| Description | Original records, copies and notes accumulated by William Fergusson Irvine (d.1962). Includes original manuscripts, 1259-1789, chiefly relating to Wirral and Chester; transcripts of parish registers of Bidston, Eastham, Thurstaston, Wallasey, West Kirby and Woodchurch and of documents relating to Wirral townships and persons; large collection of genealogical abstracts of wills and parish registers; lists, transcripts and notes of Chester material in the British Library and Public Record Office, and photocopies of Cheshire material in John Rylands Library |