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The Stanley Family
In 1838 the Stanley family of Hooton, owners of the Storeton manor, built a railway to carry stone from the Storeton quarry to Bromborough Pool. In 1841, the manor, including the railway and the quarry, was transferred to John Shakespeare.

The Brocklebank Family
In August 1851 the manor, quarry, and railway were sold to Thomas Brocklebank. Brocklebank, a Liverpool merchant and shipowner, developed the estate and conveyed it to his son, Thomas Brocklebank, in 1892. Footprints and tracks of prehistoric animals were discovered at the quarry in the 19th century, within softer rock 60 feet beneath the surface. Work at the quarry stopped in 1907.

William Hesketh Lever
The estate was auctioned in September 1911 and bought by William Hesketh Lever; he was particularly eager to acquire it as the railway divided the factory from the village at Port Sunlight. Stone from the quarry at Storeton was extensively used for buildings in the local area, including Birkenhead Town Hall, houses in Hamilton Square, and the nave and tower of St. Andrew's Church, Bebington.

Early 20th Century
Lever had plans to build a network of roads on the Storeton Estate, as well as housing; the majority of these plans were not put into effect, however. In 1921 the Storeton land was transferred by William Hesketh Lever to Lever Brothers Ltd.