Storeton Quarry

On the ridge above Storeton are Storeton Woods, now owned by the Friends of Storeton Woods and the Woodland Trust. The woods have grown up on the site of a quarry that was present at the time of the Roman occupation. We walked along the old tramway embankment (above), constructed in the 19th century to transport stone to the quayside at Bromborough. A short section of the rails can also be seen: they were purchased, second-hand, when the original rails on the Liverpool-Manchester railway were upgraded.

Storeton Quarry- stone used on Custom House, Hamilton Square and the original Philharmonic Hall- 1828-1845. Also Sankey Viaduct (poss).
Below are the fossil footprints of a cheirotherium found in the quarry,

presented to the Natural History Museum by John Tomkinson

The idea of constructing such a railway dates back to the late 1820’s, when in 1828 George Stephenson visited the quarries. He was looking for stone to complete the Sankey Viaduct. Construction of the Storeton line began in April 1837 and was completed in August 1838 at a cost of £12,000.The original name was Sir Thomas Massey

Storeton Quarry

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Copartnership hitherto subsisting between us the undersigned, Job Yeardsley, John Tomkinson, and Henry Heyes. as Dealers in Stone, at Storton, in Upper Bebbington, in the County of Chester, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.—All debts owing to and from the said concerns will be received and paid by the said John Tomkinson.—
Witness our hands this 19th day of November 1829.
Job Yeardsley.
John Tomlcinson.
Henry Heyes.

Most of the village is built from locally quarried stone from Storeton Ridge. The stone is a creamy sandstone and according to the British Geological Survey was also used for Roman tombstones and on Birkenhead Town Hall (located in Hamilton Square), Lime Street station, Lever House in Port Sunlight, Sankey Viaduct in Cheshire, and for cladding on the Empire State Building in New York City.[10] The quarry was also the site of the discovery of dinosaur footprints. The species was named Chirotherium storetonense after the site of discovery. Examples of these footprints can be seen in World Museum Liverpool in Liverpool and the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead, and also in Christ Church, Kings Road, Higher Bebington.