A Liverpool Church Builder
Near the corner of Cheapside, on the south side of Tithebarn St, stood the ancient tithe-barn erected in the reign of Vlll. It passed from the possession of the Molyneux family and was converted into shops, the main structure of the old oak roof remaining. The land behind was for a long period a public bowling green. In the early part of the present century the Mersey Iron Foundry was established on the site. The principal partner in the firm was Mr John CRAGG, and enterprising man who had a penchant for church building, and on the principle of the currier in the fable, who believed under all circumstances that there was "nothing like leather" Mr CRAGG introduced cast iron very largely into the construction of his churches. Thomas RICKMAN, who afterwards became celebrated as a pioneer in the rival of Gothic architecture, resided about that time [1812] in Liverpool, and was diligently perusing his researches. Mr CRAGG obtained his assistance in designing Everton Church, St Philip's Hardman St, and St Michael's Toxteth Park, in all of which cast iron enters very largely into the construction. It would be unfair to the architect to criticise too severely the results of conditions to restricted. It may suffice to observe that the example so set has not been followed generally. Mr CRAGG, after retiring from business, resided for many years in St Michael's-hamlet, and died on the 17th July 1854, aged 87.
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Death register for St Michaels-in-the-Hamlet
1851
APRIL
April 4th
Mary Ellen ELSTON, Church Lane, aged 4mths
April 6th
Elizabeth HEWITT, Holden St, aged 70
Mary Elizabeth LAMB, Hunter St, aged 11
Joshua DIXON, Shaws Brow, aged 4mths
April 7th
Henry PEARSON, College Lane, aged 65
April 9th
Richard PRICE, Prince William St, Toxteth Park, aged 62
Alice CHARNLEY, Gerard St, aged 53
April 10th
Jane CUMMINS, Infirmary, aged 64
William CHERRY, Stewart St, aged 53
April 13th
Jane THOMPSON, Bond St, aged 64
Mary Ann OLDFIELD, Northern Hospital, aged 43
April 14th
Frederick WALLBURN, Westmoreland St, aged 40
Ann THOMPSON, Albion St, aged 43
April 15th
Margaret JAMES, Bexteth St, aged 33
April 16th
James HESKETH, Dinorbin St, Windsor, aged 44
April 18th
Elizabeth BLAKE, Charles St, aged 7weeks
April 24th
John Isaac JOHNSTON, Craven St, aged 13days
April 27th
Frances QUIGGIN, Cable St, aged 11
Margaret PARKER, Byrom Terrace, aged 1
April 30th
Thomas MADDOCKS, Ray St, aged 19mths
Margaret ADAMS, Gibraltar Row, aged 6
Thomas BAGOT, Cartwright Place, aged 62
Margaret ROBERTS, Pownall Square, aged 1
Mary Ann PLASS / HASS, Fever Maid, aged 44
MAY
May 1st
William CRITCHLEY, Nigel St, aged 31
Henry BURROWS, Sgt in East ? Artillery, Shaws Brow, aged 43
William MC GUFFIE, Silver St, aged 81
James BOHAMMAH, Lower Thurslow St, aged 57 / 51
Sarah MARTIN, Grovesnor St, aged 35
Mary BOLSHAW / BALSHAW, Wapping, aged 30
Caroline HARRISON, Peters Lane, aged 25
Edward EDWARDS, Union St, aged 7days
May 7th
Ann SMITH, Whitechapel, aged 3mths
May 8th
Ann HAZELHURST, Peter St, aged 66
May 9th
Ann DUFFY, Hunter St, aged 26
Fanny EVEREST, Blake St, aged 75
John WALTHAM, Trueman St, aged 2
May 11th
Esther PARRY, Ryleys Gardens, aged 47
May 12th
Elizabeth JONES, Shaws Brow, aged 34
May 14th
