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Pay George, boot & shoe maker, 109 I Hoberts William, insurance agent, 38 Tresidder & Seymour, laundry, 43 Westminster road Ermine road Hamilton street Payne Wm. farmer, Holly House frm Roberts William Morris, corn. travllr. Twiss Cyrus, boot maker,15 Charles 11tr Peers Rd. plnmbr.& glazr.rgWalker st The Shrublands, Hoole road Walton John, Bloomfield Arms, 43 Perry William Bune, corn. traveller, Rnlt Brothers, brick manufacturers, Faulkner street 17 Vicarage road Hoole brick works Wardle John William, commercial Phillips Oswald, book agt. r Hoole pk Stringer Robert, Faulkner Arms P.H. traveller, 57 Hoole road Phillips Wm. locomotive supt. G.W.R. 40 Faulkner street Watson Rt.By.com.trav.34 Hamiltn.st 6 Alexander terrace, Hoole road Ryan George, beer ret-ailer & cab pro- Watts Alfred, corn. traveller, Hoole rd Phillips William Edwin, patentee & prietor, 8 Faulkner street Weaver Brothers, furniture removers literateur,Bam iltonHey,Hamilton st Smith Waiter Arthnr, hair dresser, & cab propriewrs Pinnington Richd. plumber, 56 Light- I 7 Faulkner street Webb John, fruiterer, 76 & 78 Fanlk- foot street Snmpter Henry, builder, g Panton rd ner street Polinker Samuel, draper, 33 Westmin- Sunter Michael C. traveller, Wendel Weston John, contractor, 65 Hoole rd ster road Holme, Vicarage road Wild Wm. fishmonger, 24 Charles st Frice Geo. painter, I Westminster rd · Sutton Harriet (Miss), smallware dk. Wilkes Frederick, cowkeeper, 25 West- llees Thomas Henry & Co. grocers, 45 7 Faulkner street minster road Faulkner street Taylor Olive (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H. Williams Lewis Arthur M.B. & C.M. Richardson Alexander, shopkeeper, 53 Hoole Village Edin. surgeon, 67 Hoole road Faulkner street Tenniers Charles Henry, sen. com- Williams Josiah, traveller, Gwylfa, Richardson Patience Mart·ha. (Mrs.), m ercial traveller, 8 Hoole park Vicarage road midwife, 17 Westminster road Tenniers Charles Henry, jun. pro- Williams Saml. builder, 21 Hoole pk Roberts William, beer retailer, 19 fessor of music, 8 Hoole park Woodward Thomas, hair dresser, 30 Westminster road I Todd Thomas, draper, 9 Derby place Westminster road

ROOTON is a township and parish, formed June ro, Wall Letter Box, Hooton, cleared at 4-45 & 8-43 p.m. r862, from the civil parish of Eastham, and has a junc­ daily; sundays, 8.43 p.m. Wall Letter Box, Hooton tion station on the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire hall, cleared at 7 a. m. & 8 p.m. daily; sundays no section of the London and :Korth Western and Great collection. The nearest money order office is at Childer Western joint railway, 8 miles north from Chester, 7 Thornton & telegraph offioo at Little Sutton, about one south from Birken:head and 2 miles from Eastham, in the mile distant Wirral division of the count.y of Chester, higher division of the hundred of Wirral, petty sessional division and CHILDER-THORNTON (or T.b.ornton-Childer) is a 'llllion of the same name, county court district of Birken­ township and small village in the parish of Hooton, I bead, and rural deanery of Wirral and archdeaconry and mile from the Little Sutton station on the Great Western -diocese of Chester. From Hooton station there are branch and London and North Western joint railway, 8 miles !ines to Belsby on the east and to Parkgate and West north-north-west from Chester, Q south from Birkenhead Kirby on the west. The church of St. Paul, locally in and I from HootonJ St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Little Sutton, was erected in I858 by R. C. Naylor esq. in memory of Mary Sophia his wife, and consecrated 25 church, opened in 1879, is an edifice of red sandstone, con­ .Jan. r862: it is a cruciform building of red sandstone sisting of chancel, nave, porah and a small tower sur­ with whit-e stone facings in the Byzantine style, and con­ mounted with six pinnacles and turret containing one sists of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, north porch, and bell : there are seven stained memorial windows : Sir at the south-east angle a low tower carried on open John Stanley bart. the last of the St.anleys of