Canning (also known as the '' Georgian Quarter'') is an area on the borders of
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool in the historic county of Lancashire and the ceremonial county of Merseyside.
Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Aigburth, Canning, Dingle, and Edge Hill.
The area w ...
and
Liverpool
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city centre,
England
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. It has no formal definition but is generally agreed to be bounded to the south by Upper Parliament Street, to the east by Grove Street, to the north by Myrtle Street and to the west by
Hope Street.
Canning is an area of almost entirely residential
Georgian architecture
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, most of which strictly speaking dates from after the
Georgian era
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. The area takes its name from one of its principal thoroughfares, Canning Street, which is named after
George Canning
George Canning (11 April 17708 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as Foreign Secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the Unit ...
, (1770–1827), a
British
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who served as
Foreign Secretary
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and, briefly,
Prime Minister
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.
History
In 1800 the
Liverpool Corporation
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 Mayor J ...
Surveyor,
John Foster, Sr., (1758–1827) prepared a gridiron plan for a large area of peat bog known as Mosslake Fields, which was to the east of
Rodney Street. The area was built for and populated by the extremely wealthy of Liverpool. With the city's decline in the 20th century, the area grew unfashionable, and much of it became derelict. Areas along Upper Parliament St and Grove St and Myrtle St were demolished. The tide began to turn noticeably in the 1990s and the area is now much sought after. Nevertheless, the
Office for National Statistics
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Overview
The ONS is responsible for th ...
finds that it is one of the most deprived districts in the UK.
ONS Neighbourhood Statistics generator
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See also
*Dukes Terrace
Dukes Terrace is an historic terraced house in the English city of Liverpool, Merseyside. A Grade II listed building,Gambier Terrace
Gambier Terrace (Liverpool, England) is a street of 19th-century houses overlooking St. James's Mount and Gardens and Liverpool Cathedral. It is generally reckoned to be in Canning, although it falls within the Rodney Street conservation area ...
*Falkner Square
Falkner Square is a square in Canning on the border of Liverpool city centre and Toxteth. Falkner Square Gardens occupy the centre of the square. The Square was completed in 1830 and in 1835 the central area was acquired as a park, one of the f ...
*Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in Hope Street, in Liverpool, England. It is the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed ...
*Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is a performing arts higher education institution in Liverpool, founded by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty and opened in 1996. LIPA offers 11 full-time BA (Hons) degrees in a range ...
* German Church
*St Bride's Church
St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Fleet Street in the City of London, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire d ...
* St Andrew's Church
*Saint Philip Neri Church
St Philip Neri Church Liverpool is home to the Roman Catholic chaplaincy to the universities in Liverpool. It features a Byzantine inspired design by PS Gilby and was built between 1914 and 1920. There are exterior friezes depicting the Last S ...
* Wellington Rooms
*Architecture of Liverpool
The architecture of Liverpool is rooted in the city's development into a major port of the British Empire.Hughes (1999), p10 It encompasses a variety of architectural styles of the past 300 years, while next to nothing remains of its medieval ...
Bibliography
*''Buildings of Liverpool''. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
*''Pevsner Architectural Guides — Liverpool''. Joseph Sharples, 2004.
References
External links
Areas of Liverpool
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