Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Liverpool?s Gladstone family Gladstone Roots Project

  1. #1
    Creator & Administrator Kev's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Under The Stairs >> Under The Mud.
    Posts
    7,488
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default Liverpool?s Gladstone family Gladstone Roots Project

    Nov 14 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

    We?ve found Gladstone

    THE heritage of Liverpool?s famous Gladstone family was uncovered in a Time Team-style investigation.

    The Gladstone Roots Project was officially opened at Court Hey Park in Huyton this week.

    Its unique lottery-funded archaeological inquiry explored the heritage of the Gladstone family in the park by excavating the site of a Victorian mansion house.

    The grand mansion belonging to Robertson Gladstone, the elder brother of four-times Victorian prime minister William Gladstone, stood on a site close to the National Wildflower Centre.

    It was demolished in the 1950s and the project team wants to rebuild a small section of the footprint of the original building to remind people about the park?s historical heritage and create a visitor attraction.

    Knowsley mayor Michael Foulkes officially opened the site to the public, alongside the Friends of Court Hey Park, other dignitaries and schoolchildren who helped with the ?dig?.

    Dave Roberts, a member of the Friends of Court Hey Park, said: ?This exciting project was a great opportunity for people to get involved in an archaeological excavation in their own park.

    ?It is really exciting to see the results of years of hard work finally come to this stage.?

    Cllr Eddie Connor, Knowsley council?s cabinet member for leisure, said: ?This unique project has provided both a lasting historical interpretation of the house which once stood here and an important education resource for our schools and young people.

    ?The legacy left by this project will be a further asset to our award-winning green flag park.?

    The Heritage Lottery Fund helped finance the two-year project.

    A record of events and an exhibition of artefacts relating to the initiative, including household objects, pottery and coins dating from the Georgian period to the 1960s, will be shown on the project website Gladstone Roots Home Page.

    A storyteller has written a specially commissioned story, and items found from the excavation of the mansion site will be on display.



    catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk
    Become A Supporter 👇


    Donate Via PayPal


    Donate


  2. #2
    Senior Member taffy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Posts
    1,323

    Default Gladstones and Liverpool

    A number of Gladstones are buried at St John's Church, Knotty Ash. Of course the family also lived in Rodney Street, Liverpool where William Gladstone, the future Prime Minister , was born in 1809

    See

    William Gladstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  3. #3
    Senior Member fortinian's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Liverpool
    Posts
    384
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    Great news... although I wonder at the stupid subtitle: 'We've found Gladstone'. Really? I never knew he was lost!

  4. #4
    Member Ron B Manderson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    forfar
    Age
    81
    Posts
    43

    Default

    True
    He lived along the road at Fettercairn. until he died.
    HGis family still live there now .
    Ron

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 04-12-2009, 02:09 PM
  2. gladstone street
    By pasha in forum Liverpool City Center Architecture
    Replies: 16
    Last Post: 01-04-2008, 06:36 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •