Puddington is a village and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula

Wirral Peninsula

Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...

, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West and Chester

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 and the ceremonial county of Cheshire

Cheshire

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, England

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, located close to the border with Wales

Wales

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In 2001 the village of Puddington had 325 inhabitants.

Formerly a township in Burton parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 of the Wirral Hundred, it included the hamlets of Badger's Rake (part), Benty Heys, Croxton Wood and Two Mills (part). The population was 139 in 1801, 176 in 1851, 126 in 1901 and 410 in 1951.

Puddington has as its centre piece a village green

Village green

A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...

 which hosts the annual Christmas carol service and summer barbecue

Barbecue

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