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does any remember halfway house patten street

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does any remember halfway house patten street

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the halfway house was on the corner of patten st and corporation rd

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Ive posted this question before but put it in the wrong section. Does anyone know where the stork villa pub was? One of my ancestors was the licensee there many moons ago. Wondering if it was the original Rockville????? not sure though.

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are you sure it wasn't the Stork Hotel near Hamilton Square

Villa sounds more of a house name
any sort of address and date known

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The Rockville was called the "Rock Villa Hotel" at one time (check 1891 census), many people in the area still call it that.


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dd are you also on one of these sites where you have access to censuses and how did you find the name
Only thought you could do searches by surnames only

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You forget that I am the font of all knowledge, well at least on using google searches.

I think I just threw "Villa Hotel" and Wirral into google, it came back with "Rock Villa Hotel" for a darts team or something.

Then threw "Rock Villa Hotel" in and up popped the census.

If you put 1891 Census into the search as well its going to narrow it down. Love google, always a challenge to get your search focussed.


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Yes I was on that archive site the other day and got a list of pubs to check against the pub index

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Birkenhead_Registration_District,_1891_Census_Street_Index_P-R

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From 1891 at least the pub has been Rock Villa/Rockville
chris58 pms full so still waiting to see where he got his info
and if any more info

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The Stork Hotel, on the corner of Adelphi Street and Price Street


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Thanks folks I will have a word with my sister who does the family history thing and get some def. dates.
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