Wervin

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Wervin
Wervin (Cheshire)
Wervin

Wervin shown within Cheshire
Population 118 (2001)[1]
OS grid reference SJ422719
District Chester
Shire county Cheshire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHESTER
Postcode district CH2
Dialling code 01244
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament City of Chester
List of places: UKEnglandCheshire

Coordinates: 53°14′30″N 2°52′00″W / 53.24165, -2.86675

Wervin is a small village and civil parish in the Chester district of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port, in close proximity to the Shropshire Union Canal and the M53 motorway. At the 2001 census, Wervin had a population of 118.[1]

The village was a township in St. Oswald's Parish of the Wirral Hundred, with a population of 56 in 1801, 60 in 1851, 94 in 1901 and 89 in 1951.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2001 Census: Wervin. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 November 2007
  2. ^ Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Wervin. GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 7 November 2007