Childwall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Lancashire.
Other places in the parish include: Wavertree, Allerton, Garston, Speke, Hale, Halewood, Little Woolton, Grassendale and Much Woolton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1557
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Parishes adjacent to Childwall
- Much Woolton
- Knotty Ash St John the Evangelist
- Prescot
- Halewood
- Hale
- Aigburth
- Wavertree Holy Trinity
- Huyton
- Garston
- West Derby, St Mary
Historical Descriptions
Childwall
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHILDWALL, a township in West Derby district and a parish in West Derby and Prescot districts, Lancashire. The township lies adjacent to the Liverpool and Manchester railway, between Broad Green and Roby stations, 4 ¼ miles E of Liverpool. Acres, 828. Real property, £3,198. Pop., 174. Houses, 25. The parish includes also the townships of Wavertree, Allerton, Garston, Speke, Hale, Halewood, Little Woolton, and Much Woolton; extends from the suburbs of Liverpool, 9 miles up the Mersey; and contains the post-offices of Wavertree, Garston, Broad-Green, Woolton, Grassendale, and Halewood under Liverpool, and Hale under Warrington. Acres, 19,327; of which 6,850 are water. Real property, £119,561. Pop., 17,917. Houses, 3,115. The property is much subdivided. Childwall Hall belongs to the Marquis of Salisbury; and Hale House to J. T. Blackburn, Esq. Garston belonged to the Tarletons; Allerton, to the Roscoes; and Spey, to the Norrises. A cell to Holme priory anciently stood near Childwall Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £456. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The p. curacies of Garston, Wavertree, Aigburth, St. Mary, Woolton, Hale, Halewood, and Grassendale are separate benefices. Markland, the critic, and the Child of Hale, who was 9 feet 3 inches high, were natives.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Allerton
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Allerton, a township in the parish of Childwall, co.-palatine of Lancaster. Here stands the famous Allerton-oak; and on the same farm is a supposed Druidical monument known by the name of Calder-stones, with some traces of rude characters which have never been deciphered. Pop., in 1801, 178; in 1831, 374. Houses 51. Acres 1,410. A. P. £4,836. Poor rates, in 1837, £165. Allerton-hall — in this neighbourhood— was at one time the seat of Mr Roscoe, author of ‘The Life of Lorenzo de Medici.’
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Grassendale
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Grassendale, a chapelry in Childwall parish, Lancashire; near the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 4 miles E of Liverpool. It was constituted in 1855; and it has a post-office under Liverpool. Rated property. £8,695. Pop., 912. Houses, 137. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.
Source The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72]
Halewood
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Halewood, a township, in the parish of Childwall, union of Prescot, hundred of West Derby, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 6 miles (S.) from Prescot; containing 1101 inhabitants, and comprising by computation 3483 acres. The. Tithes have been commuted for £394. 18. 8., of which £61. 9. 4. are payable to the vicar, £330 to the Bishop of Chester, and £3. 9. 4. to the incumbent of Hale. Here is a small chapel of ease to Woolton.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Parish Records
Lancashire FH & Heraldry Society
Manchester Archives and Local History
Lancashire
England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996
Catholic Parish Registers of Liverpool 1741-1773
St James’ Cemetery Burials Liverpool
England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers, 1797-2004
England, Lancashire, Rusholme Road Cemetery 1821-1933
Chorlton Upon Medlock Burials 1821-1933
Lancaster Convict Database 1800s
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Lancashire Lantern – archive of local old photographs, postcards and other images
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: West Derby
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Chester
- Rural Deanery: Prescot
- Poor Law Union: West Derby
- Hundred: West Derby
- Province: York