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DIBECTORY. j CHESHIRE. BIRKENHEAD. 73north and south porches, and a lofty embattled centraltower with pinnacles containing 8 bells: there are 700sittings, of which 420 are free. The register dates fromthe year 1851. The living is a vicarage, net yearlyvalue ;^35o. without residence, in the gift of the Rev.P. C Robin, and held since 1907 by the Rev. JamesBourchier Sayer M.A. of Queen's CoUege, Oxford. Sherlock'scharity of £3 3s. i< for distribution in coal.Oxton contains many well-built suburban residences,occupied by Liverpool merchants. The Earl of Shrewsburyand Talbot K.C VO is lord of the manor.The population of St. S.iviour ecclesiastical parish in1901 was 4,100.ROCK FERRY is a district within the borough olBirkenhead, about 2 miles to the south, on the riverMersey and the road from Birkenhead to Chester, yvith astation at the junction of the London and Nortii Westernand Great Western joint railways and the Mersey railway.The Mersey railway is now extended to RockFerry, where it forms a junction with the London andNorth Western and Great Western joint railways; thestation here, on the Mersey railway, was opened inJune, 1891, and these Unes are now in direct communicationyrith Chester and other places on the joint companies'system. This place, about 1835, consisted olbut three or four houses, but is now a favourite suburbof Liverpool. St. Peiter's is an ecclesiastical parish,formed in 1844 from the parish of Bebington : the church,erected in 1842, is a buUding of stone in the Normanstyle, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, west porch anda til we:- with pinnacles and spire, containing 5 bells:there are several stained windows and various muraltablets: the church affords 7^0 sittings, of which 150are free. The register dates from the year 1844. Theliving is a vicarage, net yearly value £520, with residence,in the gift of the Bishop of Chester, and heldsince 1904 by the Rev. Thomas Jones Evans M.A. of JesusCollege. Oxford. The population in 1901 was 8,801.St. Anne's CathoUc church, Highfield road, openedOctober. 1877, is a building of stone and wiU seat 750.The Presbyterian Church of England, in New Chesterroad, erected in 1858, is a building of stone, in theGothic style, with a westem tower and spire, and affordsabout 600 sittings.Trinity Weslejxin Methodist chapel. New Chester road,aft'ords 7150 sittings, of which 300 are free.The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel, in New Chesterroad, is a building of brick yvith stone facings andhas 250 sittings.There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1869,seating 820 persons ; a Baptist chapel, and barracks forthe .Salvation Army.TEAN.MEEE is on the Mersey, within the borough ofBirkenhead, extending from 2 to 3 miles .south. Thenearest railway station is at Green Lane, on the Merseyline.St, Catherine's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May10, 1842, out of Bebington parish; the church, erectedin 1831, and rebuilt in 1885, is a cruciform building ofstone in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel,nave, transepts, south porch and an embattled towerat the north-east angle with pinnacles and hexagonalspire, containing one bell: the stained east window is amemorial to Eliza, wife of the Eev. M. L. J. MortimerM.A. 'ate vicar, d. 1869: the marble font was given byMr. George Haram in memory of his wife: there are800 sittings. 200 being free. The register date-; fromthe year 1830. The living is a vicarage, net yearlyvalu" ;£^320, with residence, in the gift of the rector ofBebington, and held since 1908 bv the Eev. EdwinErnest Marshall M.A., LL.M. of Trinity HaU, Cambridge,and surrogate. The population in 1901 was 14.813.St. Luke's parish. Lower Tranmere, was formed March6, 1883, as a consolidated chapelry, out of St. Catherineand St. Paul, Tranmere. The church, in Old Chesterroad, is a buUding of red sandstone, consisting of chancel,nave, aisles, and a small turret containing one bell,and affords 720 sittings. The register dates from theyear 1883. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value^268, in the gift of the vicar of St. Catherine's, and heldsince 1902 by the Bev. George Davis White B.A. of St.John's College, Cambridge. The population in 1901 was4,899.St. Paul's is an ecclesiastii^al pari.9h, formed in 1857out of Bebington parish; the church, in Old Chesterroad, and erected in 1856, is an edifice of red sandstonein the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave andnorth .and sonth transepts, north porch and an embattledtower at the north-east angle with broach spire,and containing one bell: the church has 550 sittings,of which 420 are free. The register dates from theyear 1857. