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68 BIDSTON-CUM-FORD. CHESHIRE.Harvie John Walter, Kingsmead, .Thompson Mrs. Edenholme,S^^^^^^^Upton roadTillotson John Lever. Bidston court.Hind Herbert Wheeler J.P. Over Vyner road^Leasow" Eleanor road 1 Vey Miss Groyland Vyner roadHind Wm.F.Over Leasowe.Eleanor rd Vyner Robert Charles de Grej, TheObservatoryHodson William. Orleton, Vyner road Club house Boundary roadHoltJonn. Beechwood, Boundary rd Wainwright James E. T. Aldeile>,^Slear^roar^' ""• ^°°'"°"i WaTerVrW.Thermopvlae.Vyner rdJaSr George H. Woodend, Vvner rd Watts Col. Alfred I., V.D. Calthorpe,James Penrose, Briarfields, School la Vyner road ^ ^ , ^ ,Jones John Stanfield, St. Kilda, I Webb Walter H 2 Boundary roadVvner roadWebster Chas. Kingswear Vyner rdJones William Halsall, The >^ook. White Charles, Lamorna^ School laneSchool lanei White Edward Ernest, Mount Vyner,Livingstone Geo. D. 3 Boundary road Vvner roadMcAl^ster James B. jun. Strath.iird, White Saml. Holmwood, Eleanor roadSchool lane ; WUliams Harry Ben, Westmount, Bogerson WUliam, farmer, Bidston UMcGlashen Robt. Firwood.Eleanor rdl "Vyner roadRovden Mary (Mrs.), farmer. YewMackee Jas. Bracken hUl, Eleanor rd ^^ ilson William Downing A. Fine- Tree farmMontgomerv Col. Robert V.D. Bid- wood, Vyner road p„„„- ^ Rntter William, farmer, Upton roadston lodge, Vvner road Winstanley William, War Coppice, Stansford Charles, lighthouse keeperMoon James, Westwood, Eleanor road Vyner roadSutton John (Mrs.), farmerMoreland John Homer B. Rockwood, [ Wood Robert Dudley, Summerholme, Sutton WUliam, farmer, Leasowe rdSchool lane1 School laneWent Henry, florist. Boundary roadMorcran Francis. Grev cot. School la i Wright Harry Graham, The Croft, Wilcox Mary EUen (Mrs.), confec­Neilson Hy. B.Meadow bank,School laZeiglerSchoolMrs.laneHUlside, Boundary roadNewell John. Intabene, Upton laneOakshott Arthur James, Merle Dene,Eleanor roadOulton George, Claremont, School laPaton Morton B. Bidston Old hall,! COMMERCIAL.[Blythe David, nurseryman, Upton rdCarey Hannah (Mrs.), cowkeeperEleanor roadPerrott Samuel Wright, Littlecote,' Davies Charlotte (Miss), farmer.School lane I Boundary roadPerrv Saml. Hv. StrancaUy. School la Duff Thomas L.R.CP. & S.Edin. phy-PhUip Thomas D.. Weldon,Eleanor rdPlummer Wm. E., M.A., F.R.A.S.The ObservatoryProctor John R. Ceres, Eleanor roadRidehalgh Wm. Windrush, Vynerrdsician & surgeon, Upton house.School laneEvans Edward, farmer, Bidston Oldhall, Eleanor roadGardner William, farmer, Vyner roadHill-! Halewood Nancy (Mrs.), farmer.Roberts Francis E. V. Russellgrove, Eleanor roadBoundary roadglOVy, JCjLCiXllUl iiiau .•Saunders Saml. H.Shanklin, Vynerrd Harding Peter, sexton, Boundary rdSpalding Mrs. West brow, Eleanor rd Harri.s Ellen (Mrs.), refre.shmentStandring Rev. Thomas Mather M.A. 1 rooms. Bidston hUl(rector"& surrogate). The Vicarage, Jones David, farmer, Vyner roadBoundary readKinrade Robert, farmer. Boundary rd[KELLY'SKnight Sarah (Mrs.), confectioner.Boundary roadLamb Joseph Jas. farmr.Fender frmLamb Thomas, farmer. Church farmLeyland John, farmer, Bidston hiU(WiUiam E. PlummerM.A., F.R.A.S. director)Owen William, head gardener toJ. W. Harvey esqParkinson Emma (Mrs), farmerPemberton Thomas, estate ba-.liff toE. C de Grey Vyner esq. & farmer,Eock cottagePovall Charles, farmerPovaU John, farmer, Vyner roadPreston Ernest Albert, farmer.Boundary roadEimmer Thomas, farmer, Bidston hilltioner. School laneWilkinson John Stanley, farmer.Stone farm. School laneFORD.