Bidston Hill windmill, Merseyside 🌍

THE LAND, INCLUDING THE WOODS SURROUNDING THIS WINDMILL, CONTAINING WITH THE ADJACENT PIECE OF LAND KNOWN AS THERMOPYLAE) ABOUT 90 ACRES WAS PURCHASED FROM R.C. DE GREY VYNER DURING THE YEARS 1894 TO 1908 AT A COST OF £30,310. OF THIS SUM THE CORPORATION OF BIRKENHEAD CONTRIBUTED £14,625 AND £15,685 WAS RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. A PORTION OF THE LAND VIZ THE EASTERN WOOD. CONTAINING 22 ACRES WAS PURCHASED AS A MEMORIAL OF THE EDMUND TAYLOR, OF OXTON, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS GREAT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF BIDSTON HILL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. THE LAND BELONGS TO AND IS MAINTAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CORPORATION OF BIRKENHEAD, BUT ACCORDING TO THE DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE IT MUST ALWAYS BE USED AS AN OPEN SPACE AND PLACE OF PUBLIC RECREATION, AND MUST BE PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE IN ITS PRESENT WILD AND NATURAL CONDITION, SPECIAL CARE BEING GIVEN TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE TREES, GORSE, HEATH AND HEATHER AND ALSO OF THIS WIND MILL. BYE-LAWS HAVE BEEN MADE AND A KEEPER AND ASSISTANT APPOINTED 5O SEE THAT THEY ARE OBSERVED. THE PUBLIC FOR WHOSE ENJOYMENT ALONE THE LAND WAS SECURED, ARE INVITED TO AID IN PRESERVING IT FROM FIRE AND DAMAGE.
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