Speke
Speke shown within Merseyside
OS grid reference	SJ445835
Metropolitan borough	Liverpool
Metropolitan county	Merseyside
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LIVERPOOL
Postcode district	L24
Dialling code	0151
Police	Merseyside
Fire	Merseyside
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Merseyside

Coordinates: 53°20′44″N 2°49′59″W / 53.345666, -2.833007 Speke may refer to: Speke, Liverpool district John Hanning Speke, explorer SPEKE (Simple Password Exponential Key Exchange), cryptographic protocol Category: ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 504 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 714 pixel, file size: 407 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... Constituent countries is a phrase used, often by official institutions, in contexts in which a number of countries make up a larger entity or grouping; thus the OECD has used the phrase in reference to the former Yugoslavia[1], the Soviet Union and European institutions such as the Council of... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The L postcode area, also known as the Liverpool postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Bootle, Liverpool, Ormskirk and Prescot in England. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... Merseyside Merseyside Police is the police force covering Merseyside in North West England. ... A Fire Appliance belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational... Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Is the fire service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is the statutory firfighting and rescue service responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Liverpool and Wirral. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust was formed on 1 July 2006 as part of Health Minister Lord Warners plans to reduce the number of NHS ambulance service trusts operating in the United Kingdom to 12. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places within counties List of places in Bedfordshire List of places in Berkshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of places in Cambridgeshire List of places in Cheshire List of places in Cleveland List of places... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Merseyside, England. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Speke (pronounced Speak) is an area of the City of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, close to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is situated approximately five miles south east of the City Centre and to the west of the town of Widnes. For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Knowsley is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Merseyside, England. ... , Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. ...

History

The name derives from the Old English Spec, meaning 'brushwood'. It was known as Spec in the Domesday Book, which gave Speke Hall as one of the properties held by Uctred. (Speke Hall is a Tudor wood framed house that is now open to the public.) Old English (also called Anglo-Penis[1], Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Speke Hall is a wood-framed, Tudor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Until the 1930s, Speke was a small village with a population of 400; by the end of the 1950s more than 25,000 people were living in the area.

From 1795 until 1921, the Speke estate had belonged to the Watt family; when the family died out, the estate was placed in trust. It was bought by the Liverpool Corporation in 1928 for £200,000; the Corporation's intention was to build a complete self-contained satellite town (this was at a time when the garden city movement was underway). The parish of Speke became part of the county borough of Liverpool in 1932, having previously been part of the Whiston Rural District. ^[1] Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. ... Ebenezer Howards 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question Where will the people go?, the choices being Town, Country or Town-Country The garden city movement is an approach to urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Ebenezer Howard in England. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Whiston Rural District was an administrative area in Lancashire, North West England, created in 1894 and abolished in 1974. ...

Constructed between 1930 and 1933, by the start of World War II, Speke Airport was the second busiest in the UK. Retention of control by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in London postwar meant that it had lost its leading position in the UK during the 1950s. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA Airport Code LPL) is a fairly small-sized aviation facility in Liverpool, 3. ...

The industrial rise of Speke continued until the mid-1970s, when an equally rapid decline ensued. The closure of the Bryant and May match factory was iconic of these problems. It has retained a large pharmaceutical plant however, which is currently owned by Novartis. Bryant and May was a United Kingdom company involved in making matches. ... Novartis Suffern Yes plant is the Swiss companys sole pharmaceutical production facility in the U.S. Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland that manufactures mainstream products such as Benefiber (a fiber supplement) and Lamisil (a foot fungus medicine). ...

Community

Speke is known for Speke Hall, a Tudor wood framed house now owned by the National Trust and open to the public. It is also notable as the location of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, known until 2001 as Liverpool Speke Airport. From the mid-1990s, the re-development of the original airport site, enabled by the construction of the new airport complex and runway, had left land available for the construction of a business park. The completion of the A5001 road consolidated the rise of the airport and improved communications in the area. Speke Hall is a wood-framed, Tudor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Many countries have an organisation called The National Trust or something similar. ... Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an airport serving the English city of Liverpool. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 5 in Great Britain starting north/east of the A5, west of the A6, south of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary. ...

The New Mersey Retail Park was re-developed in 1999 from an older retail site. It houses many large retail and textile outlets as well as mainstream restaurants. The New Mersey Retail Estate is situated between Speke and Garston, directly opposite to the Old Liverpool Airport main terminal building, which is now a hotel complex.

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Officially switched on on 15 December 2003, the Mersey Wave is 200ft long and 100ft high, equivalent to seven double-decker buses in length and 30ft taller than the Angel of the North at Gateshead. ^[2] Designed by Peter Fink, the landmark is an illuminated sculpture comprising of two sets of six aluminium fins. Within weeks of installation it was removed due to its metal fins moving incorrectly in strong winds. ^[3] The Mersey Wave was rebuilt in June 2005 and is visible from as far as Winter Hill, Horwich, Greater Manchester. Angel of the North Angel of the North is a modern sculpture created by Antony Gormley, which stands just outside Gateshead, England. ... This article is about Gateshead, England. ... “Aluminum” redirects here. ... Horwich (pronounced Horrich) is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ...

Recent developments in Speke have seen a multi-million pound Morrisons superstore, situated directly next to the A561 Speke Boulevard (locally known as 'The Ford Road'), which is located only meters away from the Mersey Wave. For other uses, see Morrison. ...

Football Club:Speke South Liverpool, a local amateur football side, was originally founded at the Austin Rawlinson Sports Centre, Speke. However, late 2005 saw the club relocate a short distance away to Mossley Hill. Unconfirmed rumours have hinted that the club is to return to Speke in 2008 to coincide with the European Capital of Culture year. ^{[citation needed]} “Soccer” redirects here. ... The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. ...

References

External links

• History of Speke Hall
• The Grand Development at Speke
• The Effect of Sir Ebenezer Howard and the Garden City Movement on Twentieth Century Town Planning
• Information about The New Mersey Retail Park, Speke
• Official Website of Football Club:Speke South Liverpool