Comments on: Friday Photo: Meols Parade Gardens

By: lyn_mac

lyn_mac — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:44:52 +0000

thank you for that peter.
i went back to the census record and it does say “1 marine parade”!
(i would never have found it with the wrong name!)
“garth house” is its name on my grt grt grandfathers will in 1903.
on a quick search i see that no 5 was called “crofton” there was also a “seaways cottate” so maybe it was a personal naming rather than official?
i am not that far away myself,i know what i’m doing this weekend now.
thank you again for recognizing what i was talking about.
lyn

By: Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:55:52 +0000

This is most probably a reference to North Parade which is the official name for the main Hoylake promenade from The King’s Gap to the Hoyle Slip by the new lifeboat station. I have quite often seen reference to Marine Parade for the houses that front the prom but back onto Marine Road.

In 1901-3 the promenade would have only been built for a few years and the extent of development probably didn’t reach beyond Church (now Trinity) Road but possibly up to Clydesdale Road. No1 is most likely the house on the corner of The King’s Gap and North Parade but I don’t know if it is known as Garth House and since I live in Edinburgh I can’t check for you!!

Anyway, it’s a very lovely house with great views. There is a photo of it if you check the News story, ‘Nautical News’, from April 7th on this website – it’s the first house in the picture..

By: lyn_mac

lyn_mac — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:00:42 +0000

hi,
i have an address i am trying to locate in hoylake.
in 1901 is list as ” 1 maine parade,hoylake”
in 1903 is listed as ” garth house parade,hoylake”
does anyone know where this was/is?
thank you
lyn

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:10:34 +0000

Thanks Syd – very interesting!

Yep, they’re still called the Monkey Woods for whatever reason?

John

By: Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:16:33 +0000

Great images!

I would love to see photos of more of Hoylake’s oldest nineteenth century seaside houses set in substantial grounds – Sandhey, The Dale, The Gap and The Chase are all now sadly lost to suburban style developments. So much of Hoylake’s history and character went with them and all the old sandstone cottages that have been similarly lost over the years.

By: Syd Bird

Syd Bird — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:18:37 +0000

Hi John,
the roof of the building you thought might be the Railway Inn in the two postcard views( just to the right of the bandstand) and peeping out above the sandhills I think belongs to the large house of “Sandhey” which was situated in extensive grounds and the main entrance was via Shaws Drive . This residence was pulled down between the two world wars and houses were built on the site ,this area is now occupied by Garden Hey,Ashford and Firshaw Roads . In an aerial photo I have from the 20s/30s it shows at the rear of the house there was an extensive thickly wooded area and the few remaining trees from that time are now known as Monkey Woods ,or they had that name when I lived in Hoylake.
Syd