(Letters through Birkenhead.)BillingtonJ.H.Ltd.coal mers.Upton rdBirkenhead Corporation Waterworks(pumping station), Upton roadByrom Wm. coal mer. Upton roadEvans Richard k Co. Limited,ccllieryproprietors, Upton roadMuteh Eliza & Alice(Mis.ses),farmers,Bridge farmPemberton John, jobbing gardenerPublic Weighing Machine, Up'ion rdThomas James, farmerWigan Coal & Iron Co. Limited, coalmerchants, Upton roadH I R K E N H 1: A DBIRKENHEAD is a seaport immediately opposite Liverpool,of which port it is a dependency, and is separated station at Woodside was erected from the plans of Mr.j The North Western and Great Western joint railwayfrom that city by the river Mersey, which here divides ! Robert E. Johnson, architect and engineer, and is ap-the counties of Lancaster and Chester; it is also a : preached by means of a tunnel 566 yards in length,municipal and county borough, a parUamentary borough, j running under the town and joining the railway near thean extensive market tovra and the head of a union and j Green lane, Tranmere; an extension from the junctioncounty court district, with stations on the London and at Green lane runs to the goods stations, Cathcart street,North Western and Great Westem joint railways, and the to the docks and warehouses, to the goods departmentsI of the Great Westem railway a^ Morpeth Dock, and to' the Cheshire Lines Committee's new goods station at, Shore road.1 Street tramways were first laid down in Birkenhead,i 30 Aug. i860, by Mr, George Francis Train, who hadFew places in England have ri'^en so rapidly, previously established them in New York; they have1 since been superseded by electric cars, first intrijducedI Aug. 14, 1900, which run through some of the principal1 streets to the adjoining suburbs.• Birkenhead yvith Claughton, Oxton, Tranmere, andI part of Higher Bebington, were, in 1861, formed into aparliamentary borough, returning one member, and onI Aug. 13, 1877, a royal charter was granted incorporatingthe townships of Birkenhead, Claughton, Oxton, Tranmerej and part of Higher Bebington as a municipal borough,I and dividing it into nine wards; the corporation consistsof a mayor, 16 aldermen and 42 councillors, and has aI separate court of quarter sessions and a commission ofI the peace. Under the "Local Government Act. 1888"! (51 & 52 Vict, c, 41), it was declared a " County Borough "Mersey railway, 192 miles from London, 15 from Chester,33 from Crewe, 54 from Shrewsbury, 89 from Birminghamand 162 from Oxford, in the Wirral division of thecounty of Chester, hundred of Wirral, parish ot Bidston,rural deanery of Birkenhead and archdeaconry and dioceseof Chester.for at the beginning of the last century it containedonly about 100 persons, 16 houses and the ruins of theancient priory, but its proximity to the greater seaportof Liverpool and the establishment here of additionaldocks have greatly assisted in its development.The Mersey raUway, which connects the town withLiverpool by means of a tunnel under the river, consistsof a double line, starting from a junction at Rock Ferrystation with the London and North Western and GreatWestern joint railways, passing through Green Lane andthe Central stations to Hamilton Square station andthence under the river, a distance of 2,100 yards, throughJames Street station to Bold street, which is the Liverpoolterminus. The Central station, which is also the depotof the company, is provided with engine and carriagesheds, gasworks and aU the general accessories requisitefor working the traffic; the roUing stock is fitted yviththe automatic brake and is hghted yvith gas.is connected, at Park station, by a hne from Hamiltonsquare with the Wirral railway, which runs through theDocks to Bidston junction, from whence there are branchlines to Wallasey and New Brighton, and through Moreton,Meols and Hoylake to West Kirby, which is theterminu?.1 for certain purposes.j By the Birkenhead Corporation Act, 1893, which cnme' into operation March 31, 1894, the townships formingThe railway I the Municipal borough were formed into one civil parish,1 named Birkenhead.j The streets of the toyvn are of good yvidth. and havingbeen built in modern times, are laid out principally atright angles to each other; communication yn'th Liverpoolis readily obtained by means of the ferry, to andfrom which steamers ply every few minutes, in addition