Landmarks
February 6, 2022 / November 22, 2022 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
Halewood was rather rural in character, before the landscape transformed it in the 20th century. Being on the edge of Liverpool contributed to the preservation of some interesting features. Two of these, once standing close to each other, were the Old Hutt and Wright’s Moat. Wright’s Moat was a mysterious thing. It’s name comes from […]
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Natural Features
November 13, 2019 / July 23, 2023 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
The Allerton Oak is a 1000 year old sessile oak that stands in Calderstones Park. It’s surrounded by a double fence to protect its ancient structure, and metal crutches installed in 1907 hold up its branches. Calderstones Park is in Allerton, which was mentioned in the Domesday Book and has a long history of its […]
Archaeology
August 15, 2017 / November 14, 2022 by Martin Greaney | 5 Comments on Ridge and Furrow, Medieval farming remains in West Derby
Ridge and Furrow formations are possibly one of the best-known archaeological features which survive into the modern day. You can see these long, sinuous raises beds of earth across Britain. They survive particularly well in Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Derbyshire, as well as in other counties. The remains of this farming technique are visible in two […]
Maps and mapping
September 8, 2014 / November 10, 2022 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
All born-and-bred Liverpudlians (and many more people) will be aware that the city is made up of a collection of villages. The villages used to sit comfortably in their landscape, surrounded by fields, lanes, streams and hills. Over time, they were swallowed up by the emerging behemoth of Liverpool itself. In many ways Liverpool is unique […]
Hidden History
April 6, 2011 / July 25, 2023 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment
OK, so perhaps the Norse are aren’t the first people to come to mind when we think of ‘Liverpool Heroes’. They’re distant in time, left little visible trace in our city, and went about changing society through the delicate application of pointy-horned helmets. But of course none of that is strictly true. There are traces […]
