Up to the late 19th century, Prenton was a rural township about two miles to the south-west of Birkenhead, but the tide of prosperity generated by the trade of the River Mersey eventually engulfed it.
In the premises of the Prenton Bowling club, a community church was established in 1887 to serve this neighbourhood. This soon became affiliated to the Congregational Church, eventually to become the Prenton United Reformed Church of today. The site chosen for its permanent premises was at the junction of Storeton Road and Prenton Road West, on the border of the then County Borough of Birkenhead. In 1901 this formed the terminus of an electric tram route from the centre of town and the two roads have remained important local arteries of communication ever since. In 1928, Prenton became a part of Birkenhead.
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