Talk:Garston, Merseyside
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Liverpool19 the postal area for Garston, Liverpool. Merseyside. 'Gaerstun', meaning grazing settlement, is one possible root of the name. In Medieval times, Garston was home to a group of Benedictine monks. The first recorded mention of settlement in Garston is of the church of St. Michael in 1235. By the 19th century, the area had become a small village, one of the eight townships forming the parish of Childwall. A small dock was first built at Garston in 1793 for Blackburne’s saltworks. Garston's growth accelerated rapidly in the 1840s, when in 1846, the area's first dock was constructed and opened, under the auspices of the St Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Company. The "Old Dock" was followed twenty years later by a second, the "New Dock" . In 1902, Garston was incorporated into the City of Liverpool. The Quarry Men performed for `Rhythm Night' at Wilson Hall in Garston, Liverpool. Before they were the Beatles.
Lethaniol 13:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
