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Simonswood
is a
civil parish
in the
West Lancashire
district of
Lancashire
,
England
.
At the
2001 Census
, the population was 130.
It was originally a
township
associated with the parish of
Walton on the Hill
, and became a separate civil parish in 1866.
From 1894 to 1974 it formed part of the
West Lancashire Rural District
.
On 1 April 1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972
, it was transferred to the
Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
in the new
metropolitan county
of
Merseyside
.
The Simonswood parish was transferred back to Lancashire (to the West Lancashire district), on 1 April 1994. At the time of this transfer the area of the parish was 830 hectares, and the population was 150.
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