| Place |
Original
Name |
Language |
Meaning |
Notes |
| Aigburth |
Aykeberh
(ca.1200) |
Old Norse |
Oak-tree hill |
The original
settlement probably lay on the slopes up towards
Mossley Hill. |
| Aintree |
Aintree (1226)
but Ayntre (1292) is the usual mediaeval spelling |
Old Norse |
Lone tree |
Up to 100 years
ago, before urbanisation, the area was noted for
its lack of trees. A landmark or border? |
| Allerton |
Alretune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Alder-tree farm
or settlement |
|
| Anfield |
Hongfield
(1642) |
Middle
English/Anglo-Saxon |
Field on a
slope |
The land slopes
down northwards from Everton. |
| Bootle |
Boltelai (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Dwelling house |
|
| Childwall |
Cildewelle (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Children's (or
Cilda's) spring or stream |
Childwall Brook
(not extant) was once fed by a spring near the
present Childwall Abbey pub and formed the
boundary between Childwall and Roby. |
| Croxteth |
Croxstath
(1228) |
Old Norse |
Krokr's landing
place |
Vikings settled
here after sailing up the River Alt. |
| 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 |
Wild-boar farm
or settlement |
|
| Fazakerley |
Phasakyrlee
(ca.1250) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Border acre
wood or clearing |
|
| Ford |
Ford (1300) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Ford |
Could refer to
a ford over Rimrose Brook |
| Garston |
Gerstan (to
1500) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Great stone |
|
| Gateacre |
Gateacre (1559) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Field by a gate
or goat field |
|
| Great Crosby |
Crosebi (DB
1086), Magnam Crossby (1190) |
Old Norse |
Village with
cross(es) |
|
| Huyton |
Hitune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Landing place
farm or settlement |
The River Alt
used to stretch as far as Huyton. |
| Kirkdale |
Chirchedele (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Church valley |
Not exactly a
valley now, but it does have the higher ground of
Everton and Walton to the east. Maybe derives
from sandhills to the west. The name should
probably be interpreted as valley leading to
the church, i.e. Walton Church. |
| Linacre |
|
Anglo-Saxon |
Flax field |
|
| Litherland |
Liderlant (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Slope land |
The original
village was on sloping land presumably once known
as Hatton Hill, though the name only now
survives in the name of a road. |
| Liverpool |
Liuerpul (1194) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Thick, muddy
pool |
|
| Netherton |
Formerly The
Netherton (1576) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Lower farm or
settlement |
|
| Orrell |
Orhull (1280) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Ore hill |
|
| Roby |
Rabil (DB 1086) |
Old Norse |
Boundary
village |
On the boundary
of the Scandinavian enclave in West Lancashire. |
| 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 |
Stochestide (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Toki's landing
place |
|
| Walton |
Waletone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Britons' farm
or settlement |
|
| Wavertree |
Wavretreu (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon (?) |
Wavering tree
(?) |
Possibly the
aspen tree of which there remain examples. |
| West Derby |
Derbei (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Deer settlement |
An abundance of
deer was one of the things that attracted early
Viