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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tranmere like this: TRANMERE, a township and two chapelries in Bebington parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Mersey, and on the Birkenhead and Chester railway, around Rock-Ferry r. station, from 2 to 3 miles S of Birkenhead; and has post-offices‡ of ...
Tranmere was a township and chapelry in Bebington ancient parish, Wirral hundred (SJ 3287), which became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished in 1898 to become part of Birkenhead. It includes the hamlets of Clifton Park, Devonshire Park, Lower Tranmere, Mersey Park and Victoria Park. The population was 353 in 1801, 6519 in ...
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870. TRANMERE, a township and two chapelries in Bebington parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Mersey, and on the Birkenhead and Chester railway, around Rock-Ferry r. station, from 2 to 3 miles S of Birkenhead; and has post-offices of Higher T. and Lower T. under Birkenhead.
Tranmere Hall is an ancient edifice, commanding a fine view of the Mersey, and Tranmere Old Hall is now a farmhouse. Shipbuilding and ironfounding are carried on. Mersey Park in Higher Tranmere has an area of 39 acres, and was opened in 1885. The ecclesiastical parishes are St Catherine, Higher Tranmere (constituted 1831), population, 10,631 ...
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Tranmere Ferry Birkenhead. Queen Elizabeth granted John Poole the lease of ferry rights at Tranmere in 1586. The Etna, the first steam-powered ferry on the River Mersey operated from Tranmere Pool to Liverpool on 17 April 1817. The early part of the 19th Century were prosperous times for Tranmere's ferry service, but this was to change with the ...
Marriage records from people who married at Lower Tranmere, Tranmere between 1884 and 1910. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature. Tranmere Marriage Records (1845-1910) The Marriage registers of Tranmere, document marriages 1845 to 1910. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's ...
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The following appear as names for Tranmere . Follow the links for what the author actually said: Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
