15,000 Bodies Were Once Buried Under This Busy Liverpool Street
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Park Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Pastoral Area of Liverpool South.
The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
St Patrick's was built between 1821 and 1827, and designed by John Slater.[3] A baldachino was erected inside the church in 1953
The church is constructed in brick on a stone base, with stone dressings and slate roofs. It is in Neoclassical style, with two tiers of round-headed casement windows. The plan is rectangular, with a short two-storey transept on each side, and a low block at the east end containing vestries. A square louvred belfry stands on the roof of the north transept. A stone band runs round the church between the storeys, and around the top is a frieze and a cornice. The west end is in four bays. Above the windows in the lower storey is a plaque. The central two windows in the upper storey are blind, and between them is the free-standing statue of Saint Patrick on a plinth.
The statue was moved from the St Patrick Insurance Company building in Dublin in 1827, when it was presented to the church by James Branker, a sugar refiner] At the top of the west front is a pedimented gable, which contains a Calvary cross. On the west sides of each transept is a porch fronted by four Greek Doric columns.
Inside the church are galleries on three sides, supported by cast iron columns. The area under the west gallery has been partitioned to form a separate area. The plaster ceiling is segmental and panelled. At the centre is a roundel carved with foliage, and surrounded by a Greek key border. At the east end is a baldachino surrounded by large Corinthian columns and an elaborate entablature. On the east wall above the altar is a large painting of the Crucifixion executed in about 1834 by Nicaise de Keyser of Antwerp. On each side of the baldachino are niches containing statues of Saint Matthew and Saint Mark. The three-manual pipe organ is in the west gallery. It was built by Bishop in 1827, rebuilt in 1927 by Rushworth and Dreaper, and rebuilt and extended in 1953, again by Rushworth and Dreaper.
THE CRYPT...
7,000 people had been buried here in the first half of the 1800s, but after sensitive excavation works carried out by the University of Liverpool's Department of Archaeology, this figure has more than doubled.
Many of the bodies were simply packed into what were known as "charnel pits" - deep trenches which were commonly used in times of high death rates - which could be reused. A few individuals, however, had their own gravestones, while three of the 10 "martyr priests" who died in the typhus epidemic were buried in their own vault.
Many thanks to the staff and organisers atbthis event for such a warm welcome
Here is the link to make a donation to the church
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I used to pass St.Patrick's every day on my way to work in the city centre. I had absolutely no idea what lay beneath. Thank you George for showing us. A piece of important history for Liverpool. May the souls of those who ended there rest in peace. Amen.
Same! :)
I not long found out about it i always wondered what that door was facing park road and when i was told i couldnt believe it
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
@@g2emedia1977 I guess you must be a Catholic yourself then otherwise they wouldn’t allow you in to explore their church.
@@g2emedia1977 I take it that you must be a Catholic then george educated at a catholic school otherwise i very much doubt it that you would be allowed to explore a strictly Catholic church. Let me guess your an Evertonian too they are all catholics because Liverpool fans are Protestant.
Wow who would ever think this was here!!!!!
Mad isnt it
I was thinking of the tunnels, and the quarry/catacombs over in the anglican watching this. Ancient upon ancient Liverpool. Prehistoric.
I bet theres loads especially in st james cemetry all bricked up though sadly
Thanks for watching much appreciated
All the times ive gone past there and never knew what was beneath thanks for sharing George
Thanks for watching amazing little place this isnt it
Great video George. I've lived in 0rmskirk my whole life and as you know, the town has an interesting history, but I'm becoming more and more fascinated by Liverpool's history and hidden walks. We all know it for Church St, Bold St, the Empire etc etc, but you're showing us places that for me as a woollyback, I've never heard of and i love it.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video i love ormskirk town centre i remember going there for the first time with school on a field trip
Lots more unseen stuff coming in the next few days and thanks for watching
@@g2emedia1977There is not much difference between Liverpool and Northern Ireland the catholics hate the protestants vicea versa it’s only the obsession with football teams liverpool and everton that keeps the peace in the city.
