i went to sunday school at holy trinity in the 50s. would like pictures and memories please.

I would be interested in any information on what happened to the church organ after the church was demolished apparently in the mid to late 70's. The instrument was a "Hardy &Sons" N04322 Any information would be of great help Thanks.

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N04322

And where was the church exactly - Ie: at the junction of (Where)?

Is this the Hoylake one? The grave yard is still there and has the grave of a Victoria Cross holder quite near the entrance.

No Helles, It is the Holy Trinity church that was on Price street Birkenhead that I am interested in, sorry for any confusion.

probably been put up before, link for churches

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/birkenhead.html

No problem. Strange both churches with the same name knocked down though. It would appear that the most popular name for a church in Wirral is Christchurch. A bit more useless info for you!

Was that church once to the left of the working mens club in Hoylake - they still use the graveyard there today? What year was the church demolished?

Holy Trinity Church, Price Street in 1910:

Isn't that a beautiful building!

A much nicer area without vehicles everywhere too!

thanks great picture brings back memories, cathcart.

Were abouts in the church was the Organ? At the back above the door by any chance? Was it removed and relocated before the church was demolished in the late 70's? And if so where is it now? Any help gratley appreciated.

Holy Trinity church, Price Street, Birkenhead. Was unfortunatley vandalised after being left empty and disused. Demolised in 1976 so sad.

Anyone any info on this lovely old building please ?

I found out were this church one stood!


www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/churchmap?T=SP,CCC=CHS,ID=313

clicky

Thanks Kimpri1

The church of the Holy Trinity, situated in Price-street, is somewhat remarkable, as regards design and architectural ornament; it is in the Norman style, but considerably modified, is built of stone, is 102 feet in extreme length, 56 feet in breadth, and will accommodate 1000 persons. The principal entrance is by a deep, recessed, ornamented doorway, having two windows above supported on small arches, grotesque heads being introduced at the various points of contact; the tower rises to the height of 88 feet, and is highly embellished with mouldings and pierced work. The living is in the patronage of H. Williams, Esq. St. John's church is of new red sandstone, and was built at the expense of J. S. Jackson, Esq., Joseph Mallaby, Esq., and others; it stands in Grange-lane road, and presents one of the most perfect specimens of the early English style in the neighbourhood, is of very imposing appearance, and of large dimensions. In the chancel are stained-glass windows representing St. John, St. Paul, and St. Peter, and in the north and south aisles are others, with various arms. The living is in the patronage of Trustees.

From: 'Bintree - Birkenhead', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 248-255. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50801 Date accessed: 11 November 2010.

my grandparents where married in this church ((
its the grassey area on price street in between the buildings ou cant miss opposite the carpark for conway park

Have you any photos of the inside of the church or around it that you could scan and put on here please? That would be a great help?

Holy Trinity in the early 60s...

WOW, Fantastic! Marty99 truly amazing, thank you so much for posting the photos. Are they from a book or are they personal shots? And are there any more maybe of that Organ visible in one of the shots?

Many Thanks.

Three of the shots are from old glass slides, the rest are from negs I had access to many years ago. Unfortunately there's only the one shot of the interior.

Thanks anyway, Have you still got access to the slides now or do you know were they are? Can you post any more on here? I would be interested in viewing the rest with you if you haven't got the time to post them?

wow look at those quality motors om pic 7

the streets are so quiet on all the pics wow

My in-laws were married there in 1947.
Thankyou for posting them,I will show them to Mum.

Vauxhall Cresta estate? Triumph 'Mayflower' Austin/Morris 'Something'?

Vauxhall Victor estate, perhaps? Definitely a Mayflower! No idea on the other one!

I think its a Victor Estate as well, it had some funny roundings on the edges, the Cresta was very sharp lines. Strangely I can't remember Mayflowers. The other car looks a bit Wolsley-ish or some other BMC variant - which would be the norm for the era.

Yes, could be a Victor VX4/90...

In the rear view of the church (from Russell street) What are we looking at directly behind the church? Is it the vicarage? Who was the parish priest here?

Yes I had a look at the present site the other day after realising my garndparents married there and my mum and aunties/uncles were all christened ther. I sort of like how its been left as a field rather than being built upon. Feels like a little bit of respect for the past. And the little lane is still called Trinity Lane. Please, does anybody have an actual photo of the church round about the 20s or 30s?

A view of Holy Trinity church on price street taken from Eldon gardens in 1964 ........ A bit before my time!

Holy trinity school 1927.

