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62 BIRKE~HEAD. CHESHIRE. [ KELLY'S
14 eeds; it is intended for the recephion of respectable
married women and is support-ed by voluntary contributions.
.The Birkenhead Rescue Association Traming Home for
GIrls, at 5 AHred road, established in 1887, is supported
by voluntary contributions; it will hold 20 girls, the
annual average being about 150.
The Home for Aged Poor, in Parkfield avenue, conducted
by the Little Sisters of the Poor, as a home
for the aged and deserving poor of both sexes irrespective
of creed, was erected in 1891 at a cost of £7,000;
and is a structure of brick with dressings of stone and
teT,ra cotta, containing infirmary, day rooms and dormitories
with a small cha.pel. On the south s,ide is a verandah
ing of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel,
cIerestoried nave of four bays, transepts, ambulatories,
north and south porcheSl, and a lofty embat,tled! central
tower with pinnacles containing 8 bells: there are 700
sittings, of which 420 are free. The register dates from
the year 1851. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
value £27°, without residence, in, the gift of the rector of
Woodochuroh, and held since 11895 by the Rev. Edward
Downing Pollock A.K.C.L. Sherlock's char-ity of £3 3s~
is for distribution in coal. Oxton contains many wellbuilt
suburban residences, occupied by Liverpool merchants.
The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot is lord of
the manor.
fOT the use of the infirm who are unable to descend to ROCK FERRY is a district within the borough of
the floor below. Adjoining is the Old Home, erected in Birk-enhead, about 2 miles to the south, on the river
1875 on a site bought from the Rev. Father Brundritt; Mersey and the road from Birkenhead to Ohest-er, with a
and now used for men only. The present number of station at the junction of the London and North Western
inmates is 100.
and Great Western joint railways and the Mersey rail-
The Park, locally in Claughton and opened April 8th, way. The Mersey railway is now extended to Rock
1847, at a cost of £II5,277, has a total area of about Ferry, where it forms a junction with the London and
190 acres, including 99 acres of pleasure grounds, 14 North Western and Great Western joint railways; the
acres of drives and roads and 77 acres of build~ng land; station here, on the M-ersey railway, was opened in
there are two lak-es with rustic bridges, containing to- June, 1891, and these lines are now in durect communigether
about 8 acres of water; the principal entTance cation with Chester and other places on the joint comto
the park is at Conway street, through a fine arch of panies' system. This place, about 1835, consisted of
18 feet s'pan and 43 feet in height, in the Ionic ~tyle, but thr-ee 011' four houses·, but is now a favourite suburb
in imitation of. the entrance to the temple of Jupiter on of Liverpool. St. Peter's is an ecclesiastical parish,
the Ilissus at Athens: there are several lodges with formed in 1844 from the parish of Bebington: the church
wrought iron gates, and near the chief entrance is a erected in 1842, is a building of soon-e in the N(»rm~
founta-in erected to John Somerville Jackson esq. J.P. style, consisting of chance'l, nave, aisles, west porch and
of Birkenhead, who died June 8th, 186o: the grounds {l tower with pinnaclleS and spire, cont.aining 5 bells:
were laid out by the late Sir Joseph Paxton kt. the there are several stained windows and Viarious mur~J
celebrated landscape gardener and designer of the Ex- tab[ets: the church afflords 750 sittings, of which 150
hibition building of 1851, in Hyde park, London. are free. The regis-~'r dates from the year 1844.' The
Victoria Park, situated between Beb'ington and Albany Hving is a vicarage, net yearly va.lue £500, wiibh resiroods,
Higher Tranmere, consists of 15t acres, purchased dEmce, in the gift of t:ustees, but pro hac vice the Bishop
in 1899 at a cost of £4,000, and laid out a,t a further cost of Chesrter, and held SInce 1'8'82 by the Rev. Wiltiam Lanrr
of £2,000; the ground was formally opened on the 1st ~aig~ Cox M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. The popula":
Aug. 1901 by the Mayor (T. Oook esq.): from the higher tlon In 18 9 1 was 2,27 8 .
part a splendid view of the Mersey can be se~m. St. Anne's Oatholic church, Highfield road, opened
The Priory, the ruins of which are close to St. :Mary's October, 1877, is a building of stone and will seat 750.
church, was founded by J. de Masci. or Massey. Lord of The Presbyterian Church of England, in New Chester
Dunham, in II50, for monks of the Benedictine order road,. erected ~n 1858, is a building o~ stone, in the
and d~dicated to St. Mary and St. James, and in 1282 GothIC style, WIth a western tower and spire, and affords
a charte; was granted to this house conferring the right about 600 sittings.
of ferrYIng passengers across the Mersey to Liverpool: Trinity Wesleyan :Metbod·ist chapel, New Chester road
the priors sat with the barons of the County Palatin~: affords 7S0 sittings, of which 300 a,re free. '
The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel, in New Ches­
tel' road, is a building of brick With stone facings and
at the Dissolution the rental amounted to £102 16s. 10d.
