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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 -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 , 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