SPRINGFIELD PARK, KNOTTY ASH, LIVERPPOOL Springfield Park. 22 acres (8.9ha) is located in the suburb of Knotty Ash, and lies to the north of Prescot Road. Much of the park is now occupied by the newly rebuilt Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, which opened in October 2015. The park has a direct track that links...
Hugh Harris: Lichens workshop session notes
Tuesday 28th June 2016. Led by James Hill, University of Liverpool. What are they? How do I identify them? Why should I care? My first encounter with lichens was on old walls and gravestones in a local church yard. These unusual organisms consist of a symbiotic association between a fungus and an alga, with...
Hugh Harris: Childwall Hall and Woods, SJ4188 – a timeline
1718: Liverpool entrepreneur and attorney, Isaac Greene purchases manor of Childwall and the Manor House of Childwall Hall. 1749: Isaac Greene dies and daughter Mary inherits the estate and marries Bamber Gascoigne. 1780: New Childwall Hall built, replacing original manor house. 1824: Bamber Gascoigne dies and daughter Frances Mary inherits property. She marries James...
