Woolton Hill Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Woolton Hill Road by Sue Adair as part of the Geograph project.
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Woolton Hill Road
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 26 Aug 2016
Woolton Hill Road was described in The Enclosure Act of 1805 as Red Brow, "40 ft wide, where hitherto the cows and sheep of Gateacre had drifted to their common pastures". Woolton Hill would have been common land of rough scrubland and red sandstone outcrops prior to becoming a favoured location for wealthy merchants to build grand country mansions. The house to the right is simply named "The Cottage" on early maps and is linked to the grand house Baycliff built in 1869-71 (now the residence of Liverpool's Anglican bishops known as Bishop's Lodge).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.382257
Longitude
-2.869358
