Liscard St Columba Cheshire Family History Guide

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Liscard St Columba an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire created in 1878 from Wallasey Ancient Parish. In 1971 the parish of Liscard St Columba was abolished with the creation of Liscard St Mary with St Columba Ecclesiastical Parish.

Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Liscard St Columba parish include:

Liscard St Columba Parish Registers

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Liscard St Columba, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1904-1948

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Liscard St Columba, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1922-1946

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Liscard Society of Friends, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Burials, 1865-1897

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LISCARD, a township and a chapelry in Wallasey parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Mersey, about ½ a mile from Egremont steam-ferry station, and 2½ N by W of Birkenhead r. station; includes the village and chapelry of New Brighton; and has a post office under Birkenhead. Acres, 4,236; of which 3,340 are water. Real property, £33,731; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 4,100; in 1861,5,625. Houses, 929.

Much of the area is edificed with streets and terraces, or profusely gemmed with villas and other handsome residences; and is suburban to Birkenhead. Part of the edificed portion forms Liscard village, and part is conjoint with Egremont. There are four hotels, several considerable inns, a police-office, a bridewell, a public weighing machine, a water-tower, and a battery. An interesting feature in the rural part is the Liscard model farm, belonging to Harold Littledale, Esq.

The chapelry bears the name of Liscard-St. John, excludes the chapelry of New Brighton, and was constituted in 1831. Pop. in 1861,3,221. Houses, 562. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church is a handsome edifice in the Grecian style, and contains about 1,800 sittings.

There are chapels for Independents, Quakers, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics; national schools for boys, girls, and infants; Congregational schools for boys and girls; a Roman Catholic school; a working-men’s club and reading-room; and a dispensary. The Roman Catholic chapel was built in 1854; is a handsome edifice; contains about 700 sittings; and has a cemetery attached. The Congregational schools were built in 1865, at a cost of £1,200; have a picturesque appearance; and are so arranged as to be available for lectures or public meetings, with accommodation for about 400 persons.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Sources

The following sources have been used to compile this article.

  • F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
  • FamilySearch Research Wiki – Cheshire, England Genealogy
  • Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Catalogue
  • Ancestry.co.uk

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