Court Hey Park

Court Hey Park is a park in Bowring Park, in Merseyside on the outskirts of Liverpool and is home to the National Wildflower Centre. Court Hey Park can be traced all the way back to 1783 when it was a farmer's field forming part of the Lord Derby Estate. The grounds were acquired by Robertson Gladstone (1805–1875) who was elder brother to the four times British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Robertson Gladstone married Mary Ellen Heywood-Jones in January 1836 and the mansion house, Court Hey Hall, was built the same year in the 60-acre (240,000 m) walled estate. Gladstone, who was Director of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway acquired the original sandstone railway sleepers once traversed by George Stephenson's world famous...