That was brilliant, I love Heritage open days, this will be on the list for next year.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
I was absolutely glued to this, Brilliant 👏
Took the words out of my mouth. What a place. Thanks George!
Really wow thanks glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching
@@LeeLockepleasure mate glad you enjoyed it
@@g2emedia1977 I take it that you must be a Catholic then educated at a catholic school otherwise i very much doubt it that you would be allowed to explore a strictly Catholic church. Let me guess your an Evertonian too they are all catholics because Liverpool fans being Protestant.
Great watch 😊
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
George that was absolutely brilliant. St Patrick's was my very first school as an infant, 63/64 which as you will know was directly opposite the Church. At the back of the Church was one of the last areas in Liverpool to still have Gas street lights and I can still remember them as a young child. There is a lot of history around that part of our city mate. Amazing stuff 👍👍
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it
Many years ago...like 30 years i was on a YTS called southern training and it was in that old school its mad to think now the building is still in use by the council but the main hall lies derelict...so maybe a vid on that soon just waiting to hear back from the owners
@@g2emedia1977 Nice one 👍
For me this has to be your best one yet George. I never knew St Patricks existed. I hope there is a heritage order of some kind on it. Thanks to the people who have put the work in to show the history and clean and organise it. The fascinating thing about the rise if the population through the Irish famine was although they were poor they gave everything they had wedding rings jewellery wages towards the building of those Churches and the Priests House. While a lot f the Irish and Welsh as well as others were living in terribly cramped hovels with upto 10 families sharing an outside toilet or privvy especial in the “Courts” they gave everything to ensure the Priests lived in great comfort. I noticed that the genealogist called a few of the Priests Martyrs because they lost their own lives after being infected after ministering to the dying but it wasn’t the case in all parishes. There was one well known Church with 6 Priests and only one would visit the sick because of the Typhus and Cholera epidemic and he lost his life doing so. Those parishioners had nothing but were proud that they had helped build a magnificent Priests House. The immigrants didn’t bring those illnesses from Ireland , they were as a result of poor sanitation and over crowding. Thats why the Merchants moved to Litherland, Crosby and Formby and the Wirral with their families, to breathe clean air. My Irish great Grandad worked on the original Mersey tunnel and the docks and was a fundraiser for The Catholic Cathedral.He s aid the plates were overflowing witj money on the collection also with wedding rings and bits of jewellery. Id love to know the history of who paid for the build of St Patricks, possible Catholic Merchants but that church must have cost a fortune it’s a magnificent building. Please do more of these George, St Anthony”s on Scottie Road has a crypt too. That is also a beautiful Church with a rich history. Thanks again George.
Hi bern yes this one is deffo one of my faves ive done and with griwing up around here makes it even more special
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Hi George, l went to St Patrick's Church last year in Heritage week, which is a totally amazing place essentially the cript,another one l went to was the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth maybe check this one next heritage weekend next year great video 👍
Hi martin thanks for watching mate i have video of that chapel from last year but never made a full video out of it ill probably wait until next heritage weekend to finish the video off ha ha
Mary Moran was my great great great nan, we lived at the bottom of park road in Chillingham Street, all relatives scattered around the city still .
Really wow
Thanks George, another cracking video. Been past here many times, no idea about the bodies etc, so interesting and sad at times. Thanks mate.
Thanka mate i only recently found out about this place to its so fascinating the stories from down here
Wow! amazing vlog mate.
Thank you very much glad you enjoyed it
I've never heard about these open day's, I'm going to look it up .
They are brilliant to go on every september well worth a look
Incredible video la! This a place definitely close to my heart.
Thanks mate a real gem this place
@@g2emedia1977 I take it that you must be a Catholic then george educated at a catholic school otherwise i very much doubt it that you would be allowed to explore a strictly Catholic church. Let me guess your an Evertonian too they are all catholics because Liverpool fans are Protestant.
Amazing to think this is on my door step and I never knew how much history was attached to fantastic building, I did hear a while back the statue of saint Patrick on the front of the church was donated by a insurance company from Dublin.
