[4] The earliest known human settlement in Merseyside has been found at Greasby, believed to date from approximately 7000 BC.

[5] A rectangular floor of sandstone slabs and pebbles suggests regular use by the nomadic hunters of that period.

[7][5] Greasby was an Anglo Saxon settlement, as witnessed by the form of the name, Gravesberie, in the Domesday Book.

[10][11][14] Before the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Greasby was owned by a man named Dunning, who may have been an official (bailiff or steward) for the earls of Mercia.

[16] By the time of the Domesday Book (1086), Greasby was under the ownership of Nigel de Burcy and consisted of eight households.

[8][17] After the Second World War the area expanded considerably, with significant residential development across previously agricultural land.

[18] Greasby was formerly a township split between the parishes of Thurstaston and West Kirby, within the Wirral Hundred.

[20] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished[21] and local government reorganisation in England and Wales resulted in most of the Wirral Peninsula, including Greasby, transfer from the county of Cheshire to Merseyside.

This was built as Greasby Community Centre in 1984, and replaced an older building on Arrowe Road.

[38] The Red Cat was built in 1964 to replace the New Inn which had stood a few metres from the site of the present building since at least 1849.

[38][39] The Twelfth Man opened around 1960 and was named as a result of its proximity to Upton Cricket Club.

[44] Greasby FC were a small football club, which played in the West Cheshire League between 1951 and 1958.

[46][47] These were opened in new retail unit, after many parts of the local community opposed the construction of the new building.

Meols railway station on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network is several miles to the north west.