Landmarks Walton-on-the-Hill Churchyard Cross March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: The pedestal of this cross was dug up by the gravedigger a few years ago and has been left above ground... read more Read more »
Landmarks Roby Cross March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: The site is on the southerly side of the road, between Liverpool and Prescot, distant three miles in a south-westerly direction... read more Read more »
Landmarks The Chantry Well, Huyton March 13, 2014 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on The Chantry Well, Huyton From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: These words occur on the 1848 six-inch ordnance map close to some old cottages, about one hundred yards to the north... read more Read more »
Hidden History Alder Hey barracks and the Remains of War March 8, 2013 by Martin Greaney | 6 Comments on Alder Hey barracks and the Remains of War Those of you trying to drive past Sainsbury’s on East Prescot Road in West Derby back in March 2013 may have found themselves diverted around a police bomb squad. A... read more Read more »
Landscapes Stanley Park, landscape of leisure December 3, 2012 by Martin Greaney | 5 Comments on Stanley Park, landscape of leisure North Liverpool is an area that I’ve become much more interested in since I started Historic Liverpool. It’s seen such changes in its time, and been home to every part... read more Read more »
Archaeology Lunt Meadows Mesolithic settlement November 21, 2012 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Lunt Meadows Mesolithic settlement Ron Cowell of the Museum of Liverpool discovered a Mesolithic settlement at Lunt Meadows in 2012. Ron had been leading an excavation there on behalf of the Environment Agency. Archaeologists... read more Read more »
Landscapes Liverpool’s Electric Tramway June 1, 2012 by Martin Greaney | 4 Comments on Liverpool’s Electric Tramway This article all about transport: roads, rail and that in-between technology, trams. Like a lot of Liverpool’s landscape, the trams were both pioneering and behind the times. The first Act... read more Read more »
Landscapes Waterloo, Victoria and Trafalgar Docks: Liverpool at the forefront of dock technology May 25, 2012 by Martin Greaney | 1 Comment on Waterloo, Victoria and Trafalgar Docks: Liverpool at the forefront of dock technology When reading about Liverpool’s ever-expanding dockland landscape, you can’t help but be drawn into the technological advances. These too helped create the dock landscape we see today. The map here... read more Read more »
Hidden History Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels May 3, 2011 by Martin Greaney | 13 Comments on Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels are the maze-like remains of excavations under Edge Hill. They are the work of Joseph Williamson under the streets of east central Liverpool, constructed in the early... read more Read more »
Natural Features Shirdley Hill Sand, Sefton Coast May 3, 2011 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment Wind dropped Shirdley Hill Sand across a vast swathe of land in the millennia since the last glaciation. The sand lies along the Sefton Coast several kilometres inland, and has... read more Read more »
