Mossley Hill
Encyclopedia
Mossley Hill is a district of Liverpool
, Merseyside
, England
and a Liverpool City Council
Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Aigburth
, Wavertree
, Childwall
and Allerton
. At the 2001 Census
, the Mossley Hill ward had a population which was recorded at 12,650.
' hit song Penny Lane
, named after a suburban street located within Mossley Hill. Penny Lane runs between Allerton Road and Greenbank Road. The Penny Lane area is on the routes of various tour buses with thousands of tourists visiting annually.
In July 2006, a Liverpool Councillor proposed renaming certain streets because their names were linked to the slave trade. It was soon discovered that Penny Lane was possibly named after James Penny
, a wealthy 18th century slave ship
owner and strong opponent of abolitionism
. Ultimately, city officials decided to forego the name change and re-evaluate the entire renaming process. On July 10, 2006, Liverpool officials said they would modify the proposal to exclude Penny Lane.
and Greenbank Park
, are located close to the area of Mossley Hill in the areas of Aigburth
and the latter bordering the Mossley Hill boundary. Calderstones Park
is also nearby.
is one of seven museums and art galleries run by National Museums Liverpool
, displaying paintings by Gainsborough
and Turner
, among others.
on Rose Lane offers regular services to Liverpool city centre (an approx 11 minute journey time), Warrington
(27 minute journey) and Manchester Oxford Road (57 minute journey). There are connections to Birmingham
via Liverpool South Parkway.
Buses outside the railway station route as follows:-
Buses from Penny Lane / Allerton Road route as follows:-
Services 80A & 86A are the only bus services that connect Mossley Hill with the airport.
and Dovedale Junior School. This was the school of notable Liverpudlians George Harrison
, John Lennon
, Peter Sissons
, Jimmy Tarbuck
and John Power. Calderstones School
(which Lennon attended in its previous incarnation, Quarry Bank) is located on nearby Harthill Road. It is now a science specialist college. In turn, this is located near the city's police horse training centre, just north of Mossley Hill's main residential area.
The area is also home to the Greenbank Halls of Residence
and Carnatic Halls of Residence
student accommodation complexes (belonging to the University of Liverpool
). Greenbank Halls include Derby and Rathbone Hall and Roscoe and Gladstone Hall: commonly known as D&R; and R&G respectively. Carnatic Halls is the largest of the University of Liverpool's accommodation complexes including 6 halls: Morton House, Lady Mountford House, Dale Hall, McNair Hall, Salisbury Hall and Rankin Hall.
One of North West England
's fee paying schools, Liverpool College, is located within the area. Liverpool's most prestigious, oldest, and only grammar school The Liverpool Blue Coat School
is also located within close proximity to the area.
Mossley Hill delivery office is at 1-17 Pitville Road, L18 8AA. Tel: 0151 802 2401. The delivery office is two minutes walk from Mossley Hill railway station
.
on Penny Lane. The area of Rose Lane and Allerton Road contains a large number of wine bars
, bistros
and restaurants. These two streets are the area's principle centres for retail, hosting numerous shops and offices.
The Dovedale Towers pub stands on the corner of Dovedale Road and Penny Lane. It was closed for business in 2010.
has many large Victorian
villas; it is largely a middle class
area.
The original nine member churches comprised three Anglican parishes: St Matthew and St James, St Barnabas and All Hallows, Allerton; two Roman Catholic parishes: Our Lady, Bishop Eton and St Anthony of Padua and four Free Churches: Dovedale Baptist Church
, Allerton United Reformed, Elm Hall Drive Methodist and Bethel Presbyterian Church in Wales
. The tenth church was Dove Community Church, which ceased to exist in 2006 and at the same time was replaced in membership of Churches Together by Wavertree Christian Fellowship.
There is at least one more church in Mossley Hill not in membership of Churches Together: Ramilies Road Chapel. There is also a mosque
within the area, the Islamic Institute on Cramond Avenue.
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and a Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Joe Anderson.-Domain:...
Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Aigburth
Aigburth
Aigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Mossley Hill, and Garston.-History:...
