Larton is a hamlet

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, located next to Frankby

Frankby

Frankby is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, England and is located between Greasby and West Kirby. It is part of the Greasby, Frankby & Irby Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and is situated in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral West...

 and near to West Kirby

West Kirby

West Kirby is a town on the north-west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, England, at the mouth of the River Dee across from the Point of Ayr in North Wales. To the north-east of the town lies Hoylake, with the suburbs of Grange and Newton to the east, and the village of Caldy to the...

, on the Wirral Peninsula

Wirral Peninsula

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, England

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. The name is of Viking

Viking

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 origin, deriving from the Old Norse

Old Norse

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 Leir-tun, meaning 'clay farmstead'. Larton was formerly part of Newton-cum-Larton, in the West Kirby parish

Parish

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 of the Wirral Hundred. Its population was 49 in 1801 and 44 in 1851.

Today, Newton

Newton, Merseyside

Newton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, England, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. It is a part of the suburban town of West Kirby....

is again regarded as a separate entity from Larton and is a district of West Kirby. Larton is now part of the Frankby parish, containing the majority of the population of the former township. Larton's name remains in geographical use with the Larton Livery riding school, Larton Farm and a "state of the art" veterinary surgery.