Editing Leasowe

{{Short description|Village on the Wirral Peninsula,  Merseyside, England}}
{{For|the estate in [[Halesowen]]|The Leasowes}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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'''Leasowe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|s|oʊ}}) is a village in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral]], [[Merseyside]], England. Located on the north coast of the [[Wirral Peninsula]], it is approximately {{Cvt|2|mi}} to the west of [[Wallasey]].

[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] within [[Cheshire]], Leasowe was part of the old County Borough of Wallasey. It is now within the [[Leasowe and Moreton East (ward)|Leasowe and Moreton East Ward]] of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Leasowe is also part of the parliamentary constituency of [[Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallasey]].

At the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], Leasowe had a population of 6,180.<ref name=wirral2001census>{{citation |url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS21 |title=Wirral 2001 Census: Leasowe |publisher=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |access-date=5 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005242/http://www.wirral.gov.uk/factsandfigures/census2001/oneward2recset.asp?ref=TS21 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
By the time of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]], specific figures for Leasowe were no longer maintained; the total population of the Leasowe and Moreton East ward was 14,640.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689470&c=Hoylake&d=14&e=62&g=6352595&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433165886362&enc=1 |title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=1 June 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106201958/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689470&c=Hoylake&d=14&e=62&g=6352595&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433165886362&enc=1 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The name ''Leasowex'' comes from the [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Leasowes'' or ''Meadow Pastures''; its [[sand dunes]] are the largest such system on the Wirral. Much of the area is at or below sea level and is protected by the coastal embankment. Houses built in the early 20th century were often flooded and unsanitary but, after about 1926, new roads and drainage were put in by the Borough Council and much new housing was developed. Along the embankment between Leasowe and Moreton are the remains of fortifications built during the [[Second World War]].

The world's first passenger [[hovercraft]] service operated in 1961–62; the service travelled from Moreton Common and was advertised as between Wallasey and [[Rhyl]] in North Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirelife.co.uk/people/the_hovercraft_history_of_the_wirral_and_north_wales_1_1570160 |title=The hovercraft history of the Wirral and North Wales |work=Cheshire Life |date=4 June 2012 |access-date=27 June 2015}}</ref> However, the service was not profitable and soon ceased.

==Geography==
The [[River Fender]] merges with [[the Birket]] at Leasowe; the Birket then continues towards [[Great Float|West Float]] at the site of the former [[Wallasey Pool]].

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|title = '''Neighbouring places'''
|Northwest = [[Liverpool Bay]] ''([[Irish Sea]])''
|North = [[Liverpool Bay]] ''([[Irish Sea]])''
|Northeast = [[Liverpool Bay]] ''([[Irish Sea]])''
|West = [[North Wirral Coastal Park]]
|Centre = Leasowe
|East = [[Wallasey]]
|Southwest = [[Moreton, Merseyside|Moreton]]
|South = [[Moreton, Merseyside|Moreton]]
|Southeast = [[Bidston]]
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==Landmarks==
===Solar School===
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The Solar Campus, on Leasowe Road, <ref>see [http://wikimapia.org/4031698/Solar-Campus "Solar Campus"]</ref> is the former St Georges Secondary School, and is the site of the Solar Building, the first building in the world to be heated entirely by [[solar heating|solar]] energy. At 53.4°N, it is also the most northerly.<ref name=C20>[https://c20society.org.uk/building-of-the-month/the-solar-campus-former-st-georges-school-wallasey-merseyside The Solar Campus, formerly St Georges School, Wallasey, Merseyside]. Elain Harwood (2023) Building of the Month April 2023: Twentieth Century Society; retrieved 29 June 2024.</ref> The school was built in 1955, in the contemporary style as the St Georges Secondary School for Girls; in 1958, it was decided to admit boys, requiring a doubling in capacity. 

This was met by building a new block, now known as the Solar Building, to a design by Emslie Morgan, the Assistant Borough Architect, who spent a lifetime looking into ways of harnessing the sun's rays.<ref name=C20/> His design featured a high south-facing solar wall, largely of glass, to absorb the sun's warmth, a sloping well-insulated roof, and a low blind north-facing wall backing the buildings corridor. The solar wall is built of glass leaves two feet apart; these draw the ultra violet rays from sunshine and reflect them around the walls of the classrooms. The walls become warm and heat the air. Hardly any warmth escapes through the school's massively thick roof and walls covered with slabs of plastic foam. On the coldest days it is always {{convert|60|°F|°C}} inside and, in summer, the school is cooler than its more conventional neighbours; panels inside the glass wall can be turned to deflect heat or absorb it.<ref name=C20/><ref name=MM>[https://www.mainstreammodern.co.uk/casestudies.aspx/Detail/127/solar-campus Solar Campus 1961] at Mainstream Modern; retrieved 29 June 2024</ref>

