Liverpool's Historic Townships

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Liverpool's suburbs

Historic Liverpool includes histories of Liverpool's townships. From the Oxford English Dictionary, via Wikpedia:

In England, a township (Latin - villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church. A township may (or may not) be co-terminous with a chapelry, manor, or other minor area of local administration.

Liverpool's historic townships were part of the parishes of either Walton-on-the-Hill, Childwall, or Huyton, as described in the Victoria County History of Lancashire. These in turn were part of the Hundred of West Derby, one of six hundreds in Lancashire, reaching all the way to the Ribble around North Meols.

Click on one of the townships to find a links to its history.

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  • Liam Gravesend

    06/12/2014 23:18:16

    Some of these areas aren't actually in Liverpool; #Hale is in Cheshire #Halewood and Huyton are part of Knowsley. # And Bootle and Aintree are in Sefton.

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    • Martin Greaney

      06/13/2014 08:25:36

      Hi Liam, You're right, those areas are not within the modern boundary of Liverpool. I've chosen them because they're all in the Victoria County History of Lancashire as townships in the Hundred of West Derby, and it seemed a good idea to include a few on the edge of the modern city which are related to Liverpool's fortunes over the years. Regards, Martin

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  • Sr Susan

    08/14/2014 22:59:43

    Looking for an area that was called Eatonfield in 1919. Can you help?

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  • Susan

    09/05/2014 19:39:27

    I have a relative that indicated he grew up in Bootle on Masefield Place. Has this district since been changed to Orrell Mount?

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    • Martin Greaney

      09/08/2014 14:22:41

      Hi Susan, From what I can discern from searching online, Masefield Place still counts as part of Bootle, although it may also be considered by some people as Orrell Mount too. I'm not sure what the boundaries of this are, or if there are any specific for Orrell Mount. Martin

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  • David Baldwin

    07/29/2016 18:13:47

    We are looking for a photograph of Martins Bank, 168, Allerton Road, Liverpool for the Martins Bank website and wonder if anyone has a copy which they would permit us to use subject to the appropriate recognition being given?

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  • Lisa Thomas

    10/17/2016 20:41:06

    Hello there! I am looking for any information on the history of gggrandfather Captain John McNab....the 1881 census says that was living at 3 Furness Street, Kirkdale Livepool, with his wife Martha and their daughter Jane..I am wondering if there is any history/stories of him as a Captain? This particular side of my family is a very big mystery and more then 12 of us have not found anything on him. Would you be able to help me with this.? Me as well as many family would be very grateful! Thank you in advance :)

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  • MAGZ MORGAN

    03/23/2017 02:53:22

    Hello, I live in Melbourne, Australia and I'm writing a memoir based on women from Liverpool. I'm a descendant of Thomas Taylor (carter then grocer)DOB 29/7/1827 & Elizabeth Finch of Everton, and his son James Alfred Taylor DOB 31/3/1866 (grocer) & Margaret Halstead Ashworth (reputed to be educated and artistic) both from Carisbrook Rd Walton, later of Ferndale Road, Hoylake. I'm interested in hearing from anyone who is descended from or knows of James and Margaret, or his children: Ethel Finch m. Williams, Alfred Taylor, Dorothy m. Moffat, Madge/Morfory m. Williams. Are any of the Taylors still in the grocery business? What happened to James Taylor's sons to make them leave? James remarried in 1911/12 after Margaret died: does anyone know about this? Does anyone know anything about Margaret Halstead Ashworth and her background?

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  • Sandra Odogu

    08/20/2018 12:51:31

    Been looking for old photos or info of Adelaide St Everton. Next to Melbourne St. My Nan and Grandad and family lived there before moving between wars to the new Norris Green where I was born. It was to Adelaide St that news was sent of my great uncle's death in 1917 in France. I visited his grave in Mauberge a few years ago. Family's name was Lee. My great uncle William Lee.

