Greenland Street takes it name from the main destination of Liverpool's Whaling fleet which was, at one time, based nearby on the shore around the Queens Dock.  An extensive shipbuilding trade existed in the area. Early directories show a long street with numbers up to 108, later directories show a shorter street with lower numbers, by 1943 there are no numbers over 43.

COURT HOUSING
There was evidently court housing in Greenland Street, early in its history, the following are shown in the 1827 Gore.

Greenland Court - 25 Greenland Street
Union Court - 29 Greenland Street
Clarkson Court - 54 Greenland Street

others may exist and will be added as found

CHURCHES
There has been a church called Greenland Street Independent and there are baptism records for 1829-1837 in the Manchester Archives and the IGI. You can check the entries further (for parentages etc) at the IGI. The 'Raffles Memorial Chapel is mentioned un-numbered in the 1881 Gore, it would have stood just past the junction / corner of Newhall Street, towards the docks. The 1894 Kelly suggests that these two churches are one and the same with the entry ' Greenland Street Congregational (Raffles Memorial), services 11am and 6.30 pm tues & thu 7.30pm'

The church of St Barnabas existed between Greenland Street and Parliament Street from 1841-1894.

HOSPITAL
Although the Royal Southern Hospital (in Caryl Street) is perhaps better known, the original Southern and Toxteth Hospital was opened on 17 January 1842 in Greenland Street with thirty beds. It was supported by subscription. Patients were admitted by recommendation from a subscriber, of one guinea, except in case of accident or great emergency, when they were admitted at any time of night or day without recomendation. In 1843 Joseph Brooks Yates (of Dingle Estate connection) was president and he is again recorded as such in the entry in Slater's 1848 Trade Directory for Liverpool.

The demand for accommodation was so great that the beds were increased to sixty-five and it was decided to add another storey to the building. Much of the money needed for this work was raised by a concert given by Jenny Lind at the Royal Amphitheatre in January 1849. The enlarged hospital re-opened with accommodation for seventy additional patients. At first, however, a total of only eighty-six beds were in use. Not until after the Crimean War were 100 beds necessary in order to qualify as a medical school. Despite numerous innovations the hospital became overcrowded so it was decided to build a new hospital within toxteth, on Caryl Street.

BUSINESS
Early in the history of this street there were found extensive ship building yards and associated trades relating to shipbuilding, as well as supplying and maintaining  these ships. There was also industry based on the goods and materials brought back by ships. There are at least two records of Sugar Houses (early sugar manufacturies). These manufacturies were often run by German Immigrants. In 1816-1817 Henry Erks was at No 52, 1824-1825 Morgenstern and Mollenhauer were at 57, they were both early sugar manufacturers.

1842 on December 2nd there was an extensive fire in Parliament and Greenland Street at the turpentine distillery of Platt, Son and Casson. Two large warehouses adjoining full of goods and several other buildings, covering an area of nearly 3,300 square yards were totally destroyed.  The total loss was estimated at £50,000 (1842 values) nearly the whole of which was insured. Platt, Son and Casson were tar and turpentine distillers and oil merchants. They had premises at 39 Parliament Street and 33 Greenland Street. The latter number is shown in a file of the warehouse.

The 1894 Kellys shows 59 & 61 Greenland Street as, Goody, Cripps & sons marble merchants. There are also victuallers, timber merchants, grocery merchants and a cat's meat dealer recorded.

PEOPLE
1812 Death, on Saturday last, aged 56 Mrs ALLEN, Greenland street,  Liverpool Mercury, Friday April 17th 1812 (Courtesy Caryl Williams)
1815 Ann Lewis, Liquor Dealer – No. 1 Greenland St., Liverpool
1815 George Keyzer, (of Tranmere Cheshire) & John Critchley, (of No. 4 Bennet St., Liverpool) are partners and Timber Dealers, their office is in Greenland St., Liverpool 
1821 Elizabeth Jones - baptised on 8th August (IGI), Saint Peter - father Robert Jones (labourer) and Mary of Greenland Street, Liverpool
1822 Charles WOOD 06 Oct 1822 - BIRTH: Greenland Street, Liverpool. Christening, 06 Oct 1822, St Peter Liverpool
1845 Jane Knowles BIRTH, 26 Dec 1845  15 Greenland Street, Liverpool.
1849 Jane Ellis DEATH - died of Cholera on 19 August 1849 at 8 Greenland Street, Liverpool

SCHOOL
1869 St. Barnabas Infants School is in Greenland Street, mistress is Elizabeth Smith. (Slaters 1869 Directory). In the same year St. Barnabas National School is also in Greenland Street, the master is Henry Dee, the mistress Ann Jane Morris. (Slaters 1869 Directory). The 1881 Kellys directory places this at number 100, between the Jamaica Street and Flint Street junctions. The 1894 Kelly has more detail and confirms No100 as the address, exactly on the Flint Street junction. It states that the school was erected in 1842 for 620 children. The average attendance was mixed 220, infants 80. James Henderson was master, Miss Mary Ann Leighton was infants mistress.

PUBS

17 The Farmers Arms No17 (1848 Slaters, John Sutton is licensee), 17 (1894 Kelly), 17 (1881, Henry Samuel Jones) - situated around the Crump Street junction.
22 The Greenland, 22 (1881, Zachary Sinclair) by 1947 this is the ONLY pub listed for Greenland Street. Note that in early directories the Greenland Arms is No22 but by 1947 it is numbered as No2 suggesting perhaps that the original pub (found in the middle of a block) has gone and the old Wine & Spirit Vaults at No2 has adopted the name for itself.
34 The Globe appears in the 1848 Slaters but nowhere else, Robert Warnrick was licensee
39 Shamrock Vaults 39, (1894), 39 (1881, John Carr) 
50 Thomas Kirkham ran an un-named Spirit Vault in the 1848 Slater
54 Elizabeth Edwards is a retailer of beer in 1848 Slater, no premises name
61, 62, 63 The Flintshire Tavern 63, (1821); 62, (1823); 61 (1824); 63 (1827);  Frederick Thomas Powell is a licenced victualler. Flintshire Tavern, 61 Greenland street. 1821 Gore's as Victualler at 63 Greenland St. 1823 Gore has Frederick Thomas Powell, 62 Greenland Street, victualler. Baines 1824 has him at 61
66 Robert Yates ran an un-named Spirit Vaults in 1848 Slater
67 Wine and Spirit Vaults, 67, (1881, William Houghton), still un-named and still a wine and spirit vaults in 1894 when John P Wilkinson is the proprietor. This number is not mentioned again until 1936 when it is the Internation Paint and Composition company limited.
78 & 80 The Stag (1894), 78 (1881, William Smith)
82 Charlotte C. Muirson ran an un-named Spirit Vault in 1848 Slater
100 The Greenland Bear, 1848 Slater, Dennis Fearon licensee

1893 Aaron ROBINSON who ran a pub in Greenland Street was refused a renewal of his license to run an alehouse. He is not shown in Greenland Street in the following year so it is not known exactly which pub is involved.

1947 only one pub is now listed in Gore,  No 2 "Greenland Arms" This is not thought to be the original site for this pub, formerly listed at No 22.

DIRECTORIES

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