Dave's Ancestors in Liverpool
Today's Liverpool covers a number of smaller towns and registration districts which have been home to our family through the years. For example, West Derby was a small township to the East of Liverpool, now a suburb. However, the registration district of West Derby covered much of the south and east of the area outside Liverpool itself, including Garston, Childwall and Woolton which only became part of Liverpool in 1922.
Only a short walk south from the centre of Liverpool you cross the boundary with Toxteth Park, very much part of Liverpool today but once very separate.
I have separated the areas below for convenience but on different documents a street may have been described as being in Liverpool while at other times it might be described as part of West Derby or another district.
I have separated the areas below for convenience but on different documents a street may have been described as being in Liverpool while at other times it might be described as part of West Derby or another district.
Central Liverpool
Link to St Nicholas, Liverpool at NLS 
Link to St Nicholas, Liverpool at Google Maps Thomas Abbott married Sarah Webb 13th December 1857
Richard Edward Abbott married Mary Cherrington 3rd November 1884
Map showing location of Argyle Street, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Argyle Street, Liverpool. Home of Benjamin Ryley in 1808.
Link to Clarence Street at nls maps
Google map showing Clarence Street, Liverpool Richard Edward Abbott and Mary Cherrington both living here at the time of their marriage in 1884
Link to Pitt Street and Frederick Street at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Pitt Street and Frederick Street Home of Thomas Fitton at his marriage to Margaret Lunt in 1860
Link to Hardy Street and Gt George Square at NLS
Link to Hardy Street and Gt George Square at Google Maps Thomas Abbott claimed to be living in Hardy Street at the time of his marriage to Sarah Webb in 1857. Sarah Webb stated that she was living in Gt George Square at the time.
Gt George Square was one of Liverpool's finest squares, and Hardy Street effectively forms one side of the square. It is most likely that she and Thomas Abbott were both living in lodgings in order to qualify as living in the parish of St Nicholas. They were possibly in the same lodging house or hotel, both quoting the address slightly differently to avoid suspicion of co-habiting.
Map showing location of Kent Street, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Kent Street, Liverpool. Home of Benjamin Ryley in 1803.
Link to Marybone, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing Marybone, Liverpool From 1809 to 1811, we know John Burrows and family were living in "Mary le bone" (now known as Marybone).
Map showing location of Mile End, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Mile End, Liverpool. Home of Elizabeth, Benjamin Ryley's widow, in 1841.
Link to Pitt Street and Frederick Street at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Pitt Street and Frederick Street Home of Margaret Lunt at her marriage to Thomas Fitton in 1860
Home of Benjamin Ryley from 1805 to 1807
Link to St Mary, Edge Hill at nls maps
Google map showing St Mary, Edge Hill George Fitton married Margaret Hitchmough on 12th November 1827
Map showing location of School Lane, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of School Lane, Liverpool. Home of Benjamin Ryley in 1801.
Map showing location of Simpson Street, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Simpson Street Home of the Nixon family and birthplace of Robert Nixon in 1804.
Map showing location of Norfolk Street, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Norfolk Street Norfolk Street. Home of Robert Nixon and Family in 1801.
Link to Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at nls maps
Google map showing position of Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Liverpool Baptism place for children of John and Alice Burrows between 1797 and 1811
Erected in 1790, the building was reconstructed and renamed Central Hall in 1884. It closed in 1905 with the building of a new Central Hall nearby, in Renshaw street.
It was later demolished and the site is now occupied by entertainment premises and a multi-storey car park.
Map showing location of Titchfield Street, Liverpool at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Titchfield Street, Liverpool. Home of Benjamin Ryley at his death in 1834.
Aigburth
Link to approximate location of Irwell Street, Aigburth Vale at nls maps
Google map showing position of Irwell Street, in Aigburth 1861 George Fitton living with his daughter, Emily and family. 1861 census.
Link to Victoria Terrace, Aigburth at nls maps
Google map showing Victoria Terrace, Aigburth Thomas Edward Abbott was born here 27th January 1913
Allerton
Link to 4 Danefield Road, Allerton at nls maps
Google map showing 4 Danefield Road, Allerton
Home of Thomas Edward Abbott and family from 1926.