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    • Martin

      08/22/2018 22:00:18

      Hi Sandra, Unfortunately the only image I've been able to find happens to have very little of the buildings of Adelaide Street in it! It's here if you're interested, but it looks like the Luftwaffe might have got there first... :( http://cowen-ent.co.uk/showmedia.php?mediaID=570&medialinkID=696 Martin

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    • Philip Richardson

      11/28/2019 20:55:52

      My Grandad Cornelius stockdale aged 10 on census lived here ...No 27 He was born 1890 so it would have been 1900...he also enlisted time on and served with kings liverpool Regiment. SGT...won the MM for Bravery in the field.

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  • Jackie Heath

    09/10/2018 20:13:44

    Has anyone got any info on the Richards family? My great grandfather (Lewis Richards) moved from Llwyngwiril in North Wales to Liverpool, presumably to get work & my grandmother Ann Richards, was born in Liverpool in 1903. She married Ernest Boumphrey (also from Liverpool) in 1927. They lived at 56 Pickwick St, Toxteth in 1928, in approximately 1929 they moved to 78 Dorrit St then I think, to Upper Parliament St, then to 71 Park View Roby in 1935. They attended St Nicholas Church. They moved to Glasgow in 1938. I would be very interested to find out any info I can, eg if the houses they lived in are still there & if anyone can tell me how I can find out the house number in Upper Parliament St where they lived & if it was a house or flat?

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  • Martin

    09/20/2018 12:04:26

    Hi Jackie, House numbers should be on the census records. When you say you think they moved to Upper Parliament Street, which source tells you that? Does it help you cross reference with the census? Martin

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  • Sandra

    12/05/2018 20:41:53

    See what you mean about Adelaide St! One of the other photos is of Major Lester school. My mum may well be in that class,fits with her age. Florence Margaret Lee.

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  • Hayley

    01/27/2019 12:56:58

    Hi Sandra. Are you the Sandra Odogu who knows Deirdre Morley? If so can you send her your address/phone number? As she lost them some years back and wants to say hello and thanks for all the Christmas cards!

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  • Wendy Roberts

    05/13/2020 14:54:41

    My grandmother Cecilia Gertrude Batterham née Robinson lived at 69 Pensonby st Liverpool can’t seem to find it anywhere.

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    • Martin

      05/13/2020 18:15:54

      Hi Wendy, Is there any chance it’s a misspelling or mis-transcribing of Ponsonby Street? That’s here: https://historic-liverpool.co.uk/interactive-maps/old-streets-liverpool/#17/53.39382/-2.95747 Regards, Martin

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  • Colin Morley

    05/22/2020 06:29:23

    My great grandfather (John Albert Houldin) lived at Houldin's Court Tranmere in 1871. Surrounding names include Foundry Road, Thomas Court, Queens Court and Randall Street. I'm seeking info as to the location which probably was redeveloped long ago. Thanks in anticipation.

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    • Martin

      05/28/2020 18:50:30

      Hi Colin, I had a browse of the old maps and found a Randyl Street near a Queens Buildings and Queens Place. https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340990#zoom=6&lat=6242&lon=11275&layers=BT (Randyl is to the south of the open area, with the other streets north of it) There's also a Foundry Street nearby: https://maps.nls.uk/view/102340990#zoom=6&lat=7171&lon=11548&layers=BT I hope this helps pinpoint some possible locations. I would think the 'court' roads you mention might not be labelled on this map, so could be any of the unlabelled streets, probably dead ends of enclosed in some way. Best wishes, Martin

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    • Carolyn Gander

      04/29/2021 15:56:58

      Hi Colin I think we may have been in touch in the past? JAT Houldin is the brother of my 2nd great grandfather Harper Houldin. I have been looking for Houldin's Yard/Court too for many years! Carolyn Gander

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  • Ged Lunny

    06/02/2024 22:51:48

    looking for any info about 42 Stanhope St where a boarding house was operated in the early 1900s by the Wilson's? Thanks

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