The Georgian Quarter (sometimes known as Canning or the Canning Georgian Quarter) is an area on the eastern edge of
Liverpool city centre
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,
England
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, characterised by almost entirely residential
Georgian architecture
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. Parts of the district are also included in Liverpool's
Knowledge Quarter. It borders the rest of the Knowledge Quarter to the north, the district of
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool in the county of Merseyside.
Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Aigburth, Canning, Liverpool, Canning, Dingle, Liverpool, Dingle, and Edge Hill, Merseyside, Edge Hill ...
to the south,
Edge Hill to the east and
Ropewalks,
Chinatown
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and the
Baltic Triangle
The Baltic Triangle is an area of Liverpool city centre defined by Liverpool City Council as the triangular portion of the city bounded by Liver Street, Park Lane, St James Street, Hill Street, Sefton Street and Wapping.
In 2020, the area was h ...
to the west. The name 'Canning' comes from one of its principal
thoroughfares, Canning Street, which is named after
George Canning
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, (1770–1827), a
British
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politician
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who served as
Foreign Secretary and, briefly,
Prime Minister
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.
History
In 1800, the
Liverpool Corporation 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.
The area's changing fortunes over time were explored in the 2018
BBC Two
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documentary series ''
A House Through Time'', when historian
David Olusoga researched the lives of the inhabitants of 62
Falkner Street from 1841 to the present day.
Location
The area stretches from
Gambier Terrace and Roscoe Street in the west to
Falkner Street in the west, with Upper Parliament Street to the south and
Mount Pleasant and Oxford Street to the north.
See also
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Abercromby Square
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Dukes Terrace
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Gambier Terrace
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Falkner Square
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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
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Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
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*
German Church
*
St Bride's Church
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*
St Andrew's Church
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Saint Philip Neri Church
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Wellington Rooms
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Architecture of Liverpool
Bibliography
*''Buildings of Liverpool''. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
*''Pevsner Architectural Guides — Liverpool''. Joseph Sharples, 2004.
References
External links
Visit Liverpool's Georgian Quarter
1800 establishments in England
Areas of Liverpool
George Canning
Georgian architecture in England
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