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St. John's tparish was formed in 1859: the church, in' The Catholic church of St. Joseph, in North road ..
Huskisson street, Grange road, built in 1845, is an edifice Higher Tranmere, conseorated in 1900, is an edifice olf
of red sandstone, in the Early English style, :md cozlsists red brick, erected at a cost of aBout £II,Ooo, and ha&
of chancel, nave, transepts, aisles, north porch and a sittings for 600 pea'sons.
tower on the north side, with spire, conta,ining 1 bell: the St. Lawrence's Catholic church, in Beckwith street, refont
is of Talacre stone, beautifully carved: in 1892 a built on the old site in 1889 at a cost of about £7,000, is.
new vestry and choir room were added, the east window an edifice of stone, in the Gothic style, from designs by
filled with stained glass and a reredos erected: the interior Mr. Edward K~rby, architect, consisting of clerestoried
of the church WlaS redecorated in 1893 at a cost of £300: nave of five bays and aisles: the chuTch was decorated.
the mural paintings are illustrative of the Life of Our about 1896, from designs of MT. E. Kirby, and wiN seat
Lord: there are about 1,000 sittings. The regis,ter dates 1,000 peTsons.
from the year 1859. The living is a vicarage, with that of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of England, in Con­
St. Mark's annexed, joint net yearly value £47°, with way street, erected in 1839, is a building of stone in the
residence, in the gift of the Church Patronage Society, Gothic style, with an embattled nave and two pinnacles.
and held since 1884 by the Rev. Gerald Campbell Dicker over the doorway: there are sittings for 800; a small
M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and surrogate. portion of the ground attached was formerly used as a
St. Mark's church, Devonshire road, erected in 1891, at burying ground.
a cost of about £10,000, and attached to the parish of St. The Presbyterian church, in Grange road west, erected
John, is a building of stone in the Early English S'tyle, in 1847, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, conconsis,ting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, a chap,el sisting of nave with a turret over the entrance, r.nd has,
on the south side and vestries on the north: the reredos, 650 sittangs. The Welsh Presbyterian church, in Parkwhrich
includes a representation of the " Ascension," and field avenue, built in 1861, is' a plain structure of brick
the lectern are of carved oak: there is also a piscina and with stone facings, and seating 750 persons.
sedilia: the font, of Mexican onyx and Vlarious marbles, The Baptist chapel, Grange road, erected in Id59, at a.
together with three stained windows, was given by the cost of about £6,000, is a large building of stone in the
children of the congregation: and there are memorial Doric style; it has in front four fluted Doric pillars, surwindows
to Muriel Rose Williams, d. 1890, and t,o A. mounted by a fa9ade of Stourton stone: it has 650 sittings_
Ridley, who was lost at sea in the same year: the organ In connection WIth this' chapel is a mission room in Cathwas
erected in 1892, at a cost of £1,4°0: there are 500 cart street for 350 persons.
sittings, of which about half are free.
Ebenezer Baptist chapel, in Jackson street, erected in
St. Paul's parish was formed by bishop's instrument 1868, is a building of \'Stone, in the Gothic style, with an
Jan. 14, 1864, as a particular district, out of St. Mary's elegant spire, and will seat 600 persons.
parish: the church, in Argyle street, erected in 1863, is The Congregational church, which occupies 6 command.
a plain structure of brick from designs by Mr.Walter Scott, ing position at the junction of the Woodchurch and Oxton.
architect, and consists of nave, aisles and a tower nt the roads, is ,an edrifice of Stourton stone in the Decorated
north-west angle, with a wooden bell-cote containing ene style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an eastern
bell: the carved oak lectern was presented at Easter, tower, 109 feet high, with crocketed pinnacles 24 feet in
1889: there are 1,350 sittings. The register dates from height: an ornamental panelled wainscotting extends
the year 1864. The Living is a vicarage, net yearly value round the interior, which affords 550 s.ittings.
'£23°, with residence, In the gift of trustees, and held The Primitive Methodist chapel, Grange road, erected in
since 1897 by the Rev. Edwin Davies. of St. Aidans. 1870 at a cost of £3,75°, is an edifice of brick with s,tcne
St. Peter's parish was formed out of that of Holy Trinity dressings, with '8!ittings for 780 persons. The PrImitive.
4 April, 1868: the church, in Cat.hcart street, erected in Methodist chal?el, in Holt road, Tranrnere, erected in 1879
1867, at a cost of ,about £5,000, frc,m plans by Mr. David at a cost of '£3,400, is of brick with stone dreS'sings, in
Walker, architect, of Liverpool, ani consecrated in ]868, the Jitalian style, and will seat 600 persons. There areis
an edifice of brick in the Perpendicular :style, consistin~ also mission chapels in Beckwith street and New Chesterof
chancel, nave, aisles, morning chapel and a tower with roaJ, New FeN'y.
pinnacles, 130 feet high and containing one bell: the chan- The Unitarian church, in Grange road west, erected in
cel arch is supported on four marble columns': in the 185 I, is a building of ,stone in the Gothic style, consisting
south aisle are three memorial windows to the Re-v. John of nave, transept and a tower 81t the south-east corner,
Hand, for 5 years curate of H.e parish, d. 1889, and to with sprire: there are 2$0 sittings.
two children of the present vicar, 1862-4: there is also a The Welsh Independent ch,apel, in Vittoria street,erected
maJI'ble tablet to David Macdowell, who died at sea in in 1883 at a cost of about £580, is of brick, and will seat.
1873: the church was enlarged and important additions 350 persons.
made in 1883, at a cost of £4,30C1, towards which sum 'fhe }