St Mary, Wavertree, Church of England

The current church in Olive Vale has never had a graveyard.

The original church of St Mary's, consecrated in 1855, was in Sandown Road, Sandown Park, built on land donated by Hugh Hornby. It was, however, destroyed by enemy action in November 1940. The site was sold in Jan 1951 to the Liverpool Education Committee for the Mabel Fletcher Technical College. Between 1940 and 1952 services were held in the Parish Hall, Northdale Road. The Methodist Church in Victoria Park was then purchased and was consecrated as the new St. Mary's in December 1952.

In 1837 a small church was built in Sandown Lane, Wavertree Liverpool but this was at first unsuccessful. Premises were rented in Martin's Lane for some time in the 1840s until another start was made in Sandown Lane.

April 15 1850 The foundation stone of St Mary's church Wavetree laid by Rev Augustus Cambell Rector Of Liverpool.

In 1856 St Mary's church Wavertree was consecrated.

In 1882 Lord Bishop of Liverpool laid the foundation stone of the Tower of St Mary's church Sandown Park Wavertree.

Liverpool Record Office hold:

• Baptisms 1856-1979
• Marriages 1856-1980
• Misc. other records 1865-1971

The original church was located

It is located at SJ3893789700 (Lat/Lon 53.400575, -2.919861). You can see this on maps provided by:

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It is located at SJ3894890087 (Lat/Lon 53.404055, -2.919771). You can see this on maps provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)