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   53.3409°N 2.8410°W. / 53.3409; -2.8410. Speke ( / ˈspiːk /) is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is 8 miles (12.9 km) southeast of the city centre. Located near the widest part of the River Mersey, it is bordered by the suburbs of Garston and Hunts Cross, and nearby to Halewood, Hale Village, and Widnes.

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     Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864)...

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2. historic-liverpool.co.uk › historic-townships › spekeHistory of Speke: the coming to and leaving of Liverpool

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   The Landscape In 1066 Speke formed part of one of Uctred’s manors (along with West Derby and Huyton ), and when the Lancashire forest was formed, it became part of the forest fee (Farrer & Brownbill, 1904). Speke occupies an area in the far south of Liverpool.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Historic Figures: John Hanning Speke (1827 ...

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   i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. John Hanning Speke © >Speke was an English explorer and the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa, which he correctly...

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   Apr 30, 2024 · John Hanning Speke (born May 3, 1827, Bideford, Devon, England—died September 15, 1864, near Corsham, Wiltshire) was a British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as a source of the Nile.

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   May 9, 2018 · British soldier and explorer. Speke became famous as the result of two exploratory journeys in eastern Africa. In the course of the first, led by another Briton, Richard Burton, which reached Lake Tanganyika in 1858, Speke conceived the idea that Lake Victoria was the source of the White Nile.

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   Who was John Speke?

   • Speke, John Hanning (1827–64). British soldier and explorer. Speke became famous as the result of two exploratory journeys in eastern Africa. In the course of the first, led by another Briton, Richard Burton, which reached Lake Tanganyika in 1858, Speke conceived the idea that Lake Victoria was the source of the White Nile.

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   Where is Speke?

   • Speke occupies an area in the far south of Liverpool. This is flat land with a long river frontage (at the widest point on the Mersey), and was known for years as some of the best wheat-growing land in the region. Despite its low lying nature and proximity to the river, there are few if any water channels in Speke.

   History of Speke: the coming to and leaving of Liverpool

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   Who was John Hanning Speke?

   • Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda ).

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   When did Speke become a village?

   • 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.

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