The Salvation Army in Liverpool

The Salvation Army was established in 1865 in East London but it wasn't until 1879 that it first came to Liverpool.

Over the years there have been corps (Salvation Army term for local churches) in the following locations:

• Liverpool I (Liverpool Toxteth), Park Place, Toxteth, opened 1879.
• Liverpool II (Liverpool Walton), Walton Road, Walton, opened 1881. Corps located on Cavendish Drive, Walton as of January 1989.
• Liverpool III (Liverpool Bootle), Stanley Road, Bootle, opened 1881.
• Liverpool IV (Liverpool Beacon), Breck Road, Everton, opened 1881 and closed in 2006.
• Liverpool V (Liverpool Roscommon), China Street, Everton, opened 1881. The corps was renamed Liverpool China Street a few years after its opening.
• Liverpool VI (Liverpool Temple), Pembroke Place, Liverpool City Centre, opened in 1883. The corps was renamed Liverpool Congress Hall and was also unofficially known as Liverpool Central Corps.
• Liverpool VII (Liverpool Seaforth), location unknown, Seaforth, opened in 1888.
• Liverpool VIII (Liverpool Toxteth Park), Park Road, Dingle, opened in 1889. The corps was renamed Liverpool Dingle later on.
• Liverpool IX (Liverpool Kensington), Coleridge Street, Kensington, opened in 1899.
• Liverpool X (Liverpool Waterloo), location unknown, Waterloo, opened 1891.
• Liverpool XI (Liverpool Edge Hill), Earle Road, Wavertree, opened in 1892. Also known at one point as Liverpool Wavertree Corps.
• Liverpool XII (Liverpool Garston), Woolton Road, Garston, opened in 1902.
• Liverpool XIII (Liverpool Old Swan), Prescot Road, Old Swan, opened in 1902.
• Liverpool XIV (Liverpool Aintree), Longmoor Lane, Aintree, opened in 1904.
• Liverpool XV (Liverpool Clubmoor), Daneville Road, Clubmoor, opened in 1907 and closed in 2006.
• Liverpool XVI (Liverpool Tuebrook), location unknown, Tuebrook, opened in 1929.
• Liverpool XVII (Liverpool Speke), location unknown, Speke, opened in 1959.
• Liverpool XVIII (Liverpool Belle Vale), Mildenhall Road, Childwall, opened in 1961.
• Liverpool XIX (Liverpool Childwall Valley), Mildenhall Road, Childwall, opened in 1974.
• Liverpool XX (Liverpool Stoneycroft), Prescot Road, Old Swan.

There are also records at The Salvation Army's International Heritage Centre of there being a Liverpool Stancombe Corps, opening in 1909, a Liverpool Knotty Ash Corps and a Liverpool Breckfield Corps, but little is known about where these corps were located or the year in which they opened.

There was also a small corps in Kirkby, however this didn't bare a Liverpool name or number as Kirkby wasn't considered to part of the City of Liverpool at the time of opening.

Other nearby corps included:

• Birkenhead I (Birkenhead Central), Wesley Street, Birkenhead, opened 1881. Now located on Vincent Street in Birkenhead Town Centre.
• Birkenhead II (Birkenhead North), Brook Street, Birkenhead, opened 1882.
• Moreton, Barnston Lane, Moreton.
• New Ferry, Back New Chester Road, New Ferry.
• Rock ferry, Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry, opened 1882.
• Wallasey, Poulton Road, Wallasey.

Today the Salvation Army in Liverpool works out of centres at Liverpool Bootle, Liverpool Stoneycroft, Liverpool Valley and Liverpool Walton. The Salvation Army also runs 3 Lifehouses in Liverpool, Anne Fowler Lifehouse, Darbyshire Lifehouse and Green Lane Lifehouse. The Salvation Army's Strawberry Field Children's Home is also being redeveloped to house a training hub for those suffering from disabilities and a new corps (church).

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