Everything about Crosby Merseyside totally explained
Crosby is a town and area within the
Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, on
Merseyside,
England. The name
Crosby is used to cover a string of settlements along the
Irish Sea coast north of
Liverpool between
Seaforth and
Hightown. It is often regarded as an outlying
suburb of the city of
Liverpool and is approximately north of the city centre.
Geography and administration
Civic history
Crosby was formed as a
Municipal Borough in 1937 by the merger of the
urban districts of
Great Crosby,
Little Crosby and
Waterloo with Seaforth from the
administrative county of
Lancashire. It became part of the new
Metropolitan Borough of Sefton on
1 April 1974.
Parliamentary representation
Crosby forms part of the appropriately named
Crosby parliamentary constituency in its own right. The
MP for Crosby since 1997 has been
Claire Curtis-Thomas, a member of the
Labour Party
History
Etymology
The town has
Viking roots in common with the other
-by ending settlements of
Formby to the north and
Kirkby to the east. Crosby was known as
Krossabyr
in
Old Norse, meaning "village with the cross".
The settlement was recorded in the
Domesday Book as
Crosebi, and by the year 1212 had become
Crosseby.
The Railway
The opening of the
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway in
1848 resulted in the growth of Crosby as
suburb of Liverpool.
Education
There are two popular independent schools in the area,
Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and
St Mary's College. There are also several Comprehensive schools, including
Chesterfield High School,
Holy Family Catholic High School,
St. Michael's Church of England High School (formerly Manor High Secondary School) and
Sacred Heart Catholic College (formerly Sacred Heart Catholic High School).
Places of interest
Crosby is home to the world-renowed art installation
Another Place. The town environs include several miles of
beach, a
marina, a number of parks and a large area of woodland known as Ince Woods. Crosby is home to the Carnegie Library built with donations from the American steel magnate
Andrew Carnegie.Distinctive buildings in Crosby Village include Central Buildings, Crown Buildings and the two pubs, Yates's and The Village.
Sport
The
Football Club
Marine AFC and
Rugby Football Club
Waterloo RFC are both based in the area. Crosby is also home to Crosby Swimming Club, a member of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).
Set in
Moor Park, one of the most picturesque parts of Crosby, is the
Northern Club, a multi-sport club featuring cricket, hockey, bowls, squash and snooker and tennis.
Crosby Marina is the home of Crosby Sailing Club and is open to all
dinghy sailors of any ability or experience. The marina is also a venue for the Scout and Guide sailing club.
Blundellsands Bridge Club
(External Link
), affiliated to the
English Bridge Union, is based in the area and provides facilities for both learning and playing
Rubber Bridge and
Duplicate Bridge, an intellectual sport recognised by the
International Mind Sports Association.
Notable residents
- Crosby has been home to some of the main protagonists of one of the most infamous maritime disasters of all time; the loss of the RMS Titanic:
Dame Beryl Bainbridge - writer
Lord John Birt - former Director-General of the BBC
Cherie Blair - QC and wife of ex-Prime Minister, Tony Blair
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor
Victor Anichebe - Everton footballer.
John Butler Yeats - painter, and father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats
James Dunwoody Bulloch - Confederate agent and spy, visited by his 11-year old nephew Theodore Roosevelt in 1869.
The children of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
Frank Cottrell Boyce - screeenwriter and novelist
Thomas Deacon - member of the Tendaguru dinosaur expedition
Brian Dooley - writer
Commander Daniel Dow RD, RNR 1860-1931 Commodore of the Cunard Line and Master of both RMS "Lusitania" and RMS "Mauretania". Retired in 1919 and became Councillor for Crosby and its Chairman 1924-25.
Kenny Everett - comedian
Gerald Gardner - occultist and founder of the Wiccan religion
Sir John Kay - former Judge at the Court of Appeal
Ben Kay MBE - Rugby Union player and 2003 World Cup winner
Josh Kirby - artist, works included Discworld and film posters, Life of Brian
Lynda La Plante - screenwriter and actress
Sir Henry Lucy - journalist, first parliamentary lobbyist and contributor to Punch magazine
Francis George MacLardy - World War II traitor and member of the Waffen-SS British Free Corps
Robert Maudsley - notorious British killer and cannibal, compared to Hannibal Lecter; officially Britain's most dangerous prisoner, he's been kept in solitary confinement in a purpose-built cell for 30 years.
George Melly - jazz performer and writer
Bartlett Mullins - veteran television actor
His Grace the Most Reverend Vincent Gerard Nichols - Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham
Right Reverend John Rawsthorne - Bishop of Hallam
Nigel Rees - lexicographer and television and radio panellist
Alistair Reid, OBE - toxicologist and world-authority on snake-bites
Blessed Lawrence Richardson - Catholic Saint and Martyr
Anne Robinson - journalist and television presenter
Herbert James Rowse - architect
Right Reverend Lord Robert Runcie - 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury
Laurie Taylor - sociologist and Radio 4 presenter
Jane Tomlinson - athlete and fundraiserFurther Information
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