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value;^230, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and heldsince 1907 by the Eev. Alfred Stephen Hewlett Th.As-oc.K.CL.The population in 1901 was 8,624.The Congregational chapel, Eock lane west, erected in1858, at a cost of about ;^io,ooo, is a building of Stourtonstone in the Gothic style, consisting of nave, aislesand transepts, and has a lecture haU and vestries at theback; the church has several stained windows, andsittings for 800,The Welsh Congregational chapel, in Clifton road.Higher Tranmere, erected in 1880, is an edifice of brickwith stone dressings and will seat 550 persons.St. Paul's Presbyterian Church of England, in Northroad. Higher Tranmere, opened in 1900, at a co.st ofabout ;£^5,500, is a structure of red brick yvith stonefacings, in the Gothic style, and has sittings for about 570.Wesley chapel. Church road. Higher Tranmere, erectedin i860, is an octagonal structure of red brick, with aturret and spire, and has 1,100 sittings, of which 350are free.The Welsh Baptist chapel, in the Woodlands, built in1889, is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, andwill .seat 450 persons.St. Catherine's Church Institute, in Church road,erected in 1892, at a cost of ;^2,3oo, is also of brick andcontains a large hall seating 500, and a smaller onewith 120 sittings.Tranmere Conservative Working Men's Club, on theOld Chester road, erected in 1877, on a site presentedby Major Orred, is a structure of brick with stone dressings,comprising a large billiard room, library, readingroom, and a turret with clock; attached is a howlinggreen; there are between 300 and 400 members.Yorkson's charity, of the annual value of ^^5, is forbread.Mersey Park, in Higher Tranmere, opened July 25,1885, has an area of 39 acres, and in the centre a bandstand ; various bands play at intervals during the summermonths.The Old Hall, an ancient building, and formerly tberesidence of the lords of the manor, is now a farmhouse.Shipbuilding is carried on. and there are iron foundries.Major John Cavendish Orred, of Lavant house, Chichester,Sussex, is lord ot the manor and principallandowner.The soil is clayey, and the subsoil red sandstone.Parish Clerk, Johnstone E. Graves, 6 AUerton road.NEW FERRY is an ecclesiastioal parish, formed in 1888from Lower Bebington, and is also a stea^mboat stationon the Mersey, nearly opposite to Liverpool; it is pleasantlysituated on the main road of Birkenhead (of which it isan extension) to Chester, 2 miles south from Birkenheadand close to Bebington station on the London and NorthWestern and Great Westem joint railway, in the townshipand urban district of Lower Bebington. New Ferryis lighted with gas and suppHed yrith water by the BirkenheadCorporation. There is a weU-built iron pier, about856 feet long, including the landing stage, from whichsteamboats ply to and from Liverpool. The church of St.Mark the Evangelist, in the New Chester road, erected in1S66, at the cost of ;^3,5oo, is a fine buUding of red sandstone,in the Early English style, consisting of chancel,clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and awestern turret containing one bell: the whole of the windowsare stained, and there are 500 sittings. The registersdate from tbe year 1866. The living is a vicarage,net yearly value ;^3oo, with residence, in the gift of therector of Bebington, and held since 1897 by the Eev.Halsall Segar M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, andsurrogate. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1892, inBebington road, at a cost of ;^3,ooo, from designs of Mr.Thomas W. Cubbon, architect, of Birkenhead, is of redsandstone in the Late Decorated style, and affords 500sittings. There is also a Primitive Methodist missionroom. New Ferry Conservative Club, 2 Winstanleyroad, opened September 25, 1891, has bUliard, smokingand reading rooms, and upwards of 250 members.Thomas Green esq. of The Cottage, Spital, who is lordof the manor, the trustees of the late Thomas ArthurHope, the trustees of WUliam Hope, Charles HUl esq.Thomas .BusseU Lee esq. Messrs. Lever Brothers andCol. E. F. FeUden are the principal landowners.population of the parish in 1901 was 6,830.ThePOET SUNLIGHT is a picturesque industrial viUage,situated about three miles distant from Birkenhead, inclose proximity to the Birkenhead and Chester railway,and accessible from the river Mersey by means of a tidaltributary known as Bromborough Pool. Bebington railwaystation adjoins the village, and there is a regular