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Stockbridge Village
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Stockbridge Village
Location within Merseyside
Population6,018 (2011)
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LIVERPOOL
Postcode district L28
Dialling code 0151
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53°26′09″N2°51′39″W / 53.4357°N 2.8609°W / 53.4357; -2.8609

Stockbridge Village is an area of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 6,018. [1] Up until 1983, the area was formerly known as Cantril Farm, and was the subject of an article in a special report by The Economist entitled "A new kind of ghetto", which described it a predominantly White area of high unemployment and low aspirations. [2]

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Corner Brook, Cantril Farm part of the estate
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Barons Hey, Cantril Farm part of the estate

History

Formerly within the historic county of Lancashire, the original Cantril Farm council estate was built in the mid 1960s to rehouse some 15,000 people from inner-city slum clearances in Liverpool. It was part of a deal to rehouse some 200,000 people from inner-city Liverpool in new residential areas beyond the city's borders, with other families from inner-city Liverpool moving to other overspill places including Leasowe, Huyton, Kirkby, Halewood, Skelmersdale and Runcorn New Town from the 1950s into the 1970s.

The land on which Cantril Farm would be built was purchased by Liverpool council in 1961 for a sum of £132,500.

The first tenants arrived on the estate in 1965, but initially the estate lacked facilities such as public transport, health care and shops, with most of these facilities not being provided until at least 1967. Mobile shops were located on the estate until permanent buildings were erected. The first pub on the estate was opened in 1968, around the same time that the first bus routes were established. Subways were also erected to underpass the busiest roads on the estate for pedestrian safety. Small supermarkets were also erected in the late 1960s and the Withens Shopping Centre opened in 1970.

St Jude's Parish Church was opened in 1972 at a cost of £40,000. St Albert's Roman Catholic church opened in 1966, and later on Cantril Farm Methodist Church opened. A second Parish Church, St Brigid's, opened in October 1967.

In the autumn of 1968 two primary schools were opened on the estate - St Albert's and St Brigid's.

Cantril High School was also opened to serve pupils aged 11–16, but it was only open for just over 20 years, closing in July 1991 due to falling pupil numbers. It was damaged in an arson attack not long after its closure and eventually demolished.


However, the estate was in deep decline by 1980, with unemployment and crime being rife. Cantril Farm was the scene of a riot in August 1981 soon after the infamous rioting several miles away in Toxteth. By 1982, unemployment on the estate was at 49% among males and 80% among young people, around four times the national average. Most of the estate's retail units were vacant. Household spaces were also becoming vacant as families were wanting to leave the estate and the vacant properties were difficult to let to new tenants, and very few tenants had opted to buy their properties under the right to buy scheme. Two school buildings on the estate were badly damaged in arson attacks and had to be completely rebuilt. Car theft was a major problem in the 1980s and 1990s.

Stockbridge Village Trust Limited was established on 18 February 1983 as a non-profit-making Private Company limited by guarantee. The estate within the Borough of Knowsley, which was owned by the Borough Council, was conveyed to the Trust on 6 April 1983, at the District Valuer's valuation of more than £7million. This resulted in the Cantril Farm Estate being split, with two-thirds owned by the Trust, and one third owned by Liverpool City Council. The main part of the estate was renamed Stockbridge Village, while the section in Liverpool retained the Cantril Farm name.

As well as the demolition of some of the tower blocks, some 600 maisonettes and 340 low-rise flats were also bulldozed. The remaining properties were refurbished. The layout of the estate was altered to improve vehicular access. The shopping and recreational areas of the estate were also improved or replaced.

All council properties on the estate were transferred to the Village housing association in 1995.

In 2010, further regeneration work began on Stockbridge Village seeing a number of changes, such as the famous Heat Waves swimming baths being demolished as well as St Dominic's school being replaced by a new community centre and two new schools.

Notable residents

Despite popular belief, no members of the band The Farm were actually from Cantril Farm. [3]

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References

  1. "Knowsley Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. "A new kind of ghetto". The Economist. London: The Economist Group. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. Carl Stanley, Peter Hooton – interview with The Farm frontman and influential music writer, 23 October 2011