Issue 82 West Derby & Croxteth Park April 2013
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The monthly independent advertiser 15,000 copies 12,000 into Homes 3,000 into Businesses the house and neighbouring land – a total of 350 acres - for the massive sum of £100,000. Park mania gripped the town and Newsham Park was the first of three major parks created in a few years. Stanley Park followed in 1870 and Sefton Park in 1872. Newsham House, a spacious red-brick mansion, was leased for some years to a member of the council. In1868 it became the judges’ lodgings, which it remains to this day.
THE YELLOW HOUSE by Stephen Guy, West Derby Society
Over the years many members of royalty stayed at the house during key periods of Liverpool’s history. The then Duke of Edinburgh was accommodated there in 1874 when he laid the foundation stone for the Walker Art Gallery and opened the seamen’s orphanage on the opposite side of the park. In 1881 Edward Prince of Wales and his wife Alexandra stopped there while opening docks. The
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the centre of what was to become one of Liverpool’s most popular public parks. It was known as the Yellow House because of the colour of its brick and stonework. This was 1850 and the area would soon be transformed as the town further encroached on the countryside. The scene was dominated by elegant Newsham House (pictured), built about 1786 by landowner Thomas Molyneux. His fami-
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