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2 unusual facts about Toxteth Park


Toxteth Park, Glebe

In 1829 George commissioned the famous architect, John Verge, to build Toxteth House on 96 acres that he had acquired in Glebe.

It was built in 1829 by the Australian architect John Verge and is listed by the New South Wales Heritage Council as a building of historical significance.


Alfred James Ewart

Ewart was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, second son of Edmund Brown Ewart, B.A. and his wife, Martha née Williams.

Alois Hitler, Jr.

On the 1911 census of the United Kingdom, Alois is using the name Anton Hitler, working as a waiter at the Jewish-run Lyons cafe in Toxteth Park.

Edward Kennion

His grandfather John Kennion was for many years minister of the Unitarian Ancient Chapel of Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

John Bramley-Moore

He died at Brighton on 19 November 1886, aged 86, and was buried at St. Michael's-in-the-Hamlet, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Richard Mather

He studied at Winwick grammar school, of which he was appointed a master in his fifteenth year, and left it in 1612 to become master of a newly established school at Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Baronet

Holt was born at Toxteth Park, Lancashire, the son of Robert Durning Holt, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, a cotton broker, by his wife Lawrencina Potter, daughter of Richard Potter.


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