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St Austin's Roman Catholic Church 561 Aigburth Road Grassendale Garston Liverpool L19 0NU Aigburth is a very old centre of Catholicism, the Church having land and a chapel at Stanlawe Grange and Aigburth Hall until the Reformation, but in the 1830s provision for local Catholics in this predominantly rural district was very poor. The land for the new church was given by Peter Challoner, a shipbuilder and member of an old Catholic family, and the Church of St Austin was built in 1838. There is no record of an architect, but the Liverpool Mercury of July 1838 described the church as 'a neat and commodious building in the plain Gothic style'. The church presents a bold face, with its large rose window and octagonal pinnacles, to Aigburth Road; it is surrounded by mature trees and a cemetery, containing, among others, many members of the Challoner family. The above description comes from 'The Churches of Liverpool' by David Lewis Published by The Bluecoat Press ISBN 1 872568 76 9 © 2001 David Lewis (This book also has many fine photographs of Liverpool churches) Reproduced with the permission of: Colin Wilkinson of The Bluecoat Press Bluecoat Chambers School Lane Liverpool L1 3BX ***** Extracts from Archdiocese of Liverpool Directories: Priest's order: Benedictines Founded: 1838 Email: WWW.saintaustins.org ***** Early registers have been deposited at the Liverpool Record Office Record Office ref.: 282 AUS Registers: Bap. 1856 - 1882 * Mat. 1858 - 1895 * Def. 1856 - 1895 Printed index to marriages: 1858 - 1995 (Hq 929.5 AUS) ***** Available from Liverpool & S.W. Lancashire FHS publications: Printed index to marriages: 1858 - 1995 ***** Available online Baptisms 1856 - 1882 ***** Information online: Marriages at St Austin's, 1858 - 1895 ***** * ORIGINAL REGISTERS NOT AVAILABLE IF MICROFILM COPY ARE HELD BY THE RECORD OFFICE. MANY REGISTERS WERE MICROFILMED IN THE 1940'S AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST LOSS DUE TO ENEMY BOMBING. THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THESE COPIES IS NOT GREAT.
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