Massie Bridge gets Grade II Listed status (2007)]