Hi I'm new to this site...I lived in Ellon street 57 and was baptised in the church in 1955

do you mean eldon street ,did you go to cathcart street.

Bit late with the answer to this one, but never mind. The building directly behind the Church was the Church School. For those who are interested, the War Memorial boards from Holy Trinity are now displayed in the searchroom at Wirral Archives.

No I went too trinity street but lived next to Cathcart street annex

Where abouts is "Wirral Archives" please?

Shore Rd. Cheshire Lines building.

have you any pictures of the area in the 50s or 60s geoff.

forgot to add,i lived on marion street,i went to cathcart street.

No sorry I've no photos I lived in Ellon street opposite Alex Taylor funerals went to trinity street then hemingford street

I went to view the war memorial board last week, the board itself was originally at Holy Trinity Birkenhead, and was moved in 1972/1974 to St Winifreds, along with the then priest in-charge "Taffy Evans", the board was moved to its present location because St Winifreds in rumoured to be scheduled for demolision.

still dont know where ellon street is or was.

Sorry it's Elldon street my stupid iPad too sensitive lol

A couple more of Holy Trinity I found on Facebook.

Does anyone know why this land has never been built on, was there some kind of covenant in place to prevent the land being used?

Not sure Mike why the land has never been built on after the demolition all those years ago. I suspect it may just be a location think, could be due to the fact that it is consecrated land? Maybe its purely out of respect for the past?

Glad Trinity Lane is still there though.

Don't you find it a bit strange though?
Old church grounds hasn't stopped buildings going up in the past. There was one with a graveyard on Conway Street which was covered when they built the flyovers for the tunnel, and the Bus station is covering it now.
Intriguing.

It is a grade 2 listed building same as Holy Cross in Birkenhead and probably others . So any changes need special permission from the relevant authorities.

There is no building there. It was demolished some time in the 70s and the land has been left empty since.

53°23'42.8"N 3°01'21.7"W

Are you confusing this church which was on Price Street with the one in Spital?

Urban myth, there was no graveyard at St Andrew's, there may have been some memorial stones but definitely no graves.

Apparently the Holy Trinity land is owned by Adam's Self Storage, they appear to have obtained that land before they moved in to the T-Systems (printers) building next door. They owned that land in (or before) 2009 and the storage opened around 2011-12 I think.

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/948317/diggingdeeper.html

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2602681

The Kew entry is interesting, it indicates that gravestones were removed from St Andrews in 1967 the same year the flyovers were built.

Prior to 1967 there was no real sign of a graveyard, it was just grassland with a few trees. I didn't allow for the graveyard closing so long ago in 1879. I guess the graves had collapsed and been turfed over.

There are marriage records (1900 - 1943) in London, there are baptism records (1839 - 1951) in Liverpool, there are pew rent records (1856 - 1880) in Wirral, 1860 plans in Chester. The church was bought by the Council in 1955 and the records of this are in the Wirral Archive which probably details the land.

It appears only a trip to Kew will find the answer to who was buried there unless the records eventually come on line. As I said previously, I do remember headstones being there, what I can't remember, were they above a grave or leaning up against a wall. I wonder what happened to the headstones, were they laid down and landscaped over?

Deceased Online are gradually scanning the RG37 records in and they appear to be doing a mixture of graveyards and cemeteries, most sites only concentrate on cemeteries. https://www.deceasedonline.com/serv...RIBUTORS&context=NATIONALARCHIVERG37

The marriage certificates I mentioned earlier as being in London (Presbyterian Historical Society) have been amalgamated with the URC records and moved to Westminster University.

I should also mention that FamilySearch in Salt Lake City have microfiche copies of some of St Andrew's records but as with many sites the search facilities are for individuals, not locations, however the staff appear to offer help for free, I'm busy at the moment but may contact them next year. https://www.familysearch.org/en/

My friends dad worked on the groundworks for the new flyovers and said they dug up an old graveyard. Also said the bodies were all re-interred elsewhere but wasn't sure where.
Sadly I can't ask him for more info about it because he passed away a few years ago.

I've come across loads of 3rd party reports but none of the 1st party reports (of which there have been many, including myself) remember the graveyard or clearly remember the location of gravestones or were involved in the re-internment, which is why I had gradually come round to discount it.

3rd party reports have Adolf Hitler eating fish and chips in Parkgate during the middle of the war, they are worth investigating but not taken as gospel without better evidence - which we now have, a re-internment definitely took place in 1967.

That photo looks like the one opposite Oak and Eldon Gardens. If it is I did Xmas Eve there with my then girl friend Maria Foord. I mid to late 60's.