Canning, Liverpool

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This photograph of Catharine Street, Liverpool represents the typical Georgian architecture of the area

Canning, is district of Liverpool, England, bounded to the south by Upper Parliament Street, to the east by Grove Street, to the north by Myrtle Street and to the west by Pilgrim Street and Hope Street.

Canning is also known locally as "The Georgian Quarter" as it is an area of almost uniformly residential Georgian architecture. The area derives its name from George Canning, (1770–1827), who was a British politician who served as Foreign Secretary and, briefly, Prime Minister.

In 1800 the Liverpool Corporation Surveyor, John Foster, Sr., (1758–1827) prepared a gridiron plan for a large area of peat bog known as Mosslake Fields, which was to the east of Rodney Street.

[edit] See also

• Hope Street, Liverpool
• Rodney Street, Liverpool
• Gambier Terrace, Liverpool

[edit] References

• Buildings of Liverpool. Liverpool Heritage Bureau, 1978.
• Pevsner Architectural Guides — Liverpool. Joseph Sharples, 2004.

[edit] External links

• Falkner Square
• Canning Web Site
• Photographs of Canning

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