In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grassendale like this:
GRASSENDALE, a chapelry in Childwall parish, Lancashire; near the Liverpool and Manchester railway, 4 miles E of Liverpool. It was constituted in 1855; and it has a post office‡ under Liverpool. Rated property, £8, 695. Pop., 912. Houses, 137. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.
Grassendale through time
Grassendale is now part of Liverpool district. Click here for graphs and data of how Liverpool has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grassendale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grassendale, in Liverpool and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21268
Date accessed: 26th June 2024
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