| Place |
Original
Name |
Language |
Meaning |
Notes |
| Aigburth |
Aykeberh
(ca.1200) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Place of the
oaks |
The original
settlement probably lay on the slopes up towards
Mossley Hill. |
| Aintree |
Aintree (1226)
but Ayntree (1292) is the usual mediaeval
spelling |
Anglo-Saxon |
One tree |
Up to 100 years
ago, before urbanisation, the area was noted for
its lack of trees. Was this one a landmark? |
| Allerton |
Alretune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Alder enclosure
or farmstead |
|
| Anfield |
Hangfield
(1488) |
Middle English |
Sloping field |
The land slopes
down northwards from Everton. |
| Bank Hall |
|
Modern English |
Hall on the
bank of the Mersey |
Once the
residence of the Moore family. |
| Blundellsands |
|
Modern English |
|
Coastal part of
land owned by the Blundell family. |
| Bootle |
Boltelai (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
House, dwelling
or village |
|
| Childwall |
Cildeuuelle (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Field with a
well or spring |
Childwall Brook
(not extant) was once fed by a spring near the
church and formed the boundary between Childwall
and Roby. |
| Croxteth |
Croxstath
(1228) |
Old Norse |
Stead or place
+ nook or personal name Krokr |
Early Viking
settlement. |
| Dingle |
Dingyll (1246) |
Middle English |
Deep dell |
After a once
lovely riverside cove and leisure attraction at
the outlet of the Dingle Brook (not extant). |
| Everton |
Evretona (1094) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Enclosure or
farmstead of Efer or Eofor (meaning wild-boar) |
|
| Fazakerley |
Phasakyrlee
(ca.1250) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Meadowland with
a boundary field |
|
| Ford |
Ford (1300) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Ford |
Could refer to
a ford over Rimrose Brook. |
| Garston |
Gerstan (to
1500) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Enclosure or
farmstead with grassland |
|
| Gateacre |
Gateacre (1559) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Field by a
thoroughfare |
The road through
Gateacre is the old packhorse route from Hale to
West Derby, which predates Liverpool itself. |
| Great Crosby |
Crosebi (DB
1086), Magnam Crossby (1190) |
Old Norse |
Village with a
cross |
Little Crosby
still has one. |
| Huyton |
Hitune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Elevated
enclosure or farmstead |
A slightly
elevated area. |
| Kirkdale |
Chirchedele (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Dale or valley
with a church |
The higher
ground of Everton and Walton is to the east and
there were once sandhills to the west. |
| Linacre |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Lint or flax
field |
|
| Litherland |
Liderlant or
Literland (DB 1086) |
Old Norse |
Sloping land |
The sloping
land was once known as Hatton Hill, which only
survives in the name of a road. |
| Liverpool |
Liuerpul (1194) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Thick, muddy
pool |
The original
pool (tidal creek) is now filled in. |
| Mersey (river) |
Maerse (1004),
Mersha (DB 1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Marshy water |
A good
description of the estuary, which may not once
have been so well-defined. |
| Netherton |
Netherton
(1576) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Lower enclosure
or farmstead |
|
| Orrell |
Otegrimele (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Barren sandy
area (uncertain) |
|
| Roby |
Rabil (DB 1086) |
Old Norse |
Roe (the
maining of the name of the landowner) village |
|
| Seaforth |
|
Old Norse |
Sea bay |
Taken by
Gladstone's father from the Scottish placename |
| Smithdown |
Esmedune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
|
Survives only
as Smithdown Road, Wavertree. |
| Thingwall |
Tingwell (1177) |
Old Norse |
Assembly field |
Important
meeting place or parliament for the Norse
community in West Lancashire. |
| Toxteth |
Stochestede (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Stockaded place |
|
| Tuebrook |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Tiw's
(Anglo-Saxon god of war) brook |
The brook still
exists to the north. |
| Walton |
Waletone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Enclosure or
farmstead surrounded by a wood |
|
| Waterloo |
|
Flemish |
Watery meadow |
Named after the
Waterloo Hotel, in turn named after the battle. |
| Wavertree |
Wavretreu (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wavering tree |
Possibly the
aspen tree. |
| West Derby |
Derbei (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Village with
wild animals or the meaning of the landowner's
name (deor?) |
A centre for
hunting from the time of the Vikings. |
| Woolton (Much) |
Uvetone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulf's or Ulf's
(meaning wolf) enclosure or farmstead |
More or less
the modern Woolton |
| Woolton
(Little) |
Ulventune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulf's or Ulf's
enclosure or farmstead |
Parts of
Gateacre, Childwall and Netherley. No longer in
use. |
