Gayton is a village in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110. The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Geit-tún, meaning 'goat farmstead'. Gayton was formerly a township in the parish of Heswall, in the Wirral Hundred, in 1866 Gayton beca…Gayton is a village in the Wirral district, in Merseyside, England, located between Heswall and Parkgate. At the 2001 Census, the population of Gayton stood at 3,110. The name is of Viking origin, deriving from the Old Norse Geit-tún, meaning 'goat farmstead'. Gayton was formerly a township in the parish of Heswall, in the Wirral Hundred, in 1866 Gayton became a separate civil parish. The hamlets of Dawstone and Oldfield are also included as part of Gayton. The parish population was 100 in 1801, 144 in 1851, 180 in 1901 and 832 in 1951. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of Wirral Urban District in the county of Cheshire. On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished.
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