Editing Lunt

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| type                     = Village
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.5082|-2.9851|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Lunt
| label_position           = left
| static_image_name        = Old house, Lunt - geograph.org.uk - 338360.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Old house, Lunt
| population               =
| civil_parish             = [[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]]
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]]
| region                   = North West England
| metropolitan_county      = [[Merseyside]]
| constituency_westminster = [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]]
| post_town                = LIVERPOOL
| postcode_district        = L29
| postcode_area            = L
| dial_code                = 0151
| os_grid_reference        = SD3491802708
| london_distance          =  
}}
'''Lunt''' is a small village in the [[civil parish]] of [[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]], in the borough of [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]] in [[Merseyside]], England, close to Sefton Village and to the west of [[Maghull]] and is in the '''L29''' [[postcode]].

==History==
The name derives from either the [[Old Norse]] word ''Lundr'' or the [[Old Swedish]] word ''lunder'', both meaning "grove" or "copse". This was likely a reference to the remnants of a large ancient [[forest]] that existed in the area at the time the settlement was founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lunt-village.co.uk/home/index.htm|title=Lunt: A place with a name, a name with a history|work=A. Farthing|year=1995 |accessdate=16 November 2007 }}</ref> The town was first documented in 1251 in the Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey, where it was referred to as "de Lund".<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7338151.stm|title=Graffiti village name change plan|work=BBC|date=2008-04-09|accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref> However, earlier settlement have been discovered through recent archaeological excavations at Lunt Meadows which were commissioned and funded by the Environment Agency, supported by National Museums Liverpool ahead of the transformation of farmland in the Alt valley, Sefton into a wetland reserve and flood alleviation scheme. These excavations found settlement buildings dating back to the [[Mesolithic]] period (5800 BC) when the inhabitants were still living as hunter-gatherers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/archaeology/projects/lunt-meadows/|title=Museum of Liverpool excavation project|work=Museum of Liverpool|date=2015-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-20344575/mesolithic-man-find-could-rewrite-stone-age-history|title=Mesolithic man find could rewrite Stone Age history|work=BBC|date=2012-11-19}}</ref>

==Governance==
From 1997 until 2010 the village of Lunt was part of the [[Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley North and Sefton East]] constituency represented by [[George Howarth]], a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]. As a result of boundary revisions for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] the Knowsley North and Sefton East constituency was abolished with Sefton East, including Lunt, being merged with the northern parts of the former [[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|Crosby]] constituency, which was also abolished, to form the new [[Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sefton Central]] constituency which is represented by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Bill Esterson]].

For elections to [[Sefton Council]] the village of Lunt is within the Park electoral ward and is represented by three [[councillors]]. 

Lunt was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] in the parish of Sefton,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10653|title=History of Lunt, in Sefton and Lancashire|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref> in 1866 Lunt became a civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Sefton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10372033|title=Relationships and changes Lunt CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10372033/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Lunt CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Sefton, Merseyside]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Lunt, Merseyside}}
*[http://www.lunt-village.co.uk Lunt Village]
*[http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=334929&Y=401565&width=700&height=410&gride=334300.612698797&gridn=401746.798645138&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&pc=&zm=0&scale=10000&up.x=287&up.y=6 MultiMap Aerial picture]

{{Metropolitan Borough of Sefton}}
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[[Category:Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Merseyside]]