- Fazakerley
infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 53.4676
longitude= -2.9408
official_name= Fazakerley
population= 15,062 (2001 Census)
metropolitan_borough=Liverpool
metropolitan_county=Merseyside
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Liverpool Walton
post_town= LIVERPOOL
postcode_district= L9, L10
postcode_area= L
dial_code= 0151
os_grid_reference= SJ376971
map_type= MerseysideFazakerley (IPAEng|fæzækəli) is a suburb of north
Liverpool ,Merseyside ,England , and aLiverpool City Council Ward. At the 2001 Census it had a population of 15,062.citeweb|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6075601&c=fazakerley&d=14&e=16&g=358946&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1221265860859&enc=1|title=2001 Census: Fazakerley|work=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=13 September|accessyear=2008]Description
The Fazakerley area is located in north Liverpool, with neighbouring districts that include
Croxteth ,Aintree andKirkby .Some of the notable features of the area are
Fazakerley railway station ,Altcourse (HM Prison) ,Fazakerley High School and Fazakerley Hospital, officially known as Aintree University Hospital.The Sparrow Hall estate is on the edge of Fazakerley, near to the A580 East Lancashire Road and
Norris Green .History
Fazakerley takes its name from Anglo-Saxon root words - all descriptive words pertaining to land; "Faes-aecer-leah". This can be broken down to "faes" (border or fringe), "aecer" (field) and "lea", or
lei , meaning a wood or clearing.In 1321, Fazakerley was described as such: "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". [citeweb|url=http://www.fazackerley.co.uk/land_and_property.htm |title=Land and Property|work=The Fazackerley Family|accessdate=28 May|accessyear=2006] It had an area of convert|1709|acre|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 ), which manufactured weapons such as theLee-Enfield rifle, Sten and Sterling submachine guns both during and afterWorld War II .References
ee also
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The Walton Centre
*Everton Cemetery , contains listed buildingsExternal links
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=19 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 9]
* [http://liverpoolstreetgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=12 Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 10]
* [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-29267.pdf Liverpool City Council, Ward Profile: Fazakerley]
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