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THE TOXTETH TABERNACLE

November 9, 2015 By Steven Horton

THE TOXTETH TABERNACLE

Somewhat overshadowed by its near neighbours the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth and St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, the Toxteth Tabernacle continues to serve the local community for the purpose it was intended nearly 150 years ago. The Tab, as it is commonly known in the local area, was opened in 1871 by William P Lockhart. […]

THE CHOLERA RIOTS OF 1832

May 29, 2015 By Steven Horton

Behind the church building now known as St James in the City on the corner of Upper Parliament Street and St James Place, once stood a building where the Liverpool Cholera Riots of 1832 began. After a major outbreak in eastern Europe, cholera arrived in England in October 1831 when a ship from the Baltic […]

THE WELSH CATHEDRAL

November 21, 2014 By Steven Horton

THE WELSH CATHEDRAL

Standing in a sadly derelict state on Princes Road in Toxteth is the Welsh Presbyterian Church, which once laid claim to the title of Liverpool’s tallest building. Plans for the new church for Toxteth’s growing Welsh community were unveiled in January 1865, when a public meeting was attended by over 1,000 people at their Bedford […]

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