Birkdale
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BIRKDALE, a township-chapelry in North Meols parish, Lancashire; on the coast, and on the Southport railway, 1½ mile S of Southport. It has a r. station, several streets, good residences, and boarding-houses; and, in 1869, had greatly increased in pop., and was about to have a sewerage-system and public gardens. Post Town, Southport. Acres, 5,670; of which 3,435 are water. Pop. in 1861, 1,286. Houses, 237. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £380.* Patrons, 'Trustees. The church is recent, and has a spire.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Ormskirk library.Cemeteries
- Liverpool Rd, Cemetery
- St Mary, Liverpool Rd, Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ainsdale
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Birkdale.Church History
Church Records
- Aughton Rd, Bethesda
- St John, Liverpool Rd, Church of England, Ainsdale
- St James, Lulworth Rd, Church of England
- St John, St John's Rd, Church of England
- St Mary's Mission, Carr Lane, Church of England
- St Peter, St Peter's Rd, Church of England
- Station Road, Congregational, Ainsdale
- Grosvenor Rd, Congregational
- Boundary St, Evangelical
- Sacred Heart, Liverpool Rd, Roman Catholic, Ainsdale
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Grantham Rd, Roman Catholic
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Waterloo Road, Roman Catholic
- St Joseph, York Rd, Roman Catholic
- St Teresa, Everton Rd, Roman Catholic
- Chatham Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Boundary Rd, United Reformed
- Liverpool Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Ainsdale
- Liverpool Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
- Wesley, Upper Aughton Rd / Kent Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Birkdale area is Sefton North.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Birkdale was a township in the parish of North Meols.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Birkdale was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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