Cemetery Duke Street Southport: Chapel. Registrar's and Porter's residences

NEW CEMETERY AT SOUTHPORT - On Saturday afternoon the Right Rev Dr Jacobson, Lord Bishop of Chester, consecrated the chapel and that portion of the ground of the new cemetery which are set apart for the interment of deceased members of the Church of England. The cemetery is situated about half a mile from Southport at a short distance from the Ormskirk Road. It occupies nearly nine acres of ground, one half of which is to be devoted to the interment of deceased members of the Church of England, the other portion being divided between Roman Catholics and Nonconformists. The chapels, of which there are three, have been built from the designs of Messrs Blackwell Son and Booth, architects, of Manchester and Southport, the builders being Messrs Statham Brothers, Southport. [Manchester Guardian 18 December 1865, page 3]

Reference    Manchester Guardian  Tuesday 5 July 1864 Page 1 (Contracts)
Reference    Builder Saturday 6 January 1866 Page 17
Reference    Builder XXII Page 359
Reference    Manchester Guardian 18 December 1865 Page 3
Reference    Chester Chronicle 23 December 1865 page 7 – repeat of MG
Reference    Builder 17 November 1866 Page 848. MSA meeting