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Garston is a suburban village in Hertfordshire, England. [1] [2] Garston is contiguous with Watford and now, despite retaining a local identity, is effectively a suburb. It is within the Stanborough, Woodside and Meriden wards of the borough of Watford, although a small number of its streets are in Hertsmere.
Garston is a district of Liverpool, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is bordered by the suburbs of Grassendale, Allerton, and Speke. It lies on the Eastern banks of the River Mersey. History. In medieval times, Garston was home to a group of Benedictine monks.
Garston is a suburban village in Hertfordshire, England. Garston has about 7,300 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.
Garston is one of Liverpool’s many ‘lost villages’ and it stands on the banks of the River Mersey between Speke and Grassendale, 5½ miles south of the City. Its name derives from the Saxon word ‘Gaerstun’, meaning ‘grazing settlement’, and the original Manor of Garston was once part of the ancient parish of Childwall.
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- History of Garston Docks
- Garston Hall
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Garston is a township which lies on the banks of the River Mersey, a few miles upstream from Liverpool. The history of Garston is dependent on its position on the river, with links across to Birkenhead, as well as inland. This became more important with the coming of the railways, where Garston’s closeness to Liverpoolmade it a good transport link ...
Mossley Hill is the topographical feature which dominates the area. Woolton Ridge is another piece of high ground, and Garston sits in the valley between the two. Garston Brook (also known as Garston River, or the Old Garston River), rising in Mossley Hill and Allerton, flows along the valley, parallel with the present router of Mather Avenue. Betw...
The central part of the village formed along Church Road. The 1849 Ordnance survey map shows St Michael’s Church at the south end, and the Red Lion Inn (only recently demolished) at the north. The oldest remaining houses are the Seafield Cottages on Chapel Road, which date back to the 1730s. From the earliest times, tenant farmers would earn their ...
Early industry: mills and dams
The very earliest ‘industry’ in Garston was similar to many other places in Lancashire and across the country. There was certainly a King’s Mill from 1066, where the king had sole rights to grind corn. This right was rented out to local lords, and then to the miller and tenant farmers in turn. Mill rights were a powerful tool for the king. Like land rights, he used them to reward, and cement his alliances with, people who had been useful to him in conquest. Adam de Gerstan owned the mill in 1...
Besides the steep-sided valley inland, Garston’s south west portion stood next to the Mersey. This was a broad swathe of flat land perfect for industrial expansion.
It’s often forgotten by outsiders that the docks have always been so important for the history of Garston. This point on the River Mersey was once the highest place to be reliably navigable by ships, and so the docks had the advantage of being the furthest upriver. But the Mersey is never kind to her banks, and erosion remained a problem. The walls...
Garston Hall started its life as a monastic grange – one of several owned by the Benedictine brethren of the Priory of St Thomas the Martyr of Upholland. It was already in existence in 1334, although the final Hall dated to around 1480. The Hall was H-shaped in plan, and was encircled by a moat, as well as a wall which might have been older than th...
As a building of the 13th century, Stanlawe Grange is the oldest building in Liverpool. It once consisted of a detached Hall, barns, monks’ quarters and a granary. There were also outbuildings, whose open sides faced the hall. Stanlawe Grange was one of a number of granges – farms in the landscape – which belonged to the Cistercian Abbey of Stanlaw...
Garston Chapel
The current church in Garston is probably the third or fourth on the site. Garston Chapel was the first building, and was in existence in 126 when Thomas de Grelle gave it to his son, Peter. The Chapel was dedicated to St Wilfred, and some remains of it were found in 1888 when the 18th century chapel was demolished.
Garston Cross
The base of a cross lies near the site of the old chapel’s porch, while another was close to the mill dam, on the banks of the mill pool. The base of a cross was re-erected near St Francis’s church.
Mill Road Workhouse
Mill Road was Liverpool’s first workhouse – in 1835-45. It had 690 beds and a 150-bed mental hospital. Later it became the Mill Road Maternity Hospital.
Garston Industrial Development – Garston History – An Introduction to the Industrial Development of Garston. http://www.garstonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/garston_industrial_development.html(accessed 30th January 2018) In pictures: Garston remembered in photos from the Echo archive https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/pictures-garston-rememb...
detailed map of Garston and near places. Welcome to the Garston google satellite map! This place is situated in Hertfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51° 41' 0" North, 0° 23' 0" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Garston. See Garston photos and images from satellite below, explore ...
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Jun 14, 2014 · It's name means “grazing settlement” and, for hundreds of years, Garston has been home to generations of Scousers. Now, in the first of a series on some of the most historic districts of ...
