Calderstones Park
Calderstones Park is a public park in Liverpool , Merseyside ( United Kingdom ) square kilometers with a size of 0.51. There are playgrounds, a botanical garden and several historically significant places in the park. The park was named after the Calderstones , a destroyed megalithic complex on the park area that was built before Stonehenge . Calderstone's botanical garden is housed in the "Harthill Estate". It offers almost 4000 different types of plants, which have been collected by traders and travelers from all over the world. In the middle of the park there is a lake and a villa with a visitor café and a playground for children.
history
The park area originally belonged to the Allerton estate . Around 1726, the later park area was sold by its owner to settle debts. The Liverpool merchant Thomas Martin came into possession of the land, who in turn sold it to the ammunition manufacturer Joseph Need Walker , who wanted to settle in the city for business reasons. Walker acquired the land and the farm building on it, then known as "The Old House" in 1825. The house was demolished in 1828 to make way for the Calderstones House . In 1875 the property was sold to Charles MacIver for £ 52,000 . MacIver was a well-known shipping magnate who, together with Samuel Cunard, founded the British and North American Royal Steam Packet Company, later known as the Cunard Line . MacIver retired from the business in 1874 and his sons Henry and Charles took over the business. In 1902 the Calderstones family sold to Liverpool Corporation for £ 43,000 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b VisitLiverpool
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Coordinates: 53 ° 22 '54 " N , 2 ° 53' 39" W.