Hi william thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video
Yes absolutley right donated by the irish insurance company
Grea stuff! I'll be sending this to me mate from the Dingle. Went past this place back in the day when I lived in Liverpool. Was more familiar with Tocky Tabernacle (used to practice their in the early 1990s with a band I was in). Very cool to see these places in a new way.
Tony
Thanks tony glad you enjoyed it mate that tabernacle i have never been in all my years living there aswell ha ha
Thanks for watching mate
very interesting about under Catholic Church must great tour great video george
Thanks for watching a real hidden gem this place
Thank you George. A great video. I found the footage of the Roberts Family vault really moving and fascinating. Have you considered making a video of the "Behind The Scenes" tour of the Anglican Cathedral?
Thank you ruth glad you enjoyed the video when that door was opened i didnt know what to say was not expecting to see all thise coffins
I have been on the roof of the anglican but never done a tour so thats a good shout cheers and thanks for watching
Thanks very much George, and the staff of St Patricks...it must have been hard and sombre work at times 👍
It's great that they thought of you to do some filming in yhere George.
Result 👌
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the film
They people here were so nice staff and other folk i met etc
Was an honour to film this with a guide
This is a brilliant watch George. Was christened and made my communions here. I never knew about all this. Thanks for posting.
Hello joe glad you enjoyed it mate i didnt even know it was an active church up until a fee weeks ago
Thanks for watching mate
Weird that this came out today george, i was working in ahouse in norris green on Saturday and when i told them where i was from ,the husband told me a story of when he lived down the lane decades ago he said him and is mate were drinking late and his mate said the statues staff was made of bronze and was worth a lot of money and he dared him to get it so he got a big set of ladders and climbed up to the statue and lifted the staff out he said it was heavy and he replaced it with a mop and no-one noticed for a long time.
And when he got back to his mates block in pitt st he nearly fainted, their was abit more to the story but can't say on here, bizarre.
Wow thats madness that must have been some ladder he had aswell
A mop ha ha thats brilliant
Thanks for watching mate glad you enjoyed the vid
@@g2emedia1977 did u get your pie m8
That's terrible, that, you can't have nothing! Years ago that statue was pulled down by the Orange Lodge, back in the days when sectarianism was rife. My Nan used to call the 'The George Wisers'. I think that's why St.Pat's fingers are broken off, too. Proper Liverpool stories, them.
Great vid George. I'm surprised the English heritage hasn't bought it to charge a fortune to visit 😂 That key was something else.
Hi thanks for watching it would be great to see this place open as a heritage centre id deffo pay to go down there
Great video mate seeing those coffins would spook me out though lol
I was taken back a little when the door was opened but great to see....if you know what i mean
So fascinating down there
@@g2emedia1977 can imagine mate
Fascinating! Thanks for showing us!
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it lots more like this on the way
Very spooky, amazing tho, thanks George xx
That fantastic george the history there .unbelievable thanks very much by the way what was the chippy called where you bought the ribs?
Hi tracey thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
That chippy was calked the lucky star end of mill st 3 down from jonnos
Living on upper parli 15 years in the 90's I used to walk and drive past this church almost daily and never knew this. Thanks for uploading it.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Thanks George. This was absolutely brilliant. Mind blowing. Well done
Glad you enjoyed it its incredible isnt it
Thank you George. Brilliant watch. Fascinating and full of history.
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video
I was christened here 1963 beautiful church
It it amazing indeed inside
I was baptized here, my Mum & Dad were married here (by Monsigneur Curry), & I did my first year infants right across the road. Really appreciate you sharing this!
I called in a few years ago for a christening, hadn't been there in 50 years. The lady in the sacristy made me a cup of tea, we got chatting & she knew more about me & my family than I did! It was a great community in the old days, (maybe still is?).
This was Amazing to See , Thanks for sharing : ) 👍.
