Noctorum

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Noctorum
Noctorum shown within Merseyside
Population	4,990 (2001 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SJ285875
Metropolitan borough	Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRENTON
Postcode district	CH43
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Birkenhead
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

Coordinates: 53°22′48″N 3°04′31″W / 53.38, -3.0753

Noctorum is a suburb of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the 2001 Census the population of Noctorum was 4,990 (2,360 males, 2,630 females).^[1]

Ridgeway High School and the Discovery City Learning Centre (containing Ridgeway Library) is situated within this suburb. There is also a large council estate located here.

Upton railway station is the nearest station to Noctorum. It is located on the Borderlands Line between Bidston and Wrexham.

[edit] History

The name Noctorum is of Viking origin, originally Cnocc Tirim, meaning 'Dry Hill'.^[2] This may be in reference to Bidston Hill.^{[citation needed]} Noctorum is situated on the western slope of the hill.

Noctorum was a township of the parish of Woodchurch, in the Wirral Hundred. The population was 17 in 1801, 32 in 1851 and 212 in 1901.^[3] It was added to Birkenhead civil parish in 1933 and part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the geographical county of Cheshire, until local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974.