Hooton Hall, arcades and containing one bell; from the centre of the Cheshire, is interred here: the church will seat r8o per­ building rises a dome, surmounted by a glazed turret: sons. Miss Naylor, who is lady of the manor, Thomas the pulpit, of carved stone, is supported on variously Arthur Hope esq. John Hayward esq. Henry Alexander coloured marble pillal'S: the church affords about 4SO La.tham esq. and Frederick Bradley esq. are tlm chief sittings. The register dates from the year 1862. The landowners. The area is 746 acres; rateable value, living iiS a vicarage, net yearly value £227, with residence £6,843; the population in 1901 was 679. :and 3! acres of glebe, in the gift of the trustees of the iate R. C. Naylor esq. and held since 1900 by the Rev. Post & M. 0. 0., S. B., Parcel Post & Annuity & lnsur­ Alfred Ernest Cooper B.A. Olf Durham University. Hooton ance.-Thomas Littler, sub-postmaster. Letters through "Hall, the property of Mis!t Naylor, standing on a high Chester are delivered at 6.15 a.m. & 4 p.m.; sundays at balustraded terrace in a park of about 300 acres, about a 6.r5 a.m.; di!tpatched 8.55 a.m. & 8.30 p.m.; sundays, mile and a half from Hooton stat.ion, is a mrge mansion 8.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Lit·tle with advanced wings and annexes in the Italian style, Sutton, one mile dist-ant erected in 1778, from desi.gns by J ames WyaU, architect, • • and commands- a delightful view of the river Mersey and Wall Letter Box, Hooton station, cleared at 8.5 a.m. & .surrounding country, but is now used as a club house 5.30 & 8.37 p.m.; sundays, 8.37 p.m and the grounds as a racecourse and for polo and croqnet. Infants' Sch~ol, built about 1709, & restored in 1825, Miss Naylor, who is lady of the manor, and ~ljss Nichol­ for 43 children; average attendance, 30; Miss Rigby, -son are the chief landowners. The area is 1, I64 acres of mistress land, 631 tidal water and 1,099 foreshore; rateable value, £4,6<:n; the population in 1901 was 205. County Police, now located at Little Sutton, Sergt. Bowyer Christopherson Margaret (Mrs.), far- Gamon Chas. The Woodlnds.Welsh rd HOOTON. mer, Stud farm, Eastham Ferry rd lhlmour George. Rose villa Davenport Frederick, nurseryman Hayward John, Heath lane PRIV A TR RESIDENTS. Gum Tragazol Supply Co. Limited (P. Hug-hes James Ed·ward, The Willows lJland .John Cooper, St. Martin's, C. D. Castle, managing director), Kellett William, Parkside Whitby road size mnfrs. T.A. "Tra.gaz.ol, Little Kellock William W alter, The Firs Eurnell Nathaniel S. The Oaks, Sutton ., ; T.N. 27 Hooton Langdon Rev.Chas.(Cathlc.),Welsh rd N eston rDad Hnnton Park Club Limited (W. T. Latham Henry Alexander, Lynd- Cnllard Alfred Stephen, Elmwood SnmmPr~. sec) burst, Welsh road Cornelius Richard, W oodcote Bughes William H. station master, McMurtrie Jn.TheWoodlnds.Welsh rd Holland Arth. D. Lowfields.Neswn rd L. & N.W.B. & G.W.R. Naston rd Marsh Mrs. Brook house, Heath lane Holland Mrs. Lowfield ho. Neston rd Jarvis John, farmer, Neston road Morris Thomas C. The Woodlands ..Jarvis J. Southam, Neston road Mrrrston Henry .John, cycle manufac- Or·ford -, The Mount Jones William Henry, Hooton grange, tnrer, & ngent for all the leading OwPn Mrs. The Woodlands, Welsh rd Neston road makers, Chester road Pincomhe John, Parkside Lonsdale Thomas, Hawthorndcn Waring Jn. frmr. Park frm.Whitby rd Porter E. H. Crowthorns, Welsh road Jlollard Goorge, Brookfield, Neston rd Read Robert, Mayfield Wyatt Charles, The Priory CBILDER THORNTON. Sharples Mrs. Springfield, Welsh rd Barr~m Neil McKechnie, Roslyn COMMERCIAL. Si m pson George, The Mount Br·adley Frederick, Thornton hall Sntton Harry,TheWoodland3,Welsh rd Ba!!Ilall John Arthnr, Hooton hotel, Brownrigg Peter Pyne, Ivy lodge Thorburn .Jas. David, Thorn ton lodge Neston road Cooper Rev. Alfd. Ernest B.A. (virar), Wilson Francis H. Parkside Broady Edwin, gardener t-o William Parkside COMMERCIAL. Henry J ones esq Crewdson Joseph, The Woodlands, Barron :Keil McKechnie M.R.C.V.S. Carter John P. auctioneer & valuer, Welsh road veterinary surgeon, Roslyn Sale ya.rd, N eston road Fox Thomas A. Thornton house Elcock Frederick.,beer retailer,Heath la