John HARGREAVES, Carruthers St, aged 56
Caroline HIBBETT, Tempest Hey, aged 3
May 15th
Sarah HORNE, London Rd, aged 3
May 16th
Anne BURROWS, Nash Grove, aged 23
Mary ROBERTS, Naylor St, aged 15mths
May 19th
Catherine PHILLIPS, Crooked Lane, aged 75
Catherine FLOOD, North St, aged 5mths
May 20th
Hannah O’BRIEN, White Mill St, aged 55
May 21st
Margaret DAVIES, Nash Grove, aged 61
Henry MYANSKE, Gun St, aged 38
Thomas INGHAM, Jenkinson St, Everton, aged 27
May 22nd
Elizabeth SALE, Gerrard St, aged 42
Selina LEATON, Richmond St, aged 8mths
May 23rd
John MILLWARD, Stanley St, aged 2
Thomas RYAN, Dead House, Princes Dock, L.H.M 28th Regiment
John French CARTNEY, Chancer St, aged 41
May 25th
Isaac ROBERTS, Maguire St, aged 3
JULY
July 16th
Joseph PHILLIPS, London Rd, aged 43
July 17th
Jane WILLIAMS, Clayton St, aged 25
Mary WILLIAMS, Leveson St, aged 13
Charles Henry HALL, Hunter St, aged 4
July 20th
William JONES, Penrhyn St, aged 36
Sarah TILDSLEY, Brighton St, Toxteth Park, aged 24
Margaret LEA, Cunliffe St, aged 7
July 21st
Ann Bennett LEWIS, Penrhyn St, aged 5mths
SEPTEMBER
Sept 5th
Thomas Hope COWELL, Back Mansfield St, aged 20mths
Sept 7th
? ny ECCLESTON, Derby St, aged 58
Jane DOYLE, Tempest Hey, aged 75
Sept 8th
George BRAZIER, Kent Square, aged 42
Sept 9th
Jane PARKS, Portland St, aged 60
Margaret Ann FRYER, Scotland Rd, aged 11mths
Sept 10th
Elizabeth MC VEIGH / VEAGH, Redman Place, Circus St, aged 17days
Patrick MC VEIGH / VEAGH, Redman Place, Circus St, aged 14 days
OCTOBER
Oct 17th
Elizabeth Jane MC CRACKEN, Gomer St, aged 2yrs 11mths
Oct 19th
William DEAN, Gloucester St, aged 43
James NELSON, Ford St, aged 3
Oct 20th
Mary Eliza MEACOCK, Islington, aged 28
Edward HUMPHREYS, Gildart Gardens, aged 28
Oct 21st
Robert HARRISON, Warren St, aged 4yrs 6mths
William HAWLEY, Manfred St, aged 55
Agnes RAE, Cable St, aged 26
DECEMBER
Dec 23rd
John BLOCK, Duncan St, aged 59
Susan JAMES, Great Nelson St, aged 50
Dec 24th
Jane PEPPER, Kitchen St, aged 2
Dec 25th
Thomas WOODS, Cuerdon St, aged 10mths
James LACKEY, Cunliffe St, aged 65
Dec 26th
John FERRIE, Clayton St, aged 41
Dec 28th
Frederic SALT, Edge Lane, West Derby, aged 35
John DENNET, Harford St, aged 37
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1852
JANUARY
Jan 1st
William NULTY, Cuerdon St, aged 2
Jan 2nd
Ann SMITH, Vernon St, aged 42
Jan 3rd
Robert MC KEE, Hood St, Queens Square, aged 88
Eliza MC KEE, Hood St, Queens Square, aged 48
Jan 4th
George DAWSON, Lionel St, aged 60
Henry NIVEN, Russell St, aged 8mths
William CURRY, Springfields, aged 68
Ellen URE, Hodson St, aged 2yrs 6mths
Jan 5th
Mary Elizabeth NOBLE, Moorfields. Aged 9mths
Jan 6th
Susannah EVANS, Clayton St, aged 69
Elizabeth NORRIS, Hotham St, aged 5
Thomas NORRIS, Hotham St, aged 2
Jan 8th
Mary Ellen CROW, North St, aged 76
Mary DEACON, Beau St, aged 74
Harriet SIMON, Hood St, aged 37
Annie PEPPER, Kitchen St, aged 9mths
Jan 14th
Thomas Henry KNOX, St Anne St, aged 1
James Allen LOVELADY, Derby St, aged 9
Jan 16th
David CRICKARD, Northern Hospital, aged 45
Jan 17th
Joseph KENDRICK, James St, aged 48
Sarah GALLAGHER, Byrom St, aged 2 days
Jan 20th
Ann Jane GALLAGHER, Byrom St, aged 5days
James LANE, Cazneau St, aged 2wks
Jan 21st
Richard CROSS, Spitalfields, aged 6yrs 6mths
Jan 25th
Agnes GALLAGHER, Byrom St, aged 6days
