• Greasby was a township in Wirral Hundred (SJ 2587), mainly in West Kirby Parish (except for a small part in Thurstaston Parish), , which became a civil parish in 1866.
• Since 1974 Greasby has been part of the county of Merseyside.
• The population was 123 in 1801, 177 in 1851, 290 in 1901, and 4367 in 1951.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS

• West Kirby, St. Bridget and Thurstaston, St. Bartholomew (C of E) were the ancient parish churches serving Greasby.
• Frankby, St. John the Divine (C of E). The parish church since 1861.
• Greasby, St. Nicholas (C of E). Entries made in Frankby registers.
• Greasby, Presbyterian Church (C of E). Built in 1889.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS

• Wirral Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
• Wirral Rural District (1894–1933)
• Hoylake Urban District (1933–74)
• Wirral Metropolitan Borough [Merseyside] (1974+)

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

• South Cheshire (1832–67)
• West Cheshire (1868–85)
• Wirral (1885–1974)

POOR-LAW UNIONS

• Wirral

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS

• Wirral (1837–1974)
• Birkenhead (1974–98)
• Wirral (1998+)

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