, Wavertree
Wavertree
Wavertree is an area of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, and is a Liverpool City Council ward. It is bordered by a number of districts to the south and east of Liverpool city centre from Toxteth, Edge Hill, Fairfield, Old Swan, Childwall and Mossley Hill....
, Childwall
Childwall
Childwall is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Wavertree, Belle Vale, Broadgreen, Bowring Park and Mossley Hill...
and Allerton
Allerton, Merseyside
Allerton is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It is located southeast of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Mossley Hill, Woolton, Hunts Cross and Garston....
. At the 2001 Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, the Mossley Hill ward had a population which was recorded at 12,650.
Notable residents
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fame. - J. Bruce IsmayJ. Bruce IsmayJoseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line of steamships. He came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official among the 706 survivors Joseph Bruce Ismay (12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was...
. - Danielle LloydDanielle LloydDanielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged...
, model and former Miss Great BritainMiss Great BritainMiss Great Britain is a female beauty contest currently held in London. Between 1956 and 1989, it was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country, with the first edition held in 1945...
, was born and grew up on Penny LanePenny Lane"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney. It was credited to Lennon–McCartney.Recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, "Penny Lane" was released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever". Both songs were later included...
. - Freddie MercuryFreddie MercuryFreddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
lived in the Dovedale Towers pub for a short period. (He was known as Freddie Bulsara at the time.) - Steven PienaarSteven PienaarSteven Jerome Pienaar is a South African footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can play on either the right or left wing and is also a member of the South African national team. Pienaar has previously played for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Everton...
, a professional association footballer formerly with Everton F.C.Everton F.C.Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
. - Rathbone familyRathbone familyThe Rathbone family of Liverpool, England, were a family of non-conformist merchants and shipowners, whose sense of high social consciousness led to a fine tradition of philanthropy and public service....
. - Derek NimmoDerek NimmoDerek Robert Nimmo was an English character actor. He was particularly associated with upper-class "silly-ass" roles, and clerical roles.-Career:...
sang in the local parish church choir.
Cultural references
The area was made famous in the 1960s thanks to The BeatlesThe Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' hit song Penny Lane
Penny Lane
"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney. It was credited to Lennon–McCartney.Recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, "Penny Lane" was released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever". Both songs were later included...
, named after a suburban street located within Mossley Hill. Penny Lane runs between Allerton Road and Greenbank Road. The Penny Lane area is on the routes of various tour buses with thousands of tourists visiting annually.
In July 2006, a Liverpool Councillor proposed renaming certain streets because their names were linked to the slave trade. It was soon discovered that Penny Lane was possibly named after James Penny
James Penny
James Penny was a merchant, slaveship owner and prominent anti-abolitionist in Liverpool, England. He defended the slave trade to the British Parliament. Penny Lane in Liverpool, later immortalized by The Beatles, was named after him.-Early life:...
, a wealthy 18th century slave ship
Slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly purchased African slaves to Americas....
owner and strong opponent of abolitionism
Abolitionism
Abolitionism is a movement to end slavery.In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. At the behest of Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first...
. Ultimately, city officials decided to forego the name change and re-evaluate the entire renaming process. On July 10, 2006, Liverpool officials said they would modify the proposal to exclude Penny Lane.
Parks
Two of the best known parks in Liverpool, Sefton ParkSefton Park
Sefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name within the Liverpool City Council Ward of Mossley Hill, and roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park...
and Greenbank Park
Greenbank Park
Greenbank Park, Liverpool, England, with its focal point of the elegant, placid lake is situated in the south of the city close to the borders of Sefton Park.-Historical background:...
, are located close to the area of Mossley Hill in the areas of Aigburth
Aigburth
Aigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Mossley Hill, and Garston.-History:...
and the latter bordering the Mossley Hill boundary. Calderstones Park
Calderstones Park
- External links :* * * * *...
is also nearby.
Art
Sudley HouseSudley House
Sudley House, Aigburth, Liverpool, England is an art gallery which contains the collection of George Holt in its original setting. It includes work by Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Edwin Landseer, John Everett Millais and J. M. W...
is one of seven museums and art galleries run by National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool
National Museums Liverpool, previously known as National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England. All museums and galleries in this group have free admission...
