Storeton
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 Cottages on Red Hill Road, Storeton |
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| Storeton shown within Merseyside | |
| Population | 150 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ304849 |
| • London | 177 mi (285 km) SE |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIRRAL |
| Postcode district | CH63 |
| Dialling code | 0151 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-WRL |
| Police | Merseyside |
| Fire | Merseyside |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Storeton is a small village on the Wirral Peninsula, England. It is situated to the west of the town of Bebington and is made up of Great Storeton and Little Storeton, which is classified as a hamlet. At the 2001 Census the population of Storeton was recorded as 150.
There are Viking connections with Storeton, with the name deriving from the Old Norse Stor-tún, meaning "great farmstead".
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1085 as Stortone.
It has been thought that the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to Storeton Hall. Storeton Hall, itself, dates from the 14th century.
Storeton was a township in Bebington Parish of the Wirral Hundred. The population was 180 in 1801, 233 in 1851, 265 in 1901 and 325 in 1951.
In October 1944 a USAAF Liberator Bomber number 42-50347 from the 445th Bomb Group exploded without explanation over the fields between Little Storeton and Landican with the loss of all 24 servicemen on board. The loss included 15 commissioned officers who were being taxied back to Tibenham after seeing more than 30 successful combat missions. In recent years a memorial stone has been erected by a local man who witnessed the aftermath of the crash as a teenager. The stone is coloured in the USAAF colours blue and yellow, with 24 yellow bricks each representing a life lost.
Storeton is in the central part of the Wirral Peninsula, approximately 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south-south-east of the Irish Sea at Leasowe, about 6 km (3.7 mi) east-north-east of the Dee Estuary at Heswall and less than 4 km (2.5 mi) west-south-west of the River Mersey at New Ferry. The village is situated to the west of Storeton Hill, with the village at an elevation of around 52 m (171 ft) above sea level.
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