Forums Forums Wirral History : Chasing the Past History Information Request Birkenhead and it's beginnings help

The map posted looks as if it's from a .pdf (adobe acrobat) file
Anyone know what the name of the file is and how to get hold of it please

I strongly suspect that many people called any river or stream around Birkenhead as The Birkett which adds a lot of confusion.

Isn't the birket in moreton pasture rd?

we discussed this here

on an earlier map the Birket was called the Main Fender

Any chance of posting the map or putting a link to it

also have a 1924 map which I hope someone can tell me where I can get a clearer pic from - don't know where I got it from
Internet?
Archives?
Reference Library?

That plan appears to be from the book "1947 Plan by Reilly & Aslan", although yours is coloured. There are several others in that book, showing the town at various ages. In the book, they are all black & white. Here they are; they should stand a bit of enlargement.

thanks chris
these will be added to my growing list of various maps which I have collected from various excellent posts on wikiwirral which you and others have posted.
A big thank you to all who have done that

some quarry pics

also some HERE
says Storeton quarries open in roman times

These early photos give the best indication I've ever seen of the scale of the operaton, before vegetation covered the abandoned workings.
Which book is this?

Not sure
In bhead reference library asked for anything about quarries and they found a book about fossils and footprints found in Northwest? quarries.

The book is called 'The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates' (Fossil Evidence from North-West England) by Geoffrey Tresise. Not cheap though if you intend buying it. Think the original hardback edition costs about £65.

You might get a cheaper copy on Amazon or ebay.

Thanks, the library is the best bet!

Too right!

However, if you did decide to buy a copy, I'd recommend checking out the Liverpool Museum Book Store first. They sometimes sell these kind of hefty educational books at much more reasonable prices. Follow the links on the Museum's website to see if they've any in store.

Nope, scrap that last suggestion, I've just looked.

It's not on the museum's online book list, but there are copies on Amazon selling for nearer £25.

Great idea, derek, to collect all the maps together. Don't know whether you've got this one, Lawton's Survey of 1824. Not a lot of detail but what is shown is interesting, particularly William Laird's first land purchase.

You know your way round wiki better than most - do you know whether there's been a topic about the proposed Wirral Canal in the 1820s? It's a subject I've been doing some research on but I don't want to reinvent the wheel!