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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. The rural area of Oglet borders its south. History.
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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Speke Hall is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. It is one of the finest surviving examples of its kind. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building. [1] History.
Speke has always been a large township on the banks of the Mersey. Speke village itself never grew in size like the inner suburbs of Everton and Toxteth, but the large expanses of flat land attracted industry in the 20th Century, and large housing estates and industrial complexes grew up here.
Jun 20, 2014 · Speke. In Pictures: Speke remembered in brilliant archive photos from 1930-1990. The Echo opens its photo archive to look back on one of the city's most famous areas. News. By. Neil Macdonald....
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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.
