School buildings help to form two sides of a close around the ancient parish church.
The district was created in 1907 to cover the ancient parish of Merton.
The ancient parish was large, including rural areas north and west of the town.
Various areas of Cheshire were not included in any ancient parish.
It is an ancient parish, and it already existed in the 11th century.
The ancient parishes split into two distinct units during the 19th century.
When the district was created several ancient parishes were split to create urban and rural parts.
It is in the ancient (and modern) parish of Walton.
It was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey.
It was historically an ancient parish in the former county of Middlesex.
