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PLACENAME: Gaitone (first mentioned 1086 in the Domesday Book). Farmstead where goats are kept or goat enclosure. From Scandinavian form of Old Norse Gata-tun. Gayton 1244; Geyton 1286.
This dovecot at Gayton Hall was used in the Post Medieval period to rear doves or pigeons for food. 
Gayton Hall (17th century) was encased in brick around 1750 and has the appearance of a brick-built Georgian house. It is on an earlier moated site (listed Grade II*). Image courtesy of Liverpool Record Office. 
Windmill (c1760) built of red sandstone, last recorded as being in use around the 1880s. Back to the top | Back up to South Wirral | Back up to Merseyside |
