Bootle Is a Distinct Municipal and County Borough from St. Mary's
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' • BooTLE is a distinct municipal and county borough from St. Mary's parish was formed in r827 :the chnrch,erected that of Liverpool, although a continuous extension on the in 1826 by a private gentleman, and afterwards purchased north, andcomprisesthetownship of Bootle-cum-Linacre, in by the Earl of Derby, is a plain structure of brick, consist the Bootle division of the county of Lancaster, West Derby ing of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch and a western hundred and union, petty sessional division of Kirkdale, tower with spire, containing a clock and one bell : there are Liverpool county court district, rural deanery of North two stained windows and the church affords 1200 sittings. Liverpool and a.rchdeaconry and diocese of Liverpool ; there The register dates from the year r826. The living is a are four stations in the borough on the Lancashire and perpetual curacy, gross yearly value about [,6oo, in the gift. Yorkshire and London and North Western railways and two of Madame de Falbe, of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, and held on the Liverpool Overhead railway, opened 4th Feb. 1893, since 1889 by the Rev. John Bullen M.A. of Trinity College, and affording direct communication with the whole line of Dublin. docks. Near the Hornby dock, are the extensive carriage St. John's parish was formed February 2oth, 1866; the sheds and repairing shops of the Overhead railway which church, which is in Brasenose road, is a fine cruciform edi has now been extended to Seaforth. The Liverpool and fice of red stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancely Leeds canal passes through. nave, aisles, transepts, north porch and a western tower at Bootle, although separate from Liverpool as far as local the north end with four pinnacles and containing one bell : government is concerned, is: intimately associated and con- there are 780 sittings, 400 being free. The register dates nected with that city. The largest docks of the Mersey from the year 1864. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly Docks Board are within the borough, and include the Alex- value £450, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held andra, with its three branches, the whole having a water since 1883 by the Rev. Charles Lester M.A. of Trinity Col area of nearly 45 acres and a quayage of 2i miles. Many of lege, Cam bridge, and surrogate. the great steamers trading to the United States and the East Christ Church p<J.rish was formed July 27th, 1866: the Indies unload and receive their cargoes here. church, which is in Breeze hill, and erected in 1866 at the The Hornby, t.he last of the line of docks to the northward sole cost of -1\bther esq. is a building of red sandstone in or sea ward end of the borough, has a water area of 17! acres; the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles the north quay is nsed principally for the timber trade, in and a lofty western tower with spire containing 6 bells : connEll'tion with which a considerable portion of land has there are seven stained windows in the chancel, and several been laid out for storage purposes. The south-westandeast ·others in the body of the church, which h<J.s 6oo sittings. quays are used for general shipping, for which extensive The register dates from the year 1866. The living is a. sheds have been erected. 1 vicarage, gross yearly value [,334, with residence, in the Langton Branch Dock, with a water area of 2 acres 4,549 gift of trustees, and held since 1893 by the Rev. Alfrei yards and a quayage of 671 yards, has its southern quay I Wynne Williams, B.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridg-e. reserved for the repairing of vessels and for putting on St. Leonards parish was formed in r889: the church, in board steamers boilers and other heavy machinery. The 1 Peel road, erected at a cost of [,1o,ooo (exclusive of the site north quay, having a capacious shed, is used by vessels in 1valued at £s,ooo, and given by the late Earl of Derby, K.G.),. the North American trade. The water area of the adjoining is an edifice of brick in the Early English and Decorated styles, Langton Dock is 18 acres, with a quayage of 1,322 yards, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, north and having on the northern quay a fine double-storied shed, 95 south porches and a north-eastern tower with pinnacles and feet wide. In addition to the shipping, considerable repair- a clock: there are 8oo sittings, about half being free. The ing to vessels is done in this dock, and at the east end there living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £350, in the gift of are two graving docks, each 948 feet in length, substantially trustees, and held since 1889 by the H.~v. James D~nton constructed of cement concrete and coped with granite. Thompson M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. TheNorthandSouthCarriers'Dockshavetogetherawater St. Matthew's parish was formed in 1892; the church, area of 3 acres 8,938 yards and a quayage of 1,256 yards, Stanley road, erected in 1891 at a cost of £5,500 (exclusive of and are principally used in connection with the inland car the site, which was given by the late Earl of Derby, K.G.), is a. rying trade; at the east end of the south dock is a ware- structure of brick and terra-cotta in the Transition-Norman house in the occupatoin of the Manchester Ship Canal Com- style, consisting of chancel with aisle, nave of six bays and pany. south porch: there are 560 sittings. The living is a vicar- Brocklebank Dock has a water area of u acres r,o1o age, net yearly value [,Io, in the gift of trustees, and held yards and a quayage of 1 1002 yards and is partly used for since 1892 by the Rev . .Arthur West Oliver lii.A. of Queen's. the timber trade and partly as an auxiliary dock for the College, Oxford. · working of the Carriers' dock. The Catholic church in St. John's road, Kirkdale, dedicated The Canada Tidal Basin has a water area of 9i acres and to St. Alexander, was erected in 1862, and improved in a quayage of 846 lineal yards; it is provided with an elabo- 1867. St. James' Catholic church, in Chestnut grove, erected rate system of sluices for maintaining a sufficient depth of in 1845 and enlarged in 1868, is an edifice of stone in the water, so as to enable vessels of the largest class and draught Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, so nth aisle to enter the adjacent docks on any tide. This basin forms and a turret; and there is one stained window. There are also the deep water approach to the magnificent Langton, .Alex- Baptist, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Welsh Presbyterian andra and Hornby docks and also to the Brocklebank and and Cong-regational chapels. The Congregational chapel, in Carriers' docks. Stanley road, is of stone and will hold about 700. A charity All these docks are under the control of the Mersey Docks of three loaves is ginn every Sunday to three poor persons,. and Harbour Board and in connection with their series of the surplus being divided annually at Christmas. Robin docks extending along both shores of the Mersey, full par- son's charity of £2o yearly and Berry's charity of £so yearly ticulars of which will be found at pages 3-7 are distributed in clothing &c. to the poor. The town was incorporated December 3oth, r868, the The Town Hall, in Oriel road, completed in 1882, compri!16S limits of the borough, which are identical with those of the the Council chamber and other rooms for the use of the township, being defined by 36 and 37 Vict. c. 92 ; it is divided Mayor and Corporation, and offices for the Corporation offi into three wards, viz. Derby ward, Stanley ward and cials, and in addition a large public hall and a lecture hall,. Knowsley ward, and the corporation consists of a mayor, The Free Public Library and Museum,in Oriel road, opened 22 six aldermen and eighteen councillors, and under the Local June, r887, adjoins the Town Hall and comprises a reading Government Act, r888, it was for certain purposes of that room supplied with periodicals and newspapers, a library con Act declared a county borough. The town is supplied with taining upwards of 1o,ooo volumes (of which about r,soo are water from works belon~ to the corporation of Liverpool, for reference), three rooms assigned for a museum and con which stand within this borough. taining collections illustrative of Geology, Pallll(mtology and The township is divided into five ecclesiastical parishes, Zoology and another room devoted to pictures and works of formed from Waltoii-on-the-Hill civil parish. art: valuable gifts of money and books have been received • .