Garston
St Michael, Garston Parish Church
Link to Arthur Street, Garston at nls maps ![Google map showing Arthur Street, Garston.](javascript:popUpPic('../trees/googlepop.html?+053.353333&-002.893310Arthur Street, Garston, Home of Mary, widow of Richard Edward Abbott and family in 1901.<br />Little of Arthur Street remains today, except the pub on the corner. <img src="../images/arthur.jpg" width=280px >')){kind=small}
Google map showing Arthur Street, Garston Richard Abbott death 1897
Mary Abbott (Widow of Richard Edward Abbott (1857 - ) and family (Census 1901)
Link to Byron Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Byron Street, Garston Home of Zachariah Whiteside and family in 1911
81 Byron Street
Charles Fitton and family, Census 1911
Link to Chapel Farm, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Chapel Farm Garston in 1851 Thomas Fitton was here as a labourer (Census 1851)
Link to Chapel Road, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Chapel Road, Garston Thomas Abbott (1836 - ) and family (Census 1871)
Link to Church Road, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Church Road, Garston Thomas Abbott (1836 - ) and family living with the Webb family (Census 1861)
Link to Dale View, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Dale View, Garston Home of Elizabeth Day Fitton (née Rigby) at the time of her death in 1904.
Link to Garfourth Close, Garston at nls maps.
Google map showing Garfourth Close, Garston.
Home of Richard Abbott (1887 to 1941) and family, in 1939.
Link to Gilbert Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Gilbert Street. Alice Whiteside (Widow of Robert Whiteside (1854 - ) and family (Census 1901)
Link to James Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing James Street, Garston Ethel Fitton, with the Milton family. Census 1911
Link to Kettle Nook, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Kettle Nook, Garston Richard Webb and family (Census 1851)
Link to Mona Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Mona Street, Garston Thomas Fitton (1828 - ) and family (Census 1871)
Link to Palmerston Road, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Palmerston Road, Garston. Robert Whiteside (1854 - ) and family (Census 1891)
Link to Queen Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Queen Street, Garston Thomas H. Evans (husband of Anne Jane Fitton (1873 - ) and family (Census 1901)
Anne Jane Evans and family, daughter of Thomas Fitton. Census 1901
6 Queen Street
Thomas Fitton (1828 - ) and family (Census 1881, 1891, 1901)
Link to Raglan Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Raglan Street, Garston Thomas Abbott (1836 - ) and family (Census 1881)
56 Raglan Street
William Cherrington (1833 - ) and family (Census 1871)
60 Raglan Street
Janet McGuinness (1811 - ) and family lived here in 1871
98 Raglan Street
Charles Fitton (1866 - ) and family (Census 1891)
Link to Saunby Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Saunby Street, Garston Charles Fitton died here in 1918
Mary Abbott (née Cherrington) died at the home of her daughter, Sarah Cherrington Twist 1919
Link to Shand Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Shand Street, Garston Charles Fitton (1866 - ) and family (Census 1901)
Link to Smithy Bank, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing showing Smithy Bank, Garston Thomas Abbott (1836 - and family at the birth of Richard Edward Abbott, 15th June 1858
Thomas Abbott died here, aged 49, on 18th April 1885
Link to Vulcan Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Vulcan Street, Garston Ethel May Fitton born 1891
Link to Window Lane, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing Window Lane, Garston John Eakin in 1891 (see next entry)
19 Window Lane
John and Elizabeth Eakin and family in 1881 and 1891 (Elizabeth Cherrington's second marriage)
21 Window Lane
Richard Edward Abbott (1857 - ) and Family (Census 1891)
Link to Woodger Street, Garston at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Woodger Street Zachariah Whiteside (1876 - 1952) and family (Census 1901)
Speke
Link to Speke at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Speke village. The village of Speke lay to the east of Garston. Although the church remains, showing where the original village centre stood, today's Speke is a large, mostly post-WW2, housing estate to the north of Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Speke Town was a small hamlet to the north west of the village of Speke, and was demolished in the 1930s to make way for the runway of the old Speke aiport.
Link to Speke Town at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Speke Town in the 1860s Ann Lunt born here in 1856 (1861 Census)
Toxteth
Link to St James, Toxteth at nls maps
Google map showing St James, Toxteth - now St James in the City, Liverpool George Fitton, widower, married Catherine Shimmin, spinster, on 17th June 1849
Link to St John the Baptist, Toxteth at nls maps
Google map showing original position of St John the Baptist, Toxteth - demolished in 1959 Richard Abbott married Ethel May Fitton 7th September 1912
Map showing location of St Michael in the Hamlet at nls maps
Google map showing the position of St Michael in the Hamlet. Marriage of William Henry Rigby and Elizabeth Jones, (née Nixon), in 1861.
