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RRRRR SO THERES NO OTHER TUNNEL ???

Nope, the nearest thing is an ancient priest hole in the old house opposite, but no tunnel. Sorry.

what exactly is a priest hole? is it somewhere they hid when Henry VIII's bustards came round to 'dissolve' the monastery?

Yep, Not just from him but thats pretty much the jist of it.

Speke Hall is full of them, havnt been there since i was a kid, but remember so much about it!

Cool can we get in

If you pay your pennies to the nice lady on the kiosk matey, you can!!!!
Its open to the public, but im guessing you dont want the tour!!!!

lol yer wiv pics how much is it the williamsons ?

Bidston moss was a bog and as quite rightly stated only a few knew the way to get across it. The ship inn in Wallasey was a haunt of those who knew the way across and it is alleged that smugglers/wreckers would carry their goods across to Bidston for hiding. You have to try and imagine that Wallasey village was totally different and the beach practically came up to the base of Wallasey church. If you read the church records there are many instances of burials of people washed up from shipwrecks. I seem to remember reading that the landlord of the Ship was alleged to have killed a customs man or excise man whatever they were in those days but it couldn't be proved that he did it. Fascinating stuff!

No way could they have built a tunnel through a bog but I do know where there is a tunnel with possible links to Mother Redcaps. Relations of mine live in a very old house and when they lifted a large stone slab in their kitchen they found a room beneath with a bricked up doorway that was in the direction of Redcaps. They never opened up said doorway. If it is a tunnel then that is feasible as it is all sandstone. Perhaps we will never know.

Out of interest, where was the house?

I remember on the tithe map a place called Toad Hole - probably not at all connected. Couldn't really tell where it was situated though as tithe maps were pre-ordnance survey so scale and direction was a bit cr@p.

YOU GOT YOUR SPELL CHECK ON?

did i spell something wrong still. trancentral?
do tell

tithe map? what that?

Here - educate yourself
What's a tithe map Mum?