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PLACENAME: Gateacre (first mentioned 1559). A place where goats are kept or field by a gate. From Old English gat or geat and aecer. Gate also means path in Middle English. No variations of the spelling are recorded.
Bust of Queen Victoria on the village green. Photograph © Mike Chitty. 
The Unitarian Chapel (1700) is a plain stone building, extended in 1719 (listed Grade II). Image © Gateacre Society. 
The old post office is built in 'black-and-white' or 'mock Post Medieval' style. This started to become a common style in the area in the late 19th century. Image © Gateacre Society. Back to the top | Back up to South Liverpool | Back up to Merseyside |
