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You may be right, bri445. Lever had bought the quarries and the line in 1912 so it would make sense that, when he built the causeway in the 1920's, he would have turned that part of the line into a roadway to provide a more direct route to the works.

I went to a lecture about 3/4 years ago given by a Levers employee (I think) the subject was Lever Causeway, apparently when this was built it was the start of another housing estate being built by Lord Leverhulme, the maps were on display showing the services under the road, sewers, water etc to service the estate. Then he (the company) ran out of money due to stock market crash, being overextended financially, and a host of other reasons. the maps/plans were fascinating to look at and see what might have been

Thanks for that locomotive. Where exactly was the estate to be built?

As far as I can remember, the estate was going to be built on both sides of the road, for more or less the full length of the straight road, I'll see if I can find out who gave the lecture, and get some more info, it might take me a while.

Well, thank goodness it didn't happen. I have many happy memories of spending a lot of time in that area as it was only half a mile from my home.

The Talk I went to was called "Leverhulme estates and Wirral Villages. I thought it was a couple of years ago, but it was actually 2003, "Tempus Fugit", I have the name of the speaker, I'll try and contact him.

The lecture was given by Gavin Hunter who is giving a lecture on "Villages of Wirral" at Bebington Central Library at 2.30 on March 13th, this is part of Local History Week, tickets available at the Library or tel 606 2665

Thanks for that. Where exactly is the library?

Part of the Civic Centre set back from the main road opposite Mayer Hall?

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Perhaps the name of the roadway Marsh Lane is a clue?

This map from 1924 shows a bit of how the "kink" has come about. I guess this was parking area for Storeton Hall Farm or a hunt gathering place.

What I find equally interesting is the oval on Landican Lane slightly west of the "kink". This was a moated piece of land (or a large islanded lake whichever way you look at it) which I guess may have been a source of foul or fish for Storeton Hall. For some strange reason, this was dried-out/filled-in had a solitary house built on that site in relatively recent times, of all the areas available you would think a moat/lake would be the last place to build a house.

I thought footpaths were normally based on ancient rights of way? That said, whatever the cause of the kink also appears to affect the right of way indicating what ever it was may well have been there before the path. Therefore possibly predating carparking. Of course i could be completely wrong.