{{citation needed span|date=June 2024|text=In practice, the large convector ducts which direct the warmed air to the colder north side of the building are a major safety hazard; fire breaks have had to be inserted to reduce or cut off the air flow. The result is that, on sunny days, the south glazed side of the building reaches unbearable temperatures in excess of 40&nbsp;°C, while for most of the time the unglazed north side never reaches a comfortable temperature nor receives much natural light.}}

A small secondary single-pipe heating system was installed to give additional heating on cold winter days with very few hours of sunlight but, by 1966, it had never been used and was dismantled. In 1963, the [[Liverpool Echo]] reported that during the previous winter temperatures never dropped below {{cvt|60|F}}, while in the summer it was cooler than the older part of the school.<ref name=C20/> {{citation needed span|date=June 2024|text= Today, the secondary heating has to be used very often and is expensive.}}

The property is [[Grade II]] [[listed building|listed]] and is maintained by the Children & Young People's Department of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, {{citation needed span|date=June 2024|text=which struggles to find the necessary revenue and capital to fully maintain it.}}

===Leasowe Castle===
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'''Leasowe Castle''' may have been built for [[Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby]]<ref name="Randall">{{harvnb|Randall|1984|pp=44–46}}</ref> – a patron of [[Shakespeare]] – in 1593, possibly (though this is disputed) as an observation platform for the Wallasey races which took place on the sands in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which are regarded as a forerunner of the [[Derby (horse race)|Derby]] races. Ferdinando's brother [[William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby|William, the 6th Earl]], was described as a noted sportsman and is remembered as a keen supporter of the Wallasey races.

At first the castle consisted only of an octagonal tower. This had become disused by 1700, and it became known as "Mockbeggar Hall", a term often used for an ornate but derelict building.<ref name="Castle">{{cite web |title=Leasowe Castle Hotel |url=http://www.leasowecastle.com/about.html |access-date=28 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408205330/http://www.leasowecastle.com/about-us.html |archive-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> The term ''Mockbeggar Wharf'' is still used for the adjoining foreshore. The ''Mockbeggar Hall'' is also the name of a [[Wetherspoons]] pub in neighbouring Moreton.

In 1821, ownership passed to the Cust family.<ref name="Randall" /> After 1826, the building was used as a hotel for some years. The ceiling of the [[Star Chamber]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]] was brought to the castle in 1836 along with panelling and other furnishings; they had been salvaged from the old Palace of Westminster before the Star Chamber was demolished in an 1806 building project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://leasowecastle.com/dine/ |title=Dine – Leasowe Castle}}</ref> The Star Chamber was so called because the ceiling was decorated with bright stars. The ceiling and four tapestries depicting the four seasons still remain. Oak panelling from the Star Chamber and some made from the submerged forest along the coast were also installed;<ref name="Old Wirral">{{cite web |title=Old Wirral web site |url=http://www.oldwirral.com/moreton_mockbeggar.html
|access-date=26 June 2012}}</ref> however, these were removed in 1893.<ref name="Old Wirral" />

Between 1911 and 1970, it became a railway convalescent home;<ref name="Randall" /> between 1974 and 1980, it was owned by [[Wirral Borough Council]]. It reopened as a hotel in December 1982<ref name="Randall" /> and was acquired by Lawton Hotels Ltd in 2000. The hotel is now a popular venue for weddings and other family functions, with around 50 bedrooms. Leasowe Castle is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated [[Grade&nbsp;II*]] [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1273527 ''Leasowe Castle''] at Historic England; retrieved 29 June 2024</ref>

===Leasowe Lighthouse===
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Leasowe Lighthouse was built in 1763 by Liverpool Corporation's Docks Committee<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.leasowelighthouse.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=44 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140855/http://www.leasowelighthouse.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=44 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2018 |title=Leasowe Lighthouse: Significant Dates |publisher=Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse |access-date=14 January 2008}}</ref> (the forerunner of the [[Mersey Docks and Harbour Board]]) and is the oldest brick-built lighthouse in Britain.<ref name="Leasowe Lighthouse">{{citation|url=http://www.leasowelighthouse.co.uk/ |title=Leasowe Lighthouse: A Wirral Highlight |publisher=Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse |access-date=14 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.visitwirral.com/site/attractions/leasowe-lighthouse-p44212?listingurl=%2Fsite%2Fattractions%2Fsearchresults%3Frp%3D3%26src%5Fname%3D%26posted%3D1%26src%5Fcategory%3D%26x%3D103%26src%5Farea%3D%26y%3D13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005034902/http://www.visitwirral.com/site/attractions/leasowe-lighthouse-p44212?listingurl=%2Fsite%2Fattractions%2Fsearchresults%3Frp%3D3%26src%5Fname%3D%26posted%3D1%26src%5Fcategory%3D%26x%3D103%26src%5Farea%3D%26y%3D13 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2008 |title=Leasowe Lighthouse |publisher=visitwirral.com |access-date=14 January 2008}}</ref> According to local tradition its foundations were built on bales of cotton from a nearby shipwreck.<ref name="Leasowe Lighthouse" /> Around 1763, [[William Hutchinson (privateer)|William Hutchinson]] installed what may have been the first parabolic reflector in a lighthouse. The lighthouse was one of four lights on the North Wirral foreshore, the others being two at [[Hoylake]] and another – a lower light – at Leasowe. The latter was soon destroyed by the sea and was replaced by a lighthouse on [[Bidston Hill]] in 1771.

