Dingle

Dingle

From Memorials of Liverpool....second edition, revised, with additions.

We have now reached the southern boundary of the municipality, and strictly speaking we ought not to step over it, but there are a few localities lying a little beyond our limit which it would be almost unpardonable to pass by without notice. Such a locality is the "Dingle," situated immediately to the south of the borough boundary, which though limited in extent, is one of the most lovely bits of scenery in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. In the olden time a tiny stream rising somewhere about the high land not far from the High Park Coffee House, ran its little course down the line of Park Road, past the old Chapel, and debouched into the river by a deep gully behing a rocky promontory. The sources of this stream have long dried up, and the little valley no longer echoes to the tinkle of the waters. About 1808 the estate, of which this forms a part, was purchased by the Rev. John Yates, then the minister of the Unitarian Church, Paradise Street. A house already existed on the land, on the site of Dingle Head, now the residence of Mr. Charles Turner, M.P. foe South West Lancashire. The house was occupied in 1768 by Dr. Kennion or Kenyon, a connection of Lord Kenyon's and a great collector of antiquities. Mr. Yates was capable of appreciating the beauties of his purchase, and in addition to building several houses for members of his family, he improved the natural capabilities by judicious planting, laying out walks, and opening out the best points of view. About 1821 he sold the western part of the property to Mr. James Cropper, who also built several villas overlooking the river. The proprietors of this little "Vallombrosa" have for many years kindly and liberally thrown open the grounds to the public on two evenings in the week.

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