Park Road, Toxteth, Liverpool

Park Road
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Park Road is a long road. Originally it was called Park Street and it began in the City Centre running to Dingle and beyond to the southern boundary of the park at Garston. Later Park Street was regarded as beginning at the junction of Parliament Street and Upper Parliament Street, which is the old entrance to the Ancient Park of Toxteth. Later name changes and the construction of St James Church, meant that the section closest to Parliament Street came to be called St. James Place. At the Hill Street / Upper Hill Street junction this changes to Park Place. According to the 1843 Gore, Park Place runs for 225 yards, before becoming Park Road proper, at the Warwick Street junction. As early as 1821 the name Park Road was certainly in use and Jeremiah Shaw was resident at 'The Old Mill, 1 Park Road'. This is illustrated by Herdman as 'The Mill on Park Road' . The portion of Park Lane/Road from Dingle was re-christened to Aigburth Road in 1837 when Liverpool annexed a part of Toxteth.

At Warwick Street modern Park Road begins, running 225 yards to Northumberland Street then a further 225 yards to Park Street. This 225 yards is conveniently close to one eight of a mile and fits with the idea that this part of Toxteth was originally laid out in a grid pattern, seemingly of 1 furlong blocks. Park Road continues to the Dingle and ends at number 440 on the even side and number 377 on the odd side. The Ancient Chapel follows 377 and occupies a substantial, but un-numbered section.

About the details below:
The numbering on different sides of Park Road is not regular and even-numbered properties are seldom opposite the corresponding odd-numbered properties. The difference varies along the length of the road. The route below is from Park Place towards Dingle. Roads and Streets are named as they enter Park Road either on the right or the left sides.

The numbering shown either side of streets is extracted from trade directories and refers to the numbers either side of the road entering. Thus Pickwick Street, see just below, has number 15 Park Road on its town side and 17 Park Road on its Dingle side. Properties on Park Road are placed wherever they are numbered, the picture is on whichever side of Park Road it relates to - you will get the idea...... I am still working on this with lots more to be added, and then I will try and make the explanation clearer too!

Trade Directory entries fo Park Road are available in the Directories section of the site

15 - Pickwick Street - 17

Pickwick Street forms a junction on the eastern side of Park Road

30 - Laxey Street - 32

29 - Dombey Street

44-46
The Globe junction of Park Road with Combermere Street

46 - Combermere Street -48

This church is the 'Tabernacle Baptist' sited between Dorritt Street and Dombey Street. It was visible looking along Combermere Street and still stands in 2005

Dorrit Street - 31

58 - Gelling Street - 62

The picture shows the junctions of Park Road with, Gelling Street (between the dark building and the closest pale building). Combermere Street (by the Globe - pale building at centre) is in the distance and Northumberland Street would be just out of camera on the left hand side about where this photograph must have been taken. The pub nearest camera (LHS) is the Farmer Arms at 62 & 64 Park Road

Gelling Street, junction with Park Road in 2004, Gelling Street is now just a sad little stump

70 -72 Northumberland Street 35 - 37

This view is in 1960 looking down Park Road towards the Anglican cathedral at the junction of Park Road with Northumberland Street. It is only fractionally further from the city centre than the 'Farmer Arms' shot above, and that pub can just be seen (LHS).
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About the same view in 2004

37 Colemans Depositories is at the junction of Park Road and Northumberland Street (at number 37 in both the 1911 and 1938 Gores). It was presumably built in 1875 (see photo) is still standing in 2004.

71 - Queensberry Street -73

120
The Crown was at 120 Park Road, before its demolition

140 - Park Street - 142 - 97 - Upper Park Street - 99

	Originally labelled as Park Place, this photograph is in fact the junction of Park Road with Park Street, showing The Toxteth public house in 1960 (left) and later in 2004 (below). Records and History courtesy of Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Libraries. Visit Liverpool Libraries online catalogues at http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk
	A view taken in 2004 from about the same spot. The houses probably numbered 140 - 130 have gone, 'The Toxteth' remains, although it is no longer a pub
	The junction at the side of the pub(The Toxteth) is with Park Street, (LHS) and Upper Park Street (RHS). 128 Park Road is in the row of shops on the left hand side. Also LHS are the railings around the church of St John the Baptist, between Park Street and Steble Street.
	The same view in October 2004, the pub still stands, the properties beyond have long gone. The post box, visible in the older photograph, remains but it has been re-sited and rotated (just off shot). St. Johns no longer remains apart from a few stones on Park Road, a few more around the corner in Steble Street and a re-sited font.

142 - Steble Street - 144

This shows Steble Street baths, other views of this short street are available

Looking out of Steble Street

178 - Harlow Street - 180

149 - North Hill Street - 151

This shows the junction with North Hill Street where George Sturla and Sons occupied several properties along the block.

186 - Woodruff Street - 188

196 - Ledward Street - 198

210 - Wellington Road - 212

This shows 210 Park Road at the junction with Wellington Road

187
This is now Charletts Funeral parlour but it was once a pub, the High Park Inn. It sits facing the junction of Wellington Road

189 - Ellis Place - 191

220 - Grieg Street - 222

209 - High Park Street - 211

232 - Tavistock Street - 234

219 - Collins Street - 221

244 - Beresford Road - 246

229 - Haliburton Street - 231

258
The Pineapple pub sits at the end of Moses Street, in the 'Holy Land' , on part of the site of The Old Pine Apple Inn, now demolished.

258 - Moses Street - 260

239 - Brenton Street - 241

249 - Moville Street - 251

272 - Isaac Street - 274 -

257 - Aberdeen Street - 259

286 - Jacob Street - 288

265 - South Street - 267

Park Road with South Street on the right in the middle distance. The shot is to the left of the below.

300 - David Street - 302

279 - Clevedon Street - 281

281-289
A row of shops from Clevedon Street towards Fairview Place, the shot is to the right of the above

316 - ParkHill Road - 318 291 - Fairview Place - 293

307 - Byles Street - 309

323 - Alfred Place - 325

Tramway laying, vicinity of Alfred Place

368 - Drysdale Street - 370

382 - Gilpin Street - 384

347 - Leonora Street - 349

347 The Dingle Hotel

The corner of Leonora Street with the Dingle Arms and various shops, October 2nd 1952.

357 - Peel Street - 359

The exact position of the view is not known but it is thought to be close to Peel Street, looking towards Dingle Road. The Ancient Chapel can just be seen on the left, Dingle Station is by the tree on the right. Shot dated 1960.

	365 City of Liverpool Tuberculosis clinic. This fine building had vanished by October 2004
	367 and 369 next door to the above and all sitting on ' Dingle Hill', a name semingly no longer used.

404 - South Hill Road - 406

The corner of South Hill Road, Gilpin Street slightly distant (this is actually almost opposite Peel Street)

436 - Dingle Station - 438

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The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth

440 - Kedelston Street

Greddington Street

1960 opposite the Ancient Chapel ( RHS) putting this towards the Dingle, but looking back towards the city centre. Dingle station is just beyond the tree on the LHS

Photograph courtesy Liverpool record office

Park Road finishes at 377 (RHS) Thomas Porter and Sons Ltd

Dingle Lane

End of Park Road