The lighthouse was operational until 14 July 1908,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001020.html|title=Leasowe Lighthouse |publisher=Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |access-date=14 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004952/http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001020.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> 
with the only known female lighthouse keeper in those days, a Mrs. Williams. It then became a tearoom for a period, but was unused before 1989, since when it has been the base for the ranger service of the [[North Wirral Coastal Park]].<ref name="Birkenhead – An Illustrated History">{{citation |title=The Wirral ~ Photographic Memories |first=Jim |last=Rubery |pages=42 |year=2003 |isbn=1-85937-517-0}}</ref> The lighthouse is a [[Grade&nbsp;II]] [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]]<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259738 ''Leasowe lighthouse''] at Historic England; retrieved 29 June 2024</ref> and houses a visitor centre which is occasionally open to the public.

===Leasowe Hospital===
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Leasowe Hospital or ''The Leasowe Sanatorium For Crippled Children and Hospital for Tuberculosis'', to give its full and original name, later became known as the Liverpool Open-Air Hospital, Leasowe, and finally Leasowe Hospital. [[Margaret Beavan]] (1877–1931) was the driving force of the hospital, admired by all, she was known affectionately as the "Little Mother of Liverpool", also not quite as complimentary, the "Mighty Atom" and "Clever Beggar".

The first mention of a sanatorium for children with tuberculosis occurred on 16 December 1911. Slowly, Leasowe Hospital changed from being principally a children's T.B. hospital to one for dealing with burns and skin grafts, and then arthritis until its closure in 1979. Another name closely associated with Leasowe, amongst others, is that of (the late) Dr T.R. Littler, Consultant Rheumatologist, who was devoted to Leasowe. Leasowe Hospital was eventually bought by the Wirral Christian Centre in 1981; it was used later as a retirement home and handicap centre. After failing to make that facility work, the buildings were eventually repossessed then later demolished around 2002–03. Luxury flats and houses have since been built on the site.

==== Notable staff at Leasowe Hospital ====
* Edith Marie Tucker (1876-unknown), Matron of the new hospital building from 1915 to 1919.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=26 April 1919 |title=Children's Hospital, Leasowe |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=5 |issue=730 |pages=392}}</ref> Tucker trained at The London Hospital under Matron [[Eva Luckes]] between 1904 and 1906.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Edith Marie Tucker, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/10, 118; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London

</ref>  After her training Tucker remained at the London as a staff nurse, then gained promotion to sister working as holiday sister, night sister, in Outpatients department and in Matron's Office<ref>Edith Marie Tucker, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 134; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref> until she was seconded to head a party of London Hospital nurses to the Balkan Wars between 1912 and 1913.<ref>Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, No. 20, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No. 20, April 1913, 19–25; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.</ref><ref>Matron's Report, 4 November 1912, House Committee Minutes, 1912–1914; RLHLH/A/5/53, 31; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London.</ref><ref name=":0" />
* Charlotte Hughes (1883–1961), Matron 1919- 1943.<ref name=":0">Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=3 May 1919 |title=Appointments |journal=[[The British Journal of Nursing]] |volume=62 |pages=300 |via=RCN}}</ref><ref>Hughes, Charlotte, RG101/3971e; 1939 England and Wales Register for Hospital for Children, Wallasey; The National Archives, Kew [Available at: www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed on 20 October 2018]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=17 April 1943 |title=Retirement |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=38 |issue=1981 |via=RCN}}</ref> Hughes also trained at [[Royal London Hospital|The London Hospital]] between 1906 and 1908.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Charlotte Hughes, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/13, 19; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
</ref> After her training Hughes remained at The London working in various departments including the Private Nursing Institute, as a ward staff nurse, and pupil (student) [[Midwife]], before being promoted to holiday sister, then ward sister.<ref>Charlotte Hughes, Private Nursing Institution Register, January – November 1908; RLHLH/N/5/15, 76–77; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref><ref>Charlotte Hughes, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 363; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London</ref> Hughes was in charge of both the TB hospital and adjacent Liverpool Babies Hospital, comprising over 300 beds.<ref name=":1" /> In 1927, Hughes wrote an article about Orthopaedic Nursing.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Feb 5, 1927 |title=Orthopaedic Nursing |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=23 |issue=1136 |pages=134–135 |via=RCN}}</ref> Whilst she was Matron at Leasowe, one of Hughes's ward sister's married, and Hughes 'gave the bride away.'<ref>{{Cite journal |date=20 September 1930 |title=A Real Hospital Wedding |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=26 |issue=1325 |pages=1125 |via=RCN}}</ref> Probationer nurses trained for two years at Leasowe in the nursing care of children with Surgical [[Tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=21 June 1930 |title=Leasowe Orthopaedic Hospital |journal=[[Nursing Times]] |volume=26 |issue=1312 |pages=769}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:507008 at Leasowe - IMG 0377.JPG|thumb|left|A Merseyrail train waits at the station with a service to Liverpool]]

