Speke

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Speke (/ˈspiːk/) is a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of the city centre and near to the widest part of the river Mersey. It is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and the rural area of Oglet to its south; it is located near to Halewood, Hale and Widnes. The name derives from the Old English Spec, meaning 'brushwood' or from Middle English Spek(e), meaning 'woodpecker'. It was known as Spec in the Domesday Book, which gave Speke Hall as one of the properties held by Uctred; today, the hall is a Tudor wood-framed house and is open to the public. In the mid 14th century, the manors of Speke, Whiston, Skelmersdale, and Parr were held by William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre. Speke was formerly a township in the parish of Childwall; in 1866, Speke became a separate civil parish and the parish was abolished and merged with Liverpool on 1 April 1932. In 1931, the parish had a population of 384. Until the 1930s development by Sir Lancelot Keay, Speke was a small village with a population of 400; by the end of the 1950s, more than 25,000 people were living in the area. The local All Saints Church was built by the last resident owner of Speke Hall, Miss Adelaide Watt.