CROSBY, MERSEYSIDE

'Crosby' is a suburban area within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, on Merseyside, England. It covers a string of settlements along the Irish Sea coast, around north of Liverpool city centre.

Contents

Geography and administration

Civic history

Parliamentary representation

History

Etymology

Education

Places of interest

Sport

Notable residents

See also

References

External links

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 in 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

Crosby means 'village with the cross' in Norse and has viking roots in common with Formby further to the north.

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 and Sacred Heart Catholic College (formerly Sacred Heart Catholic High School).

Places of interest

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 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 soon to add Tennis.
Crosby Marina is the home of Crosby Sailing Club and is open to all dinghy sailors of any ability or experience Racing to Cruising.
Crosby Marina also hosts the Scout and Guide sailing club which is open to all young people [not just scouts and guides].

Notable residents

★ Crosby has been home to some of the main protagonists of the greatest sea distasters of all time, including the RMS ''Titanic''

★ Blessed Lawrence Richardson - Catholic Saint and Martyr

★ 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

★ Sir Henry Lucy - journalist, first parliamentary lobbyist and contributor to Punch magazine

★ Bruce Ismay - Managing Director of White Star Line and creator of RMS ''Titanic''

★ Edward J. Smith - Captain of the RMS ''Titanic''

★ Arthur Henry Rostron - Captain of the RMS ''Carpathia'', which famously rescued ''Titanic'' survivors.

★ Thomas Deacon - member of the Tendaguru dinosaur expedition

★ Gerald Gardner - occultist and founder of the Wiccan religion

★ Sir Adrian Boult - Conductor

★ Herbert James Rowse - Architect

★ Bartlett Mullins - Veteran TV actor

★ Alistair Reid, OBE - Toxicologist and world-authority on snake-bites

★ Francis George MacLardy - WW2 traitor and member of the Waffen-SS British Free Corps

★ Right Reverend Lord Robert Runcie - 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury

★ George Melly - Jazz performer and writer

★ Josh Kirby - artist, works included Discworld and film posters, Life of Brian

★ His Grace the Most Reverend Vincent Gerard Nichols - Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham

★ Dame Beryl Bainbridge - Writer

★ Lord John Birt - Former Director-General of the BBC

★ Sir John Kay - Former Judge at Court of Appeal

★ Ben Kay MBE - Rugby Union player and 2003 World Cup winner

★ Kenny Everett - Comedian

★ Nigel Rees - lexicographer and TV and Radio panellist

★ Cherie Blair - QC and wife of ex-Prime Minister, Tony Blair

★ Brian Dooley - Writer

★ Lynda La Plante - Screenwriter and actress

★ Anne Robinson - Journalist and television presenter

★ Jane Tomlinson - Athlete and fundraiser

★ Frank Cottrell Boyce - Screeenwriter and novelist

★ Right Reverend John Rawsthorne - Bishop of Hallam

★ Laurie Taylor - sociologist and radio 4 presenter

See also

★ Crosby Beach

References

External links

★ The Northern Club - Crosby's own superb multi-sport complex

★ Titanic Town - Crosby's remarkable seafaring connections

★ The Crosby Channel

★ The Crosby Herald

★ Crosby Cam

★ Crosby Birding

★ Zest Images Crosby Photos