- Little Crosby
Little Crosby is a small village in
Merseyside ,North West England . Despite being a suburb within 8 miles ofLiverpool it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights.As part of
Lancashire the village was anurban district in its own right until annexed to theGreat Crosby urban district in1932 . This urban district was combined with other districts to form themunicipal borough of Crosby in1937 . This in turn was absorbed into the newMetropolitan Borough of Sefton in1974 .The village is perhaps the oldest extant Catholic village in England, the squires being the notable
recusant Blundell family. The village character has changed little from a 1600s description that "it had not a beggar, ..an alehouse .. [or] a Protestant in it..."Notable attractions are:
* The Courtyard café
* Little Crosby museum, a museum housed in former farm buildings with exhibits focusing on village life and history. There are artefacts ranging from petrol pumps and bits of machinery to toys and magic lanterns as well as a number of displays of old farm tools.
* Crosby Hall Educational Trust (CHET) which runs courses and community programmes, such as riding for the disabled and art courses.The village is dominated by the St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, inspired by
Pugin .External links
* [http://www.littlecrosbyinbloom.co.uk "Little Crosby in Bloom"] - The website of Little Crosby's villager's entry in to North West in Bloom
* [http://www.chetcentre.co.uk/about.html "CHET"] - Crosby Hall Educational Trust
* [http://www.allertonoak.com/merseySights/OutlyingAreasCS.html "MerseySights: Outlying areas"] - website with photos of the village
* [http://members.aol.com/ejcrig/ "A Squire's Tale: the story of Little Crosby"] - excerpts from a video telling the story of Squire Blundell
* [http://www.stmaryslittlecrosby.org.uk/home.htm "St. Mary's, Little Crosby"] - website of the parish church, with history of the village
* [http://www.sunnyfields.freeserve.co.uk/ "Little Crosby Church: St. Mary's"] - Anna Tumilty's site on the church history and parish records of Little Crosby
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41297 "Township: Little Crosby"] - from A History of the County of Lancaster, Vol.3, published in 1907
* [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/cr1887/index.htm "Crosby Records: A CHAPTER OF LANCASHIRE RECUSANCY"] - An 1887 monograph on the Blundells and Little Crosby
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