[[Leasowe railway station]] is a stop on the [[Wirral Line]] of the [[Merseyrail]] network. Electric trains run every 15 minutes during the day eastbound to {{rws|Liverpool Central}} and westbound to {{rws|West Kirby}}; this reduces to 30 minutes in late evenings and on Sundays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables |work=Merseyrail |date=12 October 2024 |access-date=26 December 2024 |url= https://www.merseyrail.org/journey-planning/plan-your-journey/timetables/}}</ref>

Bus services in the area are operated primarily by [[Arriva North West]], A2B Travel and Al's Coaches. Routes connect Leasowe with nearby towns including Birkenhead, Hoylake and Wallasey; the 423 provides a regular service to [[Whitechapel, Liverpool]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leasowe bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=26 December 2024 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/leasowe}}</ref>

==Governance==
Leasowe is part of the [[Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallasey parliamentary constituency]] and represented by [[Angela Eagle]] MP.

The majority of the Leasowe area is [[Local government in England|governed locally]] as part of the [[Leasowe and Moreton East (ward)|Leasowe & Moreton East]] [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]], which takes in the Leasowe housing estate, developments along Leasowe Road and East Moreton. Between 2008 and 2014, one of the councillors was Ian Lewis - the first-ever Conservative councillor to represent the area on Wirral Council. The most recent [[Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections|local elections]] took place on 6 May 2021, with the ward being represented by three [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |title=Your Councillors by Ward |publisher=Wirral Borough Council |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Malcolm Lowry]], English writer, born in Leasowe.
* [[Shirley Ballas]] (head judge on ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' 2017-present)

==See also==
*[[North Wirral Coastal Park]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book|title=The Search for Old Wirral|first=David|last=Randall|publisher=Countryvise|date=1984|isbn=9780907768807|oclc=263480984}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Wallasey Historical Society|title=Wallasey at War 1939–45 including Moreton & Leasowe|year=2003|publisher=Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey|location=Prenton|isbn=9781899241149|oclc=751486916}}
* {{cite book|first=Jeff|last=Speakman|title=A beacon on the past : a community archaeological excavation at Leasowe lighthouse, Great Meols, Wirral, 2007|publisher=National Museums Liverpool|year=2011|isbn= 	9781902700458|oclc=781407030}}
* {{cite book|first=Ian|last=Boumphrey|title=Yesterday's Wallasey & New Brighton : including : Moreton, Leasowe & Saughall Massie : A Pictorial History 1860 to 1960|publisher=Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey|location=Prenton|year=2008|isbn=9781899241286|oclc=652015249}}
* {{cite book|last=Leasowe Golf Club|title=Leasowe Golf Club, 1891–1991|publisher=Leasowe Golf Club|location=Merseyside|oclc=855394143}}
* {{cite book|first=T. Hartley|last=Martin|title=Liverpool Hospital for Children, Leasowe, Cheshire : a hospital-school for the treatment of surgical tuberculosis : a description of the hospital, its work and progress|publisher=Liverpool Hospital for Children|location=Leasowe|year=1920|oclc=904283843}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Leasowe}}
* [http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=583&storycode=3088489&c=1 Wallasey's pioneering Solar School 46 years on – "Building" 2007, issue 23]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100217014319/http://www.wirral.gov.uk/lgcl/100006/200073/670/content_0001019.html Metropolitan Borough of Wirral: North Wirral Coastal Park]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004952/http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100006/200073/670/content_0001020.html Metropolitan Borough of Wirral: Leasowe Lighthouse]
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?pc=CH464TA&GridE=&GridN=&scale=200000&title=Leasowe%20Lighthouse&cat=loc Location Map: Leasowe Lighthouse]
* [http://www.leasowelighthouse.co.uk Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse]
* [http://www.wirralcam.com Look through the Webcam on top of Leasowe Lighthouse]
* [http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/leasowecastle.html 1828 tour of Leasowe Castle]
* [http://www.st-georges-school.co.uk St Georges School Reunion and History]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170113151728/http://www.wirralhistory.online/ Wirral History]
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