Litherland Park

[scouse smurf]

I was walking in Litherland last week and saw some big pillars at the end of 2 streets I walked past, both had Litherland Park written on them, did there used to be a proper park there ? If there was, based on the size of the pillars it must have been a pretty big park

[PhilipG]

I was walking in Litherland last week and saw some big pillars at the end of 2 streets I walked past, both had Litherland Park written on them, did there used to be a proper park there ? If there was, based on the size of the pillars it must have been a pretty big park

I don't think it was a park.
Isn't it just the name of the road?

[marie]

Sorry but, are there any map about Liverpool districts online? I do not know the situation about somes distrits that urs speak in the forum and, i try find it, a map of the different areas, but i cannot find it. Thanks!!! :PDT_Piratz_26:

[scouse smurf]

I don't think it was a park.
Isn't it just the name of the road?

It possibly is. Its just with the pillars at the end, it looked like maybe it was something else before.

map location is Litherland Park (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=53.473&lon=-2.9999&scale=5000&icon=x)

[PhilipG]

It possibly is. Its just with the pillars at the end, it looked like maybe it was something else before.

map location is Litherland Park (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=53.473&lon=-2.9999&scale=5000&icon=x)

Marie.
Click on the link from scouse smurf.
then click on "Maps" at the top.

Scouse smurf.
Litherland Park is shown as large houses on the old Ordnance Survey map.

[scouse smurf]

Marie.
Click on the link from scouse smurf.
then click on "Maps" at the top.

Scouse smurf.
Litherland Park is shown as large houses on the old Ordnance Survey map.

Thanks for looking Phil :)

I've just been looking on a website of old maps and it's marked as Litherland house. Map is dated 1850. The must have been a stately home or something similar there.

[scouse smurf]

Just found this photo of Litherland house.

Litherland House (http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?change=storyInPictures&contentId=152&chapterId=1180&viewImage=1)

I'll try and get a photo of the gates I saw someday :)

[PhilipG]

The reprints of the "Old Ordnance Survey Maps" include "Waterloo with Seaforth" 1925 (Lancashire Sheet 99.09). Available from the 4th floor of Central Library.
It shows Litherland Park and says: "Litherland Park's five houses of 1854 had increased to 39 by 1888 and all these mansions were named rather than numbered."
The first five houses were built before 1854.
This 1925 map also shows that the Council Offices (the former Litherland House) was still standing, near the corner of Sefton Road and Field Lane.

It's a part of Liverpool I've never seen, so I must have a look.
I took photos of the former Regal cinema / Allinson's from time to time.
That wasn't too far away.

[sconhead]

I think Litherland house is still there and is a social club now if i get a chance i will take a pic tomorrow

[scouse smurf]

I think Litherland house is still there and is a social club now if i get a chance i will take a pic tomorrow

Any chance you can get a photo of the pillars I was talking about too ?

[sconhead]

will do if i get down there:)

[PhilipG]

I went there today.
Litherland Park was built as an exclusive housing estate, like Fulwood Park and Cressington and Grassendale Parks.
I walked round and the houses are very good.
Quite a lot of newer ones as well, but they are all quite prosperous looking.
Whether the land was part of the Litherland House estate I can't say, but Litherland House - which ended up as Council Offices - was demolished, with Litherland Town Hall being built on the site.

[sconhead]

you are right about litherland house philip i just found this piccy

http://litherland.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/album_5/pages/litherland_house.htm

litherland park might have always had houses on

http://litherland.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/album_5/pages/seaview_house.htm

picture of the gates 1965

http://www.litherland-digital.co.uk/album_4/pages/lithypark1965.htm

picture of the gates 1862

http://www.litherland-digital.co.uk/album_6/pages/lithpark_gates1862.htm

[Brenda]

this pic is of the gates in Litherland Park, taken from The Litherland picture Post.
Its Archive 1 picture 2
I live just down the road from here.

http://www.litherlandtown.co.uk/a_frameset.html

[scouse smurf]

I'm so impressed with ya all. :PDT11

Thanks for finding out all that. I'll have to find another challenge for ya's ;) lol

[PhilipG]

Thanks folks for those links and photos.
There's an 1845 map there which shows the roads of Litherland Park in an "A" shape, with just a couple of houses already built.
There's just one single story house I saw that seems to be really old.
It's shown on the map.

[david369]

Hi i used to run the pub over the road from Litherland Park there used to be gates on the pillars i did have some photos somewhere the large older houses were owned by rich merchants connected to the docks , just past there was all open no houses mainly farms and the like , one of my customers told me that some houses were given to sea captains and thier families to live in for a small rent , and the pillars once had rings and chains on them , with which to chain slaves who were brought over from Africa on slave ships to work at the grander houses , i have seen two illustrations and one picture of this and the gates were shown on all three , what happened to the gates though is a mystery.

[wsteve55]

Hi i used to run the pub over the road from Litherland Park there used to be gates on the pillars i did have some photos somewhere the large older houses were owned by rich merchants connected to the docks , just past there was all open no houses mainly farms and the like , one of my customers told me that some houses were given to sea captains and thier families to live in for a small rent , and the pillars once had rings and chains on them , with which to chain slaves who were brought over from Africa on slave ships to work at the grander houses , i have seen two illustrations and one picture of this and the gates were shown on all three , what happened to the gates though is a mystery.

Hi dave,
I think the slave thing is a myth! Very few slaves were actually brought to the city,and the one's who were,as servants,wouldn't have been chained up to a gatepost!! There are some good pic's of some of these old houses/estates on "Litherland picture post",along with various historical snippets!
Steve.:)