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GARSTON, a small town, a township, and a chapelry, in Childwall parish, Lancashire. The town stands on the Mersey, and on the Warrington, Garston, and Liverpool railway, 6 miles SE of Liverpool; was once noted for extensive salt-works; is now a sub-port to Liverpool, with new docks; and has a railway station with telegraph, and a post office under Liverpool. The town ship includes also Aigburth, a suburb of Liverpool. Acres, 3,293; of which 1,665 are water. Real property, £31,643. Pop. in 1851, 2,756; in 1861, 4,720. Houses, 763. The chapelry includes only the eastern part of the township; excludes Aigburth; and was constituted in 1828. Pop., 2,016. Houses, 356. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £138.* Patron, Richard Watt, Esq. The church is very good; and there are two dissenting chapels, Church schools, and charities £12.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Cemeteries
- St Michael, Church Rd, Church of England
- St Austin, Aigburth Rd, Roman Catholic, Grassendale
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Garston.Church History
Church Records
- Earp St, Baptist
- St Michael, Church Rd, Church of England
- St Mary, St Mary's Rd, Cressington Park, Church of England, Grassendale
- Garston Old Rd, Congregational
- Island Rd, Methodist Free Church
- Clifton St, Presbyterian
- Holy Trinity, Banks Rd, Roman Catholic
- St Francis of Assisi, Earp St, Roman Catholic
- St Austin, Aigburth Rd, Roman Catholic, Grassendale
- Bowden Rd, Unitarian
- Island Rd, United Reformed
- Chapel Rd, Welsh Presbyterian (Calvinist)
- Heald St, Welsh Wesleyan Methodist
- Banks Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
- Island Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Garston area is Liverpool.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Garston was a township in the parish of Childwall.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Garston 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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