, displaying paintings by Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter.-Suffolk:Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver and maker of woolen goods. At the age of thirteen he impressed his father with his penciling skills so that he let...
and Turner
J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting...
, among others.
Transport
Mossley Hill railway stationMossley Hill railway station
Mossley Hill railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool in the north west of England. The station is operated by Northern Rail.The station was renamed from Mossley Hill for Aigburth to Mossley Hill on 6 May 1974....
on Rose Lane offers regular services to Liverpool city centre (an approx 11 minute journey time), Warrington
Warrington
Warrington is a town, borough and unitary authority area of Cheshire, England. It stands on the banks of the River Mersey, which is tidal to the west of the weir at Howley. It lies 16 miles east of Liverpool, 19 miles west of Manchester and 8 miles south of St Helens...
(27 minute journey) and Manchester Oxford Road (57 minute journey). There are connections to Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
via Liverpool South Parkway.
Buses outside the railway station route as follows:-
- 61 - AigburthAigburthAigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Mossley Hill, and Garston.-History:...
& BootleBootleBootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, and a 'Post town' in the L postcode area. Formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre, the town is 4 miles to the north of Liverpool city centre, and has a total resident population of 77,640.Historically part of... - 80A - Liverpool city centreLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
or SpekeSpekeSpeke is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, close to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is south east of the city centre and to the west of the town of Widnes....
& Liverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool John Lennon AirportLiverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport serving the city of Liverpool and the North West of England. Formerly known as Speke Airport, RAF Speke, and Liverpool Airport the airport is located within the City of Liverpool adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some southeast... - 173 - Sefton ParkSefton ParkSefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name within the Liverpool City Council Ward of Mossley Hill, and roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park...
or Belle Vale - 201 Royal Liverpool Hospital or Speke
Buses from Penny Lane / Allerton Road route as follows:-
- 62 to CrosbyCrosby, MerseysideCrosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...
- 68 from Aigburth to Bootle
- 74, 75 & 76 from the city centre to HalewoodHalewoodHalewood is in Merseyside, England and is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. The district lies near Liverpool's southeastern boundary, bordered by the suburbs of Hunts Cross and Woolton....
- 86 & 86A from the city centre to GarstonGarston, MerseysideGarston is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is bordered by Aigburth, Allerton, and Speke.-History:Gaerstun, meaning 'grazing settlement' or 'grazing farm' in Old English, is one possible root of the name....
and Liverpool Airport - 174 from Sefton Park to Belle Vale
Services 80A & 86A are the only bus services that connect Mossley Hill with the airport.
Education
The suburb is home to the combined site of Dovedale Infant SchoolDovedale Infant School
Dovedale Infant School is an infant school situated on Herondale Road in the Mossley Hill section of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is a mixed community school founded in 1915 as Dovedale Road Council Infants Department....
and Dovedale Junior School. This was the school of notable Liverpudlians George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
, John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Peter Sissons
Peter Sissons
Peter George Sissons is a broadcast journalist in the United Kingdom. He was the presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News and the BBC News at Ten between 1993 and 2003, as earlier a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4. He is also a former presenter of the BBC's Question Time...
, Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE or Tarby is an English comedian. Growing up he was a schoolmate of John Lennon.His first television show was It's Tarbuck 65! on ITV in 1964. He has also hosted numerous quiz shows, including Winner Takes All, Full Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game...
and John Power. Calderstones School
Calderstones School
Calderstones School is an English comprehensive school and specialist science college, located opposite Calderstones Park on Harthill Road in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton.The school's post code is L18 3HS...
(which Lennon attended in its previous incarnation, Quarry Bank) is located on nearby Harthill Road. It is now a science specialist college. In turn, this is located near the city's police horse training centre, just north of Mossley Hill's main residential area.
