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

St Mary, Towerland Street, Church of England

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Edge Hill.

Church Records

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, Pine Grove, Church of England
St Stephen the Martyr, Crown Street, Church of England
St Stephen the Martyr, Grove Street, Church of England
Marmaduke St, Congregational
Palmerston St, Primitive Methodist
St Anne, Overbury St, Roman Catholic
Holt Rd, United Methodist Free Church
Plimsoll St, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Edge Hill area is Liverpool

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

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.

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.

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[Last updated: Wednesday, 03Sep2008 11:34:09 BST - Phil Stringer]