Looking on an 1889 map on this site, to answer another question, I was looking for Carlisle Street, off Oxton Road, only to find it was then called Peel Street, the streets either side, Mornington St., and Midland St still had the same names, can anyone throw any light on this please.
The 1889 map is wrong in several respects: 1. Warwick St. and Windsor St. are reversed. 2. Clayton St. is mis-spelled and was not straight. 3. Cook St. was not straight. 4. Quarry Bank St. was not opposite either Warwick or Windsor Sts. There may be other errors but those sprung to mind. I knew the area well as my gran lived in Windsor St. I must admit I'd never heard of Peel St. Attached is a copy of the 1912 O.S. map.
Below the 1878 Post Office Directory for Oxton Rd, Birkenhead. Carlise St being on the 1881 census means any name change must have taken place between 1878 and 1881. The 1889 map must either be wrongly dated or the information for that map has been taken from earlier maps with no checks being done.
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Could be a name changed such as Victoria Road, Seacombe to Borough Road so as not to be confused with Victoria Road, New Brighton. That's if they had a fire service/police response then
Seems odd, below, 1876 map with Carlisle St where Peel St, Tranmere, is/was in the following years. It appears a swop over of street names have taken place.
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Interesting about the street name swap; I bet that caused a lot of confusion for a while. Also, I wonder why, in the 1878 directory, there's that huge gap between numbers 70 & 78. The first missing building would be where the offices of the Birkenhead Brewery were.