Edmund Taylor J.P.

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1871 Census, living aged 38, at 40 Devonshire Road, Claughton with Grange, Cheshire (Birkenhead parliamentary borough) with wife and 2 domestic servants. Occupation; American Merchant.

1881 Census; living as head, aged 48, at Lingdale, 9 Shrewsbury Road, Oxton, Birkenhead with wife, brother in law George Withers and 2 domestic servants. Occupation; Magistrate, Merchant and Shipowner.

1891 Census; living as head, aged 58, at 12 Mount Pleasant, Oxton, Birkenhead with wife and 3 domestic servants. Occupation; American Merchant and Shipowner.

1901 Census; living as widower, aged 68, at Wirral Lodge, Mount Pleasant, Tranmere, Birkenhead (prob same place as '91 as no Number 12, and 13 and 14 on either side) with nephew Frank Taylor (24, Mechanical Engineer), visitor Georgiana Edwards (52) and 4 domestic servants. Next door is Wirral Lodge Coachmans Cottage where coachman and his family are living. Occupation; General Merchant and Shipowner, Justice of the Peace.

http://www.friendsofbidstonhill.com/history.htm (Birkenhead)
In 1907 steps were made to secure another portion of the Hill, which was “on the market”. It was feared that the land might be used for building purposes. The area in question was an area of 22 acres on the south-eastern slope of the Hill, known as the “Pine Woods”. It was acquired as a memorial to the late Mr Edmund Taylor whose hard work and influence made it all possible. The cost was £10,500 in 1907.
A portion of the land, viz the eastern wood containing 22 acres was purchased as a memorial to the late Edmund Taylor, of OXTON, in recognition of his great services in connection with the acquisition of Bidston Hill for the benefit of the public.

http://www.oxtontower.org.uk/bells.php; There are ten bells hung for change ringing in the Tower. Originally there were eight bells, all cast in 1895 by the generosity of Edmund Taylor, whose gift was conditional upon the parishioners paying for a boundary wall around the churchyard.

National Archives; letters from Edmund Taylor re Conservative Party politics in Birkenhead. Sept 1898 - Mar 1899

Edmund married Mary Elizabeth Withers, daughter of Thomas Withers and Eliza, Q2 1864 in Shrewsbury, Shrops. (Mary Elizabeth Withers was born in 1839 in Berriew, Montgomeryshire and died Q1 1900 in Birkenhead, Lancs..)