Please note that over the next week or so various engineers will be at the parks conducting site surveys, which could include taking photos of the park area, to determine what maintenance needs to be carried out.
Local History
- Saughall was a civil parish created in 1948 by uniting Great Saughall with Little Saughall.
- Great Saughall was a township in Shotwick Parish, Wirral Hundred, which became part of Saughall civil parish in 1948. It had a population of 147 in 1801, 493 in 1851 and 703 in 1901.
- Little Saughall was a township in Shotwick Parish, Wirral Hundred, which became part of Saughall civil parish in 1948. It had a population of 48 in 1801, 69 in 1851 and 137 in 1901.
- The population of Saughall civil parish was 1,518 in 1951.
- A Brief History of Saughall
- Katharine Foote Letters from Katharine Foote detailing her time at the Vernon Institute Hospital in 1917
- Image: Saughall Station. From the book, “Saughall: A Social History,” by Anne Stuart.Read more about the history of the station.
The Vernon Institute Memorial
Three cast metal plaques fixed to the base of the clock tower of the Vernon Institute. They record the names of those of the area who fell in the first and second world wars.
The Horned Lady of Saughall
This is a Portraiture of Mary Davis an inhabitant of Great Saughall near Chester taken AD 1668 aged 72.
When she was twenty eight years old, she had an excresernce upon her head which continued 32 years like to a Wenn; then grew into 2 horns.
After 4 years she cast them; then grew 2 more; after 4 year she cast those. These upon her head have grown 4 year and are loos.