Edge Hill
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EDGE-HILL, a suburb and five chapelries in West Derby district, Lancashire. The suburb adjoins the E side of Liverpool; lies on the Liverpool and Manchester railway; includes a pleasant eminence near the road to Prescot; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Liverpool. The chapelries are St. Mary, St. Stephen, St. Jude, St. Timothy, and St. Catherine: the two last constituted in 1862 and 1863. The first four are p. curacies, and St.is a vicarage, in the diocese of Chester. Value of St. M. and St. J., each £300; of St. S., £300;* of St. T., £200; of St. C., £230. Patron of St. M., J. Stewart, Esq.; of St. S., St. J., and St. C., Trustees; of St. T., not reported. The five churches are modern; the newest built in 1863.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Liverpool library.Cemeteries
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Edge Hill.Church History
Church Records
- Edge Lane, Welsh Particular Baptist
- Marmaduke St, Congregational
- St Catherine, Tunnel Rd, Church of England
- St Cyprian, Durning Rd, Church of England
- St Dunstan, Earle Rd, Church of England
- St Mary, Towerland Street, Church of England
- St Nathaniel, Oliver Street, Church of England
- St Stephen the Martyr, Crown Street, Church of England
- St Stephen the Martyr, Grove Street, Church of England
- Palmerston St, Primitive Methodist
- Durning Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Holt Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Edge Lane, Welsh Calvinist Methodist
- Plimsoll St, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Edge Lane, Hindu
- Bethel House, Durning Rd, Love & Joy Ministries
- St Peter & Paul, Edge Lane, Catholic
- St Anne, Overbury St, Roman Catholic
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Edge Hill area is LiverpoolDescription and Travel
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In 1835 Edge Hill was a chapelry in the township of West Derby, in the parish of Walton on the Hill.Maps
View maps of Edge Hill and places within its boundaries.You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ366899 (Lat/Lon: 53.402089, -2.955071), Edge Hill which are provided by:
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Edge Hill 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
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.