Prince Rupert's Tower

La Prince Rupert's Tower, ou Roundhouse, est un ancien poste de police ou prison rurale qui se trouve sur Everton Brow, le long de Netherfield Road, Liverpool. Il est utilisé sur le blason de l'équipe de football d'Everton. La tour porte le nom de Rupert du Rhin qui a séjourné dans le village, un siècle plus tôt. Elle est construite en 1787, et est utilisée pour emprisonner les fauteurs de troubles jusqu'à ce qu'ils puissent être déféré devant le magistrat le lendemain matin. Une gravure ancienne d'Everton Brow de l'artiste liverpuldien Herdman datant de 1800 montre la petite maison ronde avec un toit conique au milieu de l'enclos à bovin qui avait été construit pour incarcérer pour la nuit des ivrognes et des déviants. Elle est connue sous les surnoms "Palace Stewbum" ou de "Stone Jug» en son temps. Il y a une exposition au sujet de la tour au Musée de Liverpool. Utilisé principalement de nos jours par des ouvriers de l'administration pour ranger leurs outils, la tour elle-même est tombée en désuétude récemment mais en mai 1997, le président d'Everton Football Club, Peter Johnson annonce un plan de dépense pour un montant de 15 000 livres sterling pour la rénovation de ce qui est l'un des plus durables symboles du club. Le magasin du club incorpore également la tour à la conception de son imposante façade. La représentation de la tour sur le blason du club a un peu changé sur la dernière version, la Tour revient à une représentation proche de celle sur le premier blason du club créé par Theo Kelly avec une clôture la traversant en écharpe. En 2003, une plaque est ajoutée au site qui indique son importance pour Everton Football Club.

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Everton Lock-Up

Everton Lock-Up, sometimes known as Prince Rupert's Tower or Prince Rupert's Castle, is a village lock-up located on Everton Brow in Everton, Liverpool. The 18th-century structure is one of two Georgian lock-ups that still survive in Liverpool; the other is in Wavertree. It is famous for being the centre-piece of the crest of Everton F.C. The Grade II-listed building, which was opened in 1787, was originally an overnight holding place where local drunks and criminals were taken by parish constables. Prisoners would then be brought before local Justice of the peace for trial. Punishments would usually be similar to community service such as clearing ditches, unblocking drains or removing rubbish. The Friends of Everton Park have included the lock-up in their Everton Park Heritage Trail with information boards displayed near the building. Although one of its nicknames is Prince Rupert's Tower, the building was erected almost 150 years after the Royalist Army commanded by Prince Rupert camped in the area before the siege of Liverpool in 1644, during the First English Civil War. Historically Everton Brow is where Prince Rupert made preparations to attack the Parliamentarian garrison holding Liverpool Castle. As commander of the Royalist cavalry of Charles I, he is said to have looked down at the castle and dismissed it with the words: "It is a crow’s nest that any party of schoolboys could take!". It eventually fell after a week of heavy fighting and the loss of 1,500 of his men.

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Everton, Liverpool

Everton is a suburb of north Liverpool, in Merseyside, England, and part of the Liverpool Walton constituency. It is bordered by Vauxhall to the west, Kirkdale to the north, and Anfield to the north-east. Historically in Lancashire, at the 2011 Census the population was 14,782.

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Everton Park, Liverpool

Everton Park, located in Everton, Liverpool, England, is a modern park, covering over 40 hectares (0.40 km2), created between 1984 and 1989, as part of a major house clearance programme, on Everton Hill between Great Homer Street and Everton Road/Heyworth Street. The park is Liverpool City Council owned. The park features the Everton Park Nature Garden, a walled community garden with three ponds, bridges, paths, overhanging trees, a wildflower field, raised flower beds with seating, and colourful wild birds. Prince Rupert's Tower (a Georgian village lock-up), and St George's Church are also located within Everton Park. The park is split into loosely defined sections (according to Ordnance Survey), such as Whitley Gardens, Brow Side Gardens, Everton Nature Garden, and the Rupert Lane Recreation Ground, the latter tracing its heritage to a former building known as Rupert House, commemorating the royal visit of Prince Rupert in 1644, during the siege of Liverpool in the English Civil War. The former building (still standing by 1830) was built upon and converted into a militia barracks, then into a recreation ground by 1930, then was integrated with the rest of what would be called Everton Park in the early 1980s.

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Everton Road drill hall

The Everton Road drill hall is a former military installation in Liverpool.

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Whitechapel Centre

The Whitechapel Centre is a homeless day-centre and registered charity in Langsdale Street, Liverpool, England. Established in 1975, it works with people in the Liverpool and Sefton areas, offering advice and information about housing. The centre is open 12 hours a day for 365 days a year. From 2018 until the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Whitechapel Centre also offered a night shelter, Labre House.

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