St Mary, Wavertree - Church of England
St Mary,
Olive Vale,
Wavertree
Lancashire
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Cemeteries
The current church in Olive Vale has never had a graveyard.Church History
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.
Church Records
Original registers
Liverpool Record Office hold:- Baptisms 1856-1979
- Marriages 1856-1980
- Misc. other records 1865-1971
Bishop's Transcripts
Lancashire Record Office hold:- Baptisms 1856, 1873-1882
Maps
The church is located at OS grid reference SJ3893789700. You can see this on maps provided by:
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- this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
- Google Streetview (Drag pegman to centre of map to show picture)
- OldMaps
- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Magic
- Vision of Britain
- English Jurisdictions in 1851
- Google maps showing nearby churches with satellite image option.
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