A note or two on St Martin-in-the-fields Church which stood on Silvester Street:
Great Oxford Street was later renamed Silvester Street and is situated off Vauxhall Road, Liverpool 5. The foundation stone f the church of St Martin-in-the-fields was laid in 1825 and the church with its parochial burial ground was consecrated on 16th January 1829. It was built to the designs of John Foster Jr. St Martin's was bombed in 1941 and the parish was merged with that of Our Lady and St Nicholas in 1949.
There is also more information at:
http://www.scottiepress.org.uk/projects/remember.htm
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