Garston is a district of Liverpool, on Merseyside, postcode L19. Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ...

'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. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... The longest lasting of the western Catholic monastic orders, the Benedictine Order traces its origins to the adoption of the monastic life by St. ... Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ... Events Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht St. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Childwall is an area of suburban Liverpool, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. ...

A small dock was first built at Garston in 1793 for Blackburne’s saltworks. 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

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. // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... Dock can refer to several things: Places for the transfer of people and materials to, from, or between different forms of transport or working with transport: A maritime dock. ... St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway was an early railway company that acted as a feeder to the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Today, Garston is a major shipping and container port, second only to Seaforth docks in the North-West. It is partenered with the nearby district of Speke in a series of redevelopment and regeneration schemes, which have succeeded in reversing recent trends in dereliction, unemployment and poor education standards by forcing the poor uneducated people out of the area and razing their communities to the ground to release land for new housing developments. Seaforth is a district in Sefton, Merseyside, North West England. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... Speke is a district of Liverpool, England. ...

See also

Port of Garston Garston Docks on the River Mersey at Garston, Merseyside, England. ...

External links

• SpekeGarston.com

• Speke-Garston Partnership