ABERCROMBY SQUARE

[Kev]

Well done for the pics and info peeps -

[Kev]

Some pics courtesy of Liverpool City Library and the Records Office:

[Gnomie]

Bloomin Eck Kev, great pics

are they windows boarded up?

[lindylou]

Yes - great pics Kev. I like that one where the old car is parked outside the houses.

(not much worry finding a parking speck in those days )

[Gnomie]

Just off the Square is this beauty

Chatham House.

[PhilipG]

Just off the Square is this beauty

Chatham House.

Very nice.

This was built 1860-1 as a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel.

Great old pics, Kev.

[Gnomie]

This was built 1860-1 as a Welsh Presbyterian Chapel.

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cheers for the info phil.

sure makes these pics better when you learn their history

[Kev]

Superb contributions folks - cheers

[Jericho]

What a pity that the University of Liverpool saw fit to demolish part of the square and replace it with drab, 'modern' architectural tat.

[Ged]

Great pic Tony.

[lindylou]

Lovely pic Gnomie.

[taffy]

What a pity that the University of Liverpool saw fit to demolish part of the square and replace it with drab, 'modern' architectural tat.

Fully agree Jericho. I'm astonished the University were allowed to get away with it. No doubt these days, they'd have preserved at the very least the facade. Other architects even awarded them a Civic Trust Award for the design.

I have an interest as a relative lived in in Abercromby Sq at 34 Oxford St for about 30 years from the mid 1830s. This property was on the corner of Oxford St and Chatham St

[DaisyChains]

"Numbers 12-14 Abercromby Square were built as houses in about 1830. During the 20th century they were purchased by Liverpool University and became a faculty building. Pictured is one of the rooms on the 1st floor. "

I found this on the English Heritage site.(a brilliant site btw)

http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk

[Oliver]

This article on the building of Abercromby Sq came up in a Google search for my ancestor, William Rushton! Is there any way of getting in contact with the author (Adrian R Allen) to find out more about William? All I know is that he would have had a wife called Phebe (if he's the right one!) and about 9 children. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oliver

[taffy]

This article on the building of Abercromby Sq came up in a Google search for my ancestor, William Rushton! Is there any way of getting in contact with the author (Adrian R Allen) to find out more about William? All I know is that he would have had a wife called Phebe (if he's the right one!) and about 9 children. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oliver

I have the booklet on Abercromby Sq. Adrian Allen was the University Archivist in 1986 when the booklet was written. He may still be at the University or of course he may have retired. Check with the University Library.

William Rushton was the only person noted in Gore's Directory living in the square in 1821. He died in 1844 leaving £16,000. He seems to have lived at number 9 Abercromby Square which also seems to have been the first house erected in the square. You should be able to find him in the 1841 census.