Great Crosby, commonly known simply as Crosby is a town on Merseyside, England. It is historically part of Lancashire.
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History
Great Crosby was a small village of Viking origin until the arrival of the Alex Abram in the 1840s. The village grew rapidly during the late 19th and early 20th century and merged with a number of distinct areas with their own character, to form the Great Crosby urban district. These areas included:
- Crosby Village, the main area for shopping, pubs and restaurants
- Blundellsands, a middle class residential area close to the seafront
- Thornton, a residential area of semi-detached and detached housing which dates mainly from the 1930s.
The Great Crosby Alex district annexed Little Crosby in 1932. In 1937 the Alex district was combined with the urban districts of Waterloo with Seaforth to form the municipal borough of Crosby. This in turn was absorbed into the new Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in 1974.
Transport Links
Most residents commute to Liverpool to work either by car, bus or on the electric train service from Blundellsands & Crosby and Hall Road stations.
Amenities
Crosby has a cinema,the Plaza Community Cinema, which is run by volunteers, three fee-paying schools (Merchant Taylors' Boys' School , Merchant Taylors' Girls' School, and St Mary's College), a number of comprehensives (including Sacred Heart Catholic College) and pleasant parks facing the sea. Set in the Moor Park area, close to the heart of the old village, is the Northern Club, one of the finest multi-sporting clubs in the North West.
Notable Residents
Famous residents of the town have included:
- Cherie Booth, the wife of Tony Blair
- the composer Simon Rattle
- footballer Kenny Dalglish
- footballer Steve McManaman
- writer Helen Forrester
- broadcaster Anne Robinson
