Canning, Liverpool

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This photograph of Catharine Street, Liverpool represents the typical Georgian architecture of the area

Canning, is in the city centre of Liverpool, England, 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 Pilgrim Street and Hope Street.

Canning is also known locally as "The Georgian Quarter" as it is an area of almost uniformly residential Georgian architecture. The area derives its name from George Canning, (1770–1827), who was a British politician who served as Foreign Secretary and, briefly, Prime Minister.

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.

Originally the area was wealthy but with the decline of Liverpool most of the wealthier elemnents moved out. The presence of the Art College on Hope Street and the Phil gave rise to a creative atmosphere. This atmosphere is beginning to fade as the area once again becomes associated with status, and the middle classes seek to impose their staid values.

[edit] See also

• Hope Street, Liverpool
• Rodney Street, Liverpool
• Gambier Terrace, Liverpool
• Falkner Square

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Falkner Square
• Canning Web Site
• Photographs of Canning
• Liverpool City Council SOUTH CENTRAL LIVERPOOL PARTNERSHIP Priority Neighbourhood Action Plan CANNING

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