Liverpool Picturebook

Originally Posted by Bob Edwards

In 1907, the authors William Farrer and J. Brownbill gave us the following description of Childwall:


The township of Childwall, containing 831 acres, is principally situated on the slope of a low hill, the highest point of which is 223 ft. above sea-level, commanding an extensive panorama of a wide, flat plain lying to the east. The district has an agreeable park-like appearance, with plantations and pastures, diversified with cultivated fields, where crops of corn, turnips,

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