yearly: d:uring the Civil War the priory was garrisoned
for tfue king, but was taken by the Parliament in 1644: has 300 sittings.. .
the remains of the refectory, prior's house, crypt, There are Congreg~tlonal and BaptIst chapels, and barchapter
house and chur,ch are in a tolerable state of I racks for the SalvatIon Army.
preservati~n. .TR._-\.N~IiERE is 0.0 the Mersey, within the bOl'QUgh o·f
PopulatIon and rateable value of the borough.- BlTkenhea~, extend~ng ~rom 2 to 3 miles S'Outh. The
To P 8 Area in nearest raIlway sba,bon IS at Green Lane, on the Mersey
WNSHIPS. op. I 91. acres. line.
Birkenhead 58,287 I 280 St. Catherine's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May
Claughton, with Grange 3,510 ' 439 ~o, 1842, out of ~eb~ngton parish; the church, erected
Oxton 4,429 814 In 18 3.1, and rebUIlt In 18'85, is a cruci£orm building of
Tranmere . 30,680 1,071 stone In the Early Decorated style, oonsisting of chancel
Higher Bebington (part of)............ 2,951 245 nave, transepts, south porch and an embat,tled tow~
___ a,t. the nor~h:east angl~ with pinnacles and hexagonal
Total................••...... 99,857 3,849 spIre, contammg one bell: the stained east window is II
The area of the municipal borough and civil pa.rish is memorial to Eliza, wife of the Rev. M. L. J. Mortimer
~.849 a,ores; ra,teable value, £569,283; the population :M.A. late vicar, d. 1869: the stone font was CTiven in
m 19 01 was IIO'9 26 . 1887 by the sc·hool ohildTen: there a,re 800 Sli.tti~gs 200
~e~ng ~ree. . The regisoteT dates .from the year 1183°. ' The
OLAUGHTON is a ward within the borough of Birken- ~Ivmg IS. a Vlcarage, net yeaTly Vlalue £300, with resid'ence,
bead, extending 2 miles west. Christ Churoh, in Christ In the ,gIft of, the rector ,~f Bebingbo~, ,and iheJld stince 1894
Chur,ch road, erected in 1854. is a cruciform building of by the Rev. Howa.rd Sm/J:tili ChesshueM.A. of Worcester
red sandstone, in the Early English style, consisting of ~ollege, Oxford, who is also a sUl'roga,te. Tjle population
chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, north porch and a western In 1901 was 14,813.
tower Wlith ootagonal spire, containing a clock an'd one St. Luke's parish, Lower Tranmere was formed March
bell: There are 1,43° sittings, of whioh 4II are free. The 6, 1883, as a consolidated chapelry, ~ut of St. Oatherine
regIster dMes from the year 1854- The living is a vicar- and S~. Paul.. ~ranmere. The church, in Old Chester
age, net yearly value £'875, with residence. in the gift road, IS a b?llding of r~d sandstone, consisting of chanof
trustee.s, and held since 1877 by the Rev. William eel, nave, aIsles, and a small turret containing one bell
Henry Fau"Ifax Robson Th.Assoc. of King's Oollege, Lon- and affords 720 si~t~ngs.. The register dates from th~
don, and han. canon of Peterborough. St. Aidans College year 1,~83· rr:he hvmg as a moorage, net yearly value
and the B~rke~head public park, previously described, ~276, lIn the gIft of the vicar 'Of St. Oa:tJherine's, and held
are locally In Olaughton. There are no manorial mghts. sInce, 1902 by the Rev:. George Davis White B.A. of St.
Thomas Hughes Jackson esq. J.P. and the Hon. Thomas John s College, CambrIdge. The population in 19 02 was
A1!Du~t Brassey, of Pa,rk Gate, Battle, Sussex, are the 6,000.
prmClpal land,owners. St. Paul's is an eccle~astical parish, formed April 27~
OXT.oN is a.ward within the borough of Birkenhead,
18 5
8 , out of St. CatherIne's parish; the church, in Old
~xtending 2 mlles south-west, and in 186 5 was formed Chester ro~d, and erected in 1856, is an edifice of red
mto an ecclesiastical parish from that of W d sandston~ In the Gothic styl-e, consisting of chancel.
church. The church of St. Saviou b ·It· 8 o~ - clerestorled nave of two bays, transepts north porch and
cost of [II,OOO, from the designs ;f ~e~rs I~:mii~~o: an. emba~led to~~r at the north-east ~ngle with broach
and Bridgen, architects, of Manchester is a . large build- ~plre't a~ coJn ~ImChn~ on1e bell: there is a memorial win-
, - I ow 0 r. 0 n ar es Proc~or, for many years choir