Jane SINGLETON, Drury Lane, aged 17
Robert CAMPBELL, Richmond St, aged 5mths
James WESTCOTT, Clermout St, aged 55
Jan 27th
Richard ASTON, Cazneau St, aged 35
William SIMON, Hope St, Toxteth Park, aged 7
David SIMMS, Trowbridge St, aged 34
Jan 28th
Benjamin SLATER, Vine St, aged 46
Hannah ELLIS, Francis St, Toxteth Park, aged 61
William MC VEAGH, Beckwith St, aged 2
Jan 29th
Ellen JONES, Plumb St, aged 23
William SKERRETT, Jenkinson St, Everton, Sgt in 4th Regt on Foot, aged 52
Jan 30th
John CURRAN, Fitchfield St, aged 47
Jan 31st
Martha WEBSTER, Upper Pitt St, aged 83
FEBRUARY
Feb 1st
Thomas WILLIAMS, St Andrew St, aged 36
Feb 2nd
John HUGHES, Renshaw St, aged 10
Feb 3rd
John DENTITH, Baptise St, aged 39
Feb 4th
Robert ROBERTS, Naylor St, aged 6yrs 6mths
JUNE
June 7th
William REEVES, Bootle, aged 86
Jun 8th
Jane MARTIN, Hornby St, aged 22
Jun 9th
Alice UPTON, High St, Edge Hill, aged 20
Edward HILL, Gladstone St, aged 15mths
Jun 11th
John COVIAN, Lime Kiln Lane, aged 9
Jun 13th
William WESTGARTH, Rose Place, aged 20
Agnes WALKER, Blake St, aged 2yrs 11mths
Hannah BROOKS, Button St, aged 40
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1857
JANUARY
Jan 25th
Ellen BIRCHELL, Finch St, aged 2
Caroline HARVEY, Clare St, aged 27
Jan 28th
James HARVEY, Brownlow Hill, aged 7wks
FEBRUARY
Feb 1st
Mary BRADY, Whale St, aged 54
Feb 3rd
Thomas Teal BOWER, Grafton St, aged 13
Charlotte Harvey RATCLIFFE, Old Hall St, aged 4
Feb 7th
Catherine COLE, Upper Pitt St, aged 90
Feb 8th
Henry BUNTING, Vulcan St, Bootle, aged 37
JUNE
June 28th
Margaret GRIMES, Price St, Soho, aged 5
John MOORE, Bright St, Toxteth Park, aged 75
Jun 29th
Margaret RILEY, Stanhope St, aged 87
JULY
Jul 1st
Jane NORRIS, Hill St, aged 2wks
James MITCHELL, Pleasant St, aged 36
Jul 2nd
George BULMAN, Prescott St, aged 37
Jul 5th
Richard HARRISON, Burlington St, aged 93
Jul 6th
Martha THOMAS, Beau St, aged 21
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1858
AUGUST
Aug 8th
Edwin Herbert WILLIAMS, Grafton St, Toxteth Park, aged 13
Mary SIMPSON, Bevington St, aged 10
Aug 15th
Mary Catherine PRICE, Watkinson St, aged 3
Aug 17th
Elizabeth BUSHELL, New Wapping, aged 13days
Margaret SIMPSON, Bevington St, aged 5
Aug 19th
Margaret BUSHELL, New Wapping, aged 16days
Aug 23rd
Sarah SLATER, Peach St, aged 54
Aug 29th
David PHOENIX, John St, Toxteth Park, aged 11mths
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1859
MAY
May 12th
John CRITCHLEY, Ilford St, aged 69
May 16th
Peter HEASHAW, Hunter St, aged 28
Dorothy HUMPHREYS, Marlborough St, aged 51
May 19th
Mary HEIGHLEY, St Vincent St, aged 4
May 20th
Isabella Adelaide CAMPBELL, Chapel Walks, aged 15
May 21st
Mary MC FALL, Albert St, Everton, aged 19days
May 22nd
Richard RIGBY, Cumbermore St, aged 64
May 25th
? PRITCHARD, Bagot St, aged 39
AUGUST
Aug 29th
Jane TAYBWIN, Mc Kewsie St, Everton, aged 6hrs
Aug 31st
Edward GREEN, Fleet St, aged 67
SEPTEMBER
Sept 4th
Elizabeth Jane HICKSON, John St, Toxteth Park, aged 4
Ann HOTSON, Taylor St, aged 68
Sept 11th
Emma JONES, Blake St, aged 3mths
Sept 13th
Sarah KENNEY, Warren St, aged 42
Sept 16th
Henry HOSKINSON, Northern Hospital, aged 16
Sept 21st
Elizabeth WHITESIDE, Vine St, aged 82
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1860
OCTOBER
Oct 7th
John RAILTON, Fleet St, aged 76
Oct 12th
James EVANS, Lodge Lane, aged 37
Oct 14th
Adelaide REDMAN, Salop St, Kirkdale, aged 6wks
Oct 16th
William JONES, Mill Lane, Old Swan, aged 19
Oct 17th
Ann BARTON, Brownlow Hill, aged 9mths
Oct 18th
Mary Elizabeth ORMANDY, Boundary St, aged 58
Oct 22nd
Robert BARTON, Brownlow Hill, aged 3
NOVEMBER
Nov 4th
Ann KENNEDY, Rhyl St, Toxteth Park, aged 60
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1863
AUGUST
Aug 20th
Jane JONES, Mill St, East, aged 11
Aug 21st
Ellen GUTHRIE, Mill Rd, Everton, aged 57
Aug 24th
Jane JOHNSON, Matthew St, aged 56
Aug 26th
William John PHILLIPS, Clare St, aged 20mths/mins
Aug 29th
Mary ECKERSLEY, Lower Myrtle St, aged 56
Aug 30th
James WILKIE, Portland Place, Everton, age 11mths
SEPTEMBER
Sept 1st
Thomas ROBERTS, Harrison St, aged 19mths
Sept 8th
Martha THOMPSON, Lower Harrington St, Toxteth Park, aged 2
DECEMBER
Dec 20th
Mary Ellen HADFIELD, Fleet St, aged 11mths
Dec 22nd
John JACKSON, Paddington, aged 51 / 57
Dec 24th
Jane TROW, Benson St, aged 78
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1864
JANUARY
Jan 3rd
Eleanor Jessie DUNN, Upper Frederick St, aged 23mths
Jan 12th
Richard MC GUFFIE, Webster St, aged 31
Jan 18th
Betty PETERSON, Bridgewater St, aged 74
Jan 19th
Jane SLACK, Northumberland St, aged 4
Jan 24th
Mary HOLMES, Blake St, aged 71
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1865
JANUARY
Jan 8th
James RILEY, Workhouse, aged 74
Jan 11th
Emma EVANS, London Rd, aged 10mths
Jan 16th
Jane PHILLIPS, Park Rd, aged 44
Jan 17th
Catherine WILLIAMS, Button St, aged 56
FEBRUARY
Feb 8th
Harriet LEECH, Chester St, South, aged 27
Feb 10th
Margaret MATTHEWS, Burroughs Gardens, aged 1
Feb 12th
Joseph GREEN, Walton Rd, aged 54
Feb 14th
Mary HORNBY, Webster St, aged 55
Ann Jane BOOTH, Haigh St, aged 4
Feb 15th
James MC KENNA, Mersey View, aged 54
Feb 21st
Patrick Peter KENNEDY, Circus St, aged 47
MARCH
Mar 5th
William WILLIAMS, Queen Anne St, aged 62
William MAYBRICK, Haigh St, Everton, aged 9mths
Mar 6th
Thomas WRIGHT, Seymour St, Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, aged 83
Mar 10th
Elizabeth HALL, Scotland Rd, aged 3
Mar 29th
Esther DENNETT, William St, West Derby, aged 44
APRIL
Apr 16th
Elizabeth DODD, Mann St, Toxteth Park, aged 3
Apr 18th
Robert EVANS, Park St, Toxteth Park, aged 78
Apr 25th
Jane KITCHEN, Hill St, aged 58
Apr 26th
Mary RIMMER, Breck Rd, Everton, aged 63
Apr 27th
Thomas Stanley MYLCRIST, Avon St, aged 4mths
MAY
May 11th
Hannah GRIFFITHS, Noon / Moon St, aged 70
May 16th
Ann CLARKE, Park Rd, aged 73
May 25th
Ellen MC CARTNEY, Blundell St, aged 68
May 29th
John DALE, Church Way, aged 69
JUNE
Jun 11th
Andrew FRYER, Scotland Rd, aged 47
The foregoing is the last burial that took place in St John’s Churchyard, before being closed by order in Council.
Tho OMALLEY.M.A, Incumbent
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I am surmising these burials took place in St John’s graveyard, confirmation is welcomed.
NB
Soon after the work commenced on St George's Hall in 1854, developments began which led to the demolition of St John's Church and later to the laying out of St John's Garden. In 1865 the churchyard was closed for burials In 1897 under the Liverpool Churches Act St John's was closed
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