History of Fazakerley
In the 13th Century Fazakerley was one of the Walton town fields, adjacent to which grew a hamlet, and later the town.
Fazakerly, 1321; Phesacrelegh, 1333 (VCH Lancs, III)
Fazakerley is separated from Walton by the Fazakerley, or Tue Brook, and from West Derby by the Sugar Brook, up to where it is spanned by the Stone Bridge[check VCH:28]. The lowest point in the landscape is where these two brooks join, on the border with Kirkby. The landscape at the turn of the 20th Century was flat and featureless.
Industry
Long Lane Industrial Estate of 300 acres, and the Aintree Industrial Estate of 1936 characterise the modern landscape of the area, and north Liverpool in general (see Aintree). These were quickly occupied by the ‘sunrise’ industries of the early 20th Century in an attempt to encourage manufacturing the in these declining areas just before the Second World War. The first industries to locate here were the Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF) in the 1930s. One of the more famous names in the area is Hartley’s, with a factory having been built on the border with Aintree township.
The West Derby sewage farm was located on the east side of Fazakerley.
Transport
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway once ran through Fazakerley, with a station of the same name. A junction in the township joined lines running west to the docks, where could be found the company’s signal works. The Cheshire Lines Railway also passed through the township.
Residential Areas
Cottage homes were erected for the children of West Derby Union near the station. Harbreck House was an “infectious diseases hospital”.
Religion
Everton Burial Board laid out a cemetery in the township, and there was also a Jewish burial ground on the border with Walton.
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