Simonswood

{{Short description|Civil parish in Lancashire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}

{{infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Simonswood Hall - Geograph 4558142.jpg

|static_image_caption = Simonswood Hall

|coordinates = {{coord|53.505|-2.878|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Simonswood

|population = 151

|population_ref = (2011 census)

|civil_parish = Simonswood

|shire_district = West Lancashire

|shire_county = Lancashire

|region = North West England

|constituency_westminster = West Lancashire

|post_town = LIVERPOOL

|postcode_district = L33

|postcode_area = L

|dial_code = 0151

|os_grid_reference = SD417013

|pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Lancashire

}}

Simonswood is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. At the 2001 census, the population was 130,{{NOMIS2001|id=30UP019|title=Simonswood Parish|access-date=4 April 2021}} increasing to 151 by the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005318|title=Simonswood Parish|access-date=26 March 2021}}

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 {{convert|830|ha|km2 sqmi}}, and the population was 150.{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19930691_en_1.htm|title=Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993|work=Office of Public Sector Information|accessdate=2 December 2005}}

There is one listed building in the parish, Simonswood Hall, which is listed at Grade II*.{{National Heritage List for England|num= 1343471|desc= Simonswood Hall|access-date= 19 November 2015|mode=cs2}}