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PLACENAME: Bediston (first mentioned 1260). Byddi's farm or Budda's town. From Old English personal name Byddi or Budda and tün. Alternatively could be a dwelling on a rock, derviding from bytle stan. Bodeston 1260; Bideston 1272; Bidelston 1294; Bethelstan 1347.
On Bidston Hill there is a carving which possibly represents a sun goddess with sun rays shining from her feet. It could be Norse-Irish, from around 1000AD. Photograph © Peter Craine. 
Bidston Hill signal station (1763) and lighthouse (1771, rebuilt 1873) assisted navigation around the coast. Signals were sent along a line of over 100 flagpoles along the ridge of the hill. The first windmill on Bidston Hill is thought to date to the 1790s. A characteristic x-shaped depression in the land immediately to the north of the surviving windmill marks the site of a former wooden structure. Image of Bidston Hill courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Herdman collection. Back to the top | Back up to North Wirral | Back up to Merseyside |
