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"TRANMORE [sic], a township in the parish of BEBBINGTON, lower division of the hundred of WIRRALL, county palatine of CHESTER, 7¼ miles (N. N.E.) from Great Neston, containing 825 inhabitants. The river Mersey is here crossed by a ferry." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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- 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 1851, and 37709 in 1901.
For the period after 1898, see Birkenhead.
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| St Catherine, Tranmere, Church of England |
| St Luke, Tranmere, Church of England |
| St Michael and All Angels, Tranmere, Church of England |
| St Paul, Tranmere, Church of England |
| Grange Chapel, Tranmere, Baptist |
| Old Chester Road, Tranmere, Congregationalist |
| St Paul, Tranmere, Presbyterian |
| Willmer Road/Tatton Street, Tranmere, Presbyterian |
| St Joseph, Tranmere, Roman Catholic |
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Tranmere to another place.
- 1898 March 31 — Abolished and incorporated into Birkenhead (pop. 37709 in 1901)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ319875 (Lat/Lon: 53.379941, -3.025206), Tranmere which are provided by:
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- 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.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Birkenhead Rural Sanitary District (1875-77)
- Birkenhead Municipal Borough (1877-89)
- Birkenhead County Borough (1889-98)