Little Woolton,Lancashire

History
Little Woolton was formed as an urban district Council in 1867.

WOOLTON (Little), a township in Childwall parish, Lancashire; 4½ miles SW by S of Prescot. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £8,718. Pop., 1,060. Houses, 191. Lee Hall belongs to T. Dutton, Esq. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is Free BMD.

Online index of Lancashire Births, Marriages and Deaths Lancashire BMD

Poor Law Unions
Prescot Poor Law Union, Lancashire

General District Rate Books
General district rate books, 1876-1913 Microfilm of original records at the Liverpool Record Office. Includes names of occupiers and owners, name and description of property, and value and assessment of property. Liverpool Record Office no.: 354 LIT 4/1/1-8, 354 LIT 4/2/1-5, 354 LIT 4/10/1-5.

Maps and Gazeteers

 * Vision of Britain http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10385623

Web Sites
British History Online Woolton http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41307

For a history of the Little and Much Wooltons http://www.wooltonian.com/WH.html