Lost Manors

Before Childwall and Gateacre were swallowed up by the urban sprawl of the city of Liverpool in the 20th century, they were rural settlements situated on the city’s outskirts. With the coming of the modern era, much of the ancient landscape disappeared, built over with new roads, housing estates, and shopping centres.

In an effort to uncover this forgotten social and physical tableau, the author has studied records spanning more than 400 years, including the surviving records of the lost man...