Canning, Liverpool
History
In 1800, the Liverpool Corporation Surveyor, John Foster, Sr., (1758–1827) prepared a gridiron plan for a large area of peat bog known as Mosslake Fields, which was to the east of Rodney Street. The area was built for and populated by the extremely wealthy of Liverpool. With the city's decline in the 20th century, the area grew unfashionable, and much of it became derelict. Areas along Upper Parliament St and Grove St and Myrtle St were demolished. The tide began to turn noticeably in the 1990s and the area is now much sought after.
The area's changing fortunes over time were explored in the 2018 BBC Two documentary series A House Through Time, when historian David Olusoga researched the lives of the inhabitants of 62 Falkner Street from 1841 to the present day.
Location
The area stretches from Gambier Terrace and Roscoe Street in the west to Falkner Street in the west, with Upper Parliament Street to the south and Mount Pleasant and Oxford Street to the north.
See also
- Abercromby Square
- Dukes Terrace
- Gambier Terrace
- Falkner Square
- Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
- Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- German Church
- St Bride's Church
- St Andrew's Church
- Saint Philip Neri Church
- Wellington Rooms
- Architecture of Liverpool
Bibliography
- Buildings of Liverpool. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
- Pevsner Architectural Guides — Liverpool. Joseph Sharples, 2004.
References
- ^ "How many 'quarters' does Liverpool actually have?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Liverpool Local Plan, Policies map, City Centre inset" (PDF). Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Olusoga, David (31 December 2017). "Slave trader's home, slum, des res: the stories of one house raise restless ghosts". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 30 May 2024.