Map showing location of Abstinence Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Abstinence Street, Toxteth Park Home of Robert Nixon and family in 1871.
Map showing location of Court 15, No6, Albert Street (formerly New Gore Street, later Darnley Street), Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Albert Street, later Darnley Street, Toxteth Park Court 15, No6, home of the Nixon family in 1851.
Map showing location of Court 15, No6, Albert Street (formerly New Gore Street, later Darnley Street), Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Albert Street, later Darnley Street, Toxteth Park Robert Nixon staying with his daughter, Sarah , and her husband, Robert Jones.
Map showing location of Court 7, Clive Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Clive Street. Rigby family 1851.
Map showing location of Dwerry House Street at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Dwerry House Street. Ryley family 1815 to 1820.
Link to Frank Street, Toxteth at nls maps
Google map showing original position of Frank Street, Toxteth George Fitton's wife, Catherine at her son's home, Census 1861
Link to Pitt Street and Frederick Street at nls maps
Google map showing general location of Pitt Street and Frederick Street Home of Thomas Fitton at his marriage to Margaret Lunt in 1860
Link to Greenleaf Street at nls maps
Google map showing Greenleaf Street, Toxteth Park Sarah Abbott with youngest daughter, Maggie (Margaret), boarding with the Graham family in 1911
Map showing location of Harrington Street, (later Caryl Street), at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Harrington Street, (later Caryl Street). Home of Benjamin Ryley from 1811 to 1813.
Map showing location of Henderson Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Henderson Street. Home of William Henry Rigby at his marriage in 1846.
Map showing location of Jordan Place, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Jordan Place Home of William Henry Rigby at his death in 1879.
Map showing location of Park Street - Llanrwst Street, Toxteth at nls maps
Map showing the position of Park Street - Llanrwst Street, Toxteth Park Addresses of William Henry Rigny and Elizabeth Jones, née Nixon, at their marriage in 1861
Map showing location of Murray Court, Wright Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Murray Court in 1841. James Rigby and family in 1841.
(In later years, Wright Street became Brassey Street
and Murray Court became Court 16).
Map showing location of Caffo Place, Toxteth at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Caffo Place, Toxteth Park Caffo Place, home of Robert Nixon and family in 1841.
Map showing location of Parliament Street at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Parliament Street. Ryley family in 1823.
Map showing location of Park Street - Llanrwst Street, Toxteth at nls maps
Map showing the position of Park Street - Llanrwst Street, Toxteth Park Addresses of William Henry Rigny and Elizabeth Jones, née Nixon, at their marriage in 1861
Map showing location of Rice Street, later Carey Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Map showing the position of Rice Street (later Carey Street), Toxteth Park Robert Nixon and family in 1861.
Link to approximate location of School Lane, Toxteth Park in 1851 at nls maps
Google map showing the approximate location of School Lane, Toxteth Park in 1851 George Fitton and family, Census 1851
Link to Upper Essex Street, Toxteth at nls maps
Google map showing Upper Essex Street, Toxteth. Richard Abbott and Ethel May Fitton both living here at the time of their wedding.
Map showing location of Upper Harrington Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Upper Harrington Street. Home of Elizabeth, widow of William Henry Rigby, in 1881.
Map showing location of Woolfe Street, Toxteth Park at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Woolfe Street William Henry Rigby and family (Number 137 in 1861, 142 in 1871 and 132 in 1875).
Elizabeth Jones, née Nixon, and family in 1851. (Upper Wolfe Street).
West Derby
A village to the east of Liverpool and also a registration district encompassing much of what is now suburban east and south Liverpool
Places are included here if they were classed as being in the registration district of West Derby at the time, even though locals today might consider themselves part of Edge Hill, Old Swan, etc.
Link to Town Row, West Derby at nls maps
Google map showing Town Row, West Derby Margaret Lunt (wife of Thomas Fitton) born here 1835
Also, William, James, George and Thomas Lunt
Link to Claypole Street at nls maps
Google map showing Claypole Street, West Derby Sarah Abbott with son Isaac and youngest daughter, Margaret, boarding with the Greene family
Link to Durden Street at nls maps
Google map showing Durden Street, West Derby Sarah Abbott living with the Campbell family (1891 Census)
Woolton
Link to Little Woolton at nls maps
Google map showing the position of Little Woolton. Little Woolton does not appear on modern maps, being to the the north of Much Woolton, which is just called "Woolton" today.
It was a township, centred roughly on the church of St Stephen, in what is now Belle Vale.