The area is also home to the Greenbank Halls of Residence
Greenbank House
Greenbank House, is a Grade II listed building, located in Liverpool, England. It stands within the University of Liverpool's Greenbank Halls of Residence site, between Greenbank Road and Greenbank Lane.- Original House :...
and Carnatic Halls of Residence
Carnatic Halls
Carnatic Halls, is the largest of the University of Liverpools' two halls of residence sites located in the suburbs of Liverpool, England. It stands within the Mossley Hill area of the city.-Halls:The site is home to six halls of residence:...
student accommodation complexes (belonging to the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
). Greenbank Halls include Derby and Rathbone Hall and Roscoe and Gladstone Hall: commonly known as D&R; and R&G respectively. Carnatic Halls is the largest of the University of Liverpool's accommodation complexes including 6 halls: Morton House, Lady Mountford House, Dale Hall, McNair Hall, Salisbury Hall and Rankin Hall.
One of North West England
North West England
North West England, informally known as The North West, is one of the nine official regions of England.North West England had a 2006 estimated population of 6,853,201 the third most populated region after London and the South East...
's fee paying schools, Liverpool College, is located within the area. Liverpool's most prestigious, oldest, and only grammar school The Liverpool Blue Coat School
Liverpool Blue Coat School
The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a voluntary aided secondary school located in Wavertree, Liverpool and is Liverpool's only Grammar School. The school was for many years a boys' school but as of September 2002 it has reverted to its original coeducational remit.The Blue Coat School holds a...
is also located within close proximity to the area.
Healthcare
Lourdes Hospital on Greenbank Road is Liverpool's first private hospital. The hospital faces Greenbank Park.Post
The Royal MailRoyal Mail
Royal Mail is the government-owned postal service in the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turn operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide...
Mossley Hill delivery office is at 1-17 Pitville Road, L18 8AA. Tel: 0151 802 2401. The delivery office is two minutes walk from Mossley Hill railway station
Mossley Hill railway station
Mossley Hill railway station is in the suburbs of Liverpool in the north west of England. The station is operated by Northern Rail.The station was renamed from Mossley Hill for Aigburth to Mossley Hill on 6 May 1974....
.
Retail, nightlife and socialising
Penny Lane Wine Bar is a pubPublic house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
on Penny Lane. The area of Rose Lane and Allerton Road contains a large number of wine bars
Wine bar
A wine bar is a tavern-like business focusing on selling wine, rather than liquor or beer. A typical feature of many wine bars is a wide selection of wines available by the glass. Some wine bars are profiled on wines of a certain type of origin, such as Italian wine or Champagne...
, bistros
Bistro
A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Home cooking with robust earthy dishes, and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet are typical...
and restaurants. These two streets are the area's principle centres for retail, hosting numerous shops and offices.
The Dovedale Towers pub stands on the corner of Dovedale Road and Penny Lane. It was closed for business in 2010.
Architecture
The area is mostly residential with a few local businesses scattered around the district. Housing is mainly semi-detached, with occasional detached and numerous terraced streets. The area around Sefton ParkSefton Park
Sefton Park is a public park in south Liverpool, England. The park is in a district of the same name within the Liverpool City Council Ward of Mossley Hill, and roughly within the historic bounds of the large area of Toxteth Park...
has many large Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
villas; it is largely a middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
area.
Places of worship
Most of the churches in Mossley Hill are members of "Churches Together in Mossley Hill", a covenanted group of churches. This group was known as "The Nine Churches of Mossley Hill" until it reformed with one new member under the new membership covenant in 1994.The original nine member churches comprised three Anglican parishes: St Matthew and St James, St Barnabas and All Hallows, Allerton; two Roman Catholic parishes: Our Lady, Bishop Eton and St Anthony of Padua and four Free Churches: Dovedale Baptist Church
Dovedale Baptist Church, Liverpool
Dovedale Baptist Church is an evangelical Baptist Church in Liverpool. It is in membership with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Evangelical Alliance and Churches Together in Mossley Hill....
, Allerton United Reformed, Elm Hall Drive Methodist and Bethel Presbyterian Church in Wales
Church in Wales
The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...
. The tenth church was Dove Community Church, which ceased to exist in 2006 and at the same time was replaced in membership of Churches Together by Wavertree Christian Fellowship.
There is at least one more church in Mossley Hill not in membership of Churches Together: Ramilies Road Chapel. There is also a mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
within the area, the Islamic Institute on Cramond Avenue.