- Costs
- c£1500
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
- The architect, Mr Taliesin Rees, gave his services for free.
£1,000 was initially collected and an additional £300 was raised by a school bazaar. A fund-raising play and concert was also held in 1932.
- Maintenance History
- 2018-2019; Redevelopment scheduled for residential use; 2015: Graffiti apparent on memorial (see images). ; 2013: Aboricultural survey confirms that no Poplar trees remain on site. ;
2012, November: Government halts planning application, pending investigation by Secretary of State.; 2012, October: Wirral Council's planning committee gives approval to outline application to build from Tranmere Rovers Football Club.;
2012, June: Tranmere Rovers Football Club re-submit a planning application to build 90 houses on the site.;
2012, February: Tranmere Rovers Football Club withdraw their planning application to develop the Ingleborough site; 2011: The current owners, Tranmere Rovers Football Club, apply for planning permission to build 90 houses on the site.; 2007: Discussion to propose the site for sale for development.; 2001: Pavilion boarded up and no longer in use. Windows broken. Graffiti on memorial tablet. ; 1995, 30 August: Tranmere Rovers Football Club acquired the fields from Wirral Borough Council. ; 1995: Closure of the school. Playing fields acquired by Wirrall Borough Council.; c1980: The ornamental gates with archway inscription: 'Birkenhead Institute/ Playing Fields', were removed. The current whereabouts of the gates is unknown. ; 1938: A bell was donated by Mr and Mrs Luton in memory of their son killed in the First World War. The bracket was donated by R. N. Smith.; 1933: According to the school magazine, The Visor, poplar trees were planted to honour pupils who lost their lives in the First World War. A film was shown to raise money for the tree planting and shown to an audience of parents, friends and Old Boys. ; Funds from the Playing Field Fund were used to erect an ornamental archway and gates. Remaining funds were used to set up the Old Boys Memorial Prize to be awarded every speech day.; 1930: Flag staff erected.; 1926: a Playing Field Fund was established by Old Boys to build a pavilion and landscape the land as a memorial playing field in memory of Old Boys killed in the First World War. The funds allowed for the laying of the foundation stone of 17th March 1926. The fields were opened as the 'Mount Road Memorial Ground Ingleborough Road'.; 1925: Seven acres of land owned by the Birkenhead Corporation was appropriated under a ministerial order pursuant to the Education Act 1921 to be used as a playing field for the Birkenhead Institute.; 1920, 17th May: Land on Ingleborough Road purchased by Birkenhead Corporation.