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Issue 68 South Liverpool February 2013
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The monthly independent advertiser 22,000 copies 18,500 into Homes 3,500 into Businesses in Woolton, Gateacre, Childwall, L18, L17, L15, Woolton Hill, Woolton Park and Calderstones. NEW AREA Bowring Park
PARTING OF THE WAYS by Stephen Guy
The carriage drive wound its way through w o o d e d grounds before ending at two gateways protecting adjacent
substantial houses. Cries of seabirds filled the air mixed with the muffled sound of waves lapping the muddy shore that could be
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glimpsed through the trees. To the left stood The Grange occupied by wealthy merchant Sir Edward Lawrence while straight ahead was The Priory, the home
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of Louis Cohen another merchant. Both houses sported large conservatories while the grounds of The Priory were dotted with extensive outbuildings and a big greenhouse. Two other houses St Michael’s Mount and The Friars shared this secluded area separated from rows of terraced houses by the Cheshire Lines railway. One hundred years ago St Michael’s Hamlet stood near the banks of the Mersey. A coastal footpath ran past The Priory to Knott’s Hole, a popular beauty spot with a sandy cove. It was hard to believe that the bustling port of Liverpool was just a mile or two to the north.
Open land spread from the beach before four large mansions came into view – Dingle Bank, West Dingle, East Dingle and Dingle Field. The latter was the childhood home of Titanic victim Alfred Rowe before he made his fortune in America. The area was to be transformed over the decades with industrial works, land reclamation and the construction of Riverside Drive. Although The Priory and its neighbouring houses were demolished long ago, the grounds have miraculously escaped development to become public open space called Priory Wood. It is a magical place, even in the depths of winter, still
with reminders of the people who lived there. The gates of The Grange and The Priory still stand at the parting of the ways (pictured). The name of The Priory is clearly incised into stone gate posts. A curious gateway, incorporating a stone cross and a sandstone arch, gives access
to the park. Tumble-down sandstone walls are shrouded in thick ivy. A huge tree stump almost envelopes a solitary stone column. Reality returns when the visitor reaches the end of the path at the busy road taking traffic to and from the city centre.
A little further along, behind some railings, are the tops of cliffs once lapped by the waves at Dingle Point. • Learn more about the history of Liverpool at the Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, open 10 am to 5 pm every day, admission free.
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