This article is about the Liverpool suburb. For other uses of the name, see Fazakerley (disambiguation).

Fazakerley /fəˈzækərli/ is a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Walton Parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 16,786.[1]

Description

Fazakerley is in north Liverpool; neighbouring districts include Croxteth, Gillmoss, Aintree and Kirkby. It includes Fazakerley railway station, Altcourse Prison and Aintree University Hospital.

History

Fazakerley takes its name from Anglo-Saxon root words—all descriptive words pertaining to land; *Fæs-æcer-lēah. This can be broken down to fæs (border or fringe), æcer (field) and lēah, meaning a wood or clearing.

In 1321, Fazakerley was described as follows: "the country is extremely flat and treeless, with nothing to recommend it to the passer-by, for it seems to be a district of straight lines, devoid of any beauty".[2] It had an area of 1,709 acres (6.92 km2) and was separated from Walton by a brook, and from West Derby partly by Sugar Brook up to Stone bridge.

Fazakerley was once home to a Royal Ordnance Factories plant (ROF Fazakerley),[3] which manufactured weapons such as the Lee–Enfield rifle, Sten[4] and Sterling submachine guns both during and after World War II.

In television

1983 Yorkshire Television drama One Summer was partially set in Fazakerley.

See also

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "City of Liverpool population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Land and Property". The Fazackerley Family. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
  3. ^ "Royal Ordnance Factory, Fazakerley (Hansard, 16 May 1960)".
  4. ^ "Sten Gun Production in Britain, 1943".

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