Grassendale

Grassendale
Grassendale
	Knowsley Road, Grassendale
	Grassendale Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ396850
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L19
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Garston;
	List of places UK England Merseyside 53°21′29″N 2°54′25″W / 53.358°N 2.907°W

Grassendale is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is in the south of the city, bordered by Aigburth, Garston and Mossley Hill.

History

The hamlet of Grassendale was acquired by Robert de Blackburn, the lord of the manor of Garston, from Richard de Toxteth in the 14th century. In the 19th century it developed as a residential suburb. Grassendale was made into an ecclesiastical parish in 1855 following the opening of St Mary's Church in August 1853. Grassendale was recorded as a site with Catholic landowners in 1717. The Roman Catholic church of St. Austin, served by the English Benedictines, opened in 1838.^[1]

Description

Grassendale is an almost entirely residential suburb which consists of large, detached 19th century villas. The area is particularly green, and houses are commonly set well back from the road. This district retains classic-style streetlamps.^[2]

Among the residences, is Grassendale House, with 20 acres of land, the property of George Hargreaves, Esq., who is also owner of Beach Lawn, occupied by W.J. Marrow, Esq.; and at Grassendale is the villa of J. Grant Morris, Esq.
— Gargrave - Gatenby: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 279–282.^[3]

Grassendale Park and Cressington Park were designated as conservation areas on 13 November 1968.^[4] The ward, which contains both parks and the housing, is called Cressington. Otterspool Promenade is located nearby and runs along the bank of the River Mersey from just north of Garston Docks to Otterspool Park.

Transport

Cressington railway station is located in the centre of the district, providing Northern Line (Merseyrail) services to Liverpool and Southport.

References

^ "A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 120–128". British History Online. Institute of Historical Research / University of London. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
^ Rept0n1x (25 March 2012). "English: Salisbury Road, Grassendale, Liverpool, England". Retrieved 17 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Garston". British History Online. Institute of Historical Research / University of London. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
^ "Liverpool Conservation Area: Grassendale & Cressington Parks". Liverpool Heritage Bureau. 1979. ISBN 0-9506178-1-4. Retrieved 9 January 2009.

External links

[1] "A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 120–128". British History Online. Institute of Historical Research / University of London. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

[2] Rept0n1x (25 March 2012). "English: Salisbury Road, Grassendale, Liverpool, England". Retrieved 17 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Garston". British History Online. Institute of Historical Research / University of London. Retrieved 2 July 2009.

[4] "Liverpool Conservation Area: Grassendale & Cressington Parks". Liverpool Heritage Bureau. 1979. ISBN 0-9506178-1-4. Retrieved 9 January 2009.

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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West