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant video mate ❤️👍
Thank you mate glad you enjoyed the video
Wow! That was brill, kind of wish I hadn't watched and saw it with my own eyes first now lol Cheers mate, great stuff
Lol thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Must have been amazing to live in a time without all these distractions and all your community could do for entertainment was group together and work on a common goal like their local church and all the amazing old buildings and structures around us. Never again will be build such amazing places. Unless there’s profit and payback in it, nothing will get done. What a shite society we have become. 😢
Yes sadly times are changing fast and places like this nowadays are slowly fading...
There was a real sense of community spirit in here i noticed everyone seemed to know eachother which was great to see
Wow what a brilliant video! Really interesting stuff George thanks 🙏 ❤
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Alright George I have 3 issues with your video today….1st I was freaked out 2nd I was freaked out and 3rd I was freaked out haha brilliant video my friend,me and my wife enjoyed it,thanks mate 👍
Ha ha glad you enjoyed it mate thanks for watching
Amazing
Thanks
Passed there so many times never been in.Next time I go to Liverpool it's a priority.My in laws used to live in Sandos St at the back.
Its amazing a totally mind blowing place
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Loved this video very interesting I'm from L8 and didn't even know that was in our area wow. There's a plaque on mulberry Street dedicated to the thousands of bodies of irish immigrants around the famine times buried probably just where the John Moore University is off myrtle Street
thats wierd my comment has disappeared, anyway. great video george, i was rivotted, great work by maria and tony aswel.
Hi phil thats strange what did it say
Thanks for watching matey glad you enjoyed it
@@g2emedia1977 it just said somethin like, brilliant video george. theres you stroking that cat outside and then seeing that tom inside, spooky or what." somethin like that
@PhilLewis-xg7iv its mad theres a guy who always comments aswell and i never get his comment i have to go looking in the public subscribers section for it...mad
@g2emedia1977 I did say the word dead instead of tom. Maybe that's why.
Been to a few christenings and funerals there over the years and had no idea there was a crypt. Also have family in Ford but didn’t know about the relocations. Very interesting
Same here i had no idea up until a few months ago so fascinating this place
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Hey George am from that area and you are my age I went to Beaufort street school and watching this video I would love you to try and get access to St Gabriel's when we went there as kids the Sunday school was in the basement. I remember there was at least another floor under the basement and I heard tunnels but watching this am now wondering if St Gabriel's has its own crypt under it.
Great video, wonder if the cat at the start is related to Tom 🤔
You never know ha ha he may well be
Tony is the crypt keeper what a title 😁
Id love that title ha ha
@@g2emedia1977 I mean you go underground plenty la so you have earned it 😂
Loved this video, every time we drove past this church in the car my mum would point and say this is our Patrick's church. Patrick being my little brother.
Btw what happened over the restoration of the other grave yard you did a video on a few months ago?
Just a quick note, at the original Liverpool airport the gates to the Beatles balcony are now locked.
@@robclague8495 they were open 2 days ago
Mmmm interesting
Went walking around the estuary park right up behind the hotel and went through the gate used by b&m for a nose at the new burgerking it was wide open
In Ford cemetery their is a Irish monument up by were the church used to be ,may be that
Ahh yeh that could be i may take a trip down there and have a look cheers
10.23 that will slow the drying out time 😥
Is this tour same date every year, never knew this was all going on under st pats
Im not sure if they do this every year its the first time ive heard of it opening on heritage day...but dont i may be wrong
@@g2emedia1977 I’ll have to enquire I know the estate is built on burial ground sandino corrinto seen a few strange entities growing up on that estate now it makes sense even more 😅
I am wondering if George is actually a real Liverpudlian who lives in Liverpool or is he a Lancashire lad? 🤔
Door with Peter Robertsontoom are they real coffins ? Could be left to RIP 🫢
Everything inside here is real
@@g2emedia1977 I take it that you must be a Catholic then george educated at a catholic school otherwise i very much doubt it that you would be allowed to explore a strictly Catholic church. Let me guess your an Evertonian too they are all catholics because Liverpool fans are Protestant.