Georgian Quarter, Liverpool

Not to be confused with Canning (Liverpool ward).

The Georgian Quarter (sometimes known as Canning or the Canning Georgian Quarter) is an area on the eastern edge of Liverpool city centre, England, characterised by almost entirely residential Georgian architecture. 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 to the south, Edge Hill to the east and Ropewalks, Chinatown and the Baltic Triangle to the west. The name 'Canning' comes from one of its principal thoroughfares, Canning Street, which is named after George Canning, (1770–1827), a British politician who served as Foreign Secretary and, briefly, Prime Minister.^[1][2]

Georgian Quarter
Clockwise from top: Part of the Georgian Quarter from the top of the Anglican Cathedral tower; 79-109 Upper Parliament Street and 2-12 Huskisson Street
Georgian Quarter Location within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ3573489497
Metropolitan borough	Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Liverpool
Postcode district	L8, plus a small part of L1 and L7
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Liverpool Riverside
List of places UK England Merseyside 53.39813°N 2.96663°W / 53.39813; -2.96663

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 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.^[3]

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.^[2]

See also

• Abercromby Square
• Dukes Terrace
• Gambier Terrace
• Falkner Square
• Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
• German Church
• St Bride's Church
• St Andrew's Church
• Saint Philip Neri Church
• Wellington Rooms
• Architecture of Liverpool

Bibliography

• Buildings of Liverpool. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
• Pevsner Architectural Guides — Liverpool. Joseph Sharples, 2004.