Calderstones Park

Calderstones Park is a public park in Liverpool, Merseyside (United Kingdom) with a size of 94 km ². The park has playgrounds, a botanical garden and several historically significant places. Thus, the park has been since named after the Calder Stones, a megalithic site destroyed in the parking lot that has been built before Stonehenge. Calderstones botanical garden is located in the " Harthill estate ". He offers almost 4,000 different plant varieties that have been gathered from all parts of merchants and travelers. 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 was originally part of the estate of Allerton. Around the year 1726 the future park area was sold by its owner in satisfaction of a debt. Thus, the Liverpool merchant Thomas Martin came into the possession of the land, which in turn sold it to the ammunition manufacturers Joseph Need Walker, who wanted to settle down in the city for business reasons. Walker acquired the site and thereon, at the time only as " The Old House " designated farm building in 1825. The house was demolished in 1828 to make room for the Calderstones House. 1875, the property was sold for £ 52,000 at Charles MacIver. MacIver was a prominent shipping magnate, the British and North American Royal Steam Packet Company founded with Samuel Cunard, later known as the Cunard Line. MacIver moved in 1874 out of business and his sons Henry and Charles took over the business. In 1902, the family Calderstones sold for £ 43,000 to the Liverpool Corporation.