HUYTON CHURCH WEST DOOR AND LOWER PART OF TOWER (Photo by the late Dr. Ellis) [Facing page 177
HUYTON CHURCHWARDENS, 1783-1834. Contributed by Frederic Crooks, F.S.A. THE following list of Churchwardens is extracted from the Wardens' book (1783-1835) preserved in Huyton Church. For the earlier Churchwardens, see this Society's Transactions, Vol. 88, p. 241. The abbreviations denote the township which the Warden represented : K = Knowsley ; H = Huyton cum Roby ; T = Tar bock. 1783 Thomas Richardson (K), Edward Webster (H), William Robinson 1784 John Harrison (K), Thomas Brownbill (H), John Phythian 1785 Robert Dilworth (K), Richard Naylor (H), James Eaton 1786 The same. 1787 Joseph Twist (K), James Mouldsdale (H), Robert Lyon 1788 John Littler (K), John Webster (H), William Smith 1789 John Cropper (K), William Moss (H), John Shaw 1790 Joseph Fryer (K), Joseph Webster (H), Thomas Grace 1791 Thomas Robinson (K), Thomas Orford (H), Thomas Lawrenson 1792 The same. 1793 Richard Gore (K), Henry Hornby (H), Joshua Billinge 1794 John Pye (K), Robert Riderth (H), John Yates 1795 The same. 1796 The same. 1797 John Pye (K), Robert Liderth J (H), Thomas Parr 1798 Thomas Richardson (K), John Woolfall 2 (H), Thomas Parr 1799 The same. 1 Appears in 1794 as.riderth. 2 Presumably a descendant of some junior branch of the Wolfall family which was settled at an early period at Wolfall Hall in Huyton parish. The arms of the Wolfalls of Wolfall [a bend ermine between two bendlets] appear on one of the metal wind vanes on the top of Huyton Parish Church tower, [See Transactions, Historic Soc. Lancashire & Cheshire, Vol. 80, p. 138.]
178 Huyton Churchwardens, 17^3-1834. 1800 Thomas Richardson (K), Henry Fairclough (H), Thomas Parr 1801 The same. 1802 The same. 1803 Edward Tyrer (K), George Riding (H), Joseph Grace 1804 The same. 1805 William Wright (K), Edward Webster (H), Samuel Robinson 1806 William Wright (K), Edward Webster (H), John Rose 1807 John Whitehead (K), Edward Webster (H), John Rose 1808 James Morris (K), Bryan Riding (H), William Parr 1809 The same. 1810 John Lyon (K), Thomas Woodward l (H), John Fleetwood 1811 The same. 1812 The same. 1813 John Lyon (K), Samuel Ball (H), John Fleetwood 1814 Edward Harrison (K), William Woolfall (H), Michael Cook 1815 The same. 1816 Joseph Whelsby (K), Thomas Riding Senr (H), James Cartwright 1817 Joseph Welsby (K), Thomas Riding Junr (H), James Cartwright 1818 John Fairclough (K), William Marsh (H), James Cartwright 1819 John Fairclough (K), Richard Barker 1 (H), James Cartwright 1820 John Twist (K), Henry Brownbill (H), James Cartwright 1821 John Twist (K), Henry Brownbill (H), Peter Webster 1 The following note appears in 1811. " Notice is hereby given that the Parishioners of this Parish are desired to meet the Vicar and Church Wardens of this Parish in the Vestry of this Church on Wednsday the a8th of Aug* 1811 to Consult about Building a Hearse House and Removing the School belonging to the Said Parish." Following this, in another hand, " In consequence of this meeting, it is agreed on, that the Site of the present School shall be appropriated to the Buildings necessary for Thomas Woodwards occupation, and that another shall be erected in such place as shall hereafter be fixed upon." The note is then continued in the handwriting of the first writer, "it is further agreed that the Buildings now belonging to the Vicarage are to be puld Down and Rebuilt at the Parish Expence agreeable to a Plan Given by Richd Barker. Witness our Hands this 28th Day of Aug* 1811." [Note. Richard Barker was a Churchwarden in 1819.]
Huyton Churchwardens, 1783-1834. 179 1822 John Twist (K), William Hulme (H), Peter Webster 1823 John Twist (K), William Hulme (H), Thomas Kirkdale 1824 Thomas Makin (K), Henry Hornby (H), Joseph Watkin 1825 Thomas Walker (K), Richard Webster (H), Joseph Watkin 1826 Thomas Walker (K), Henry Postlethwaite (H), Joseph Watkin 1827 The same. 1828 James Green (K), John Webster (H), Joseph Watkin 1829 John Twist (K), Edward Bridge (H), William Hulme 1830 The same. 1831 The same. 1832 John Twist (K), Edward Bridge (H), James Moss 1833 Isaac Foster (K), Thomas Webster (H), James Moss 1834 The same.