Mount Pleasant

You are now strolling down the pleasant street of Mount Pleasant, lined with beautiful Victorian buildings. If you could time travel a few centuries earlier, you’d be on one of the hills that surrounded the town. But as Liverpool grew and expanded beyond its borders, streets like Mount Pleasant began to appear. The little garden on your right is called Roscoe Garden. It is the cemetery of the old chapel on Renshaw Street. Inside the small monument in the center lies William Roscoe, who was a member of that chapel. This Liverpudlian, banker, lawyer, brief MP and writer of children’s poetry, is best known for being the first to revolt against slavery in a town that mainly lived off the transatlantic slave trade. His bravery deserves to be remembered. That said, I’ll let you enjoy this beautiful street leading to the Metropolitan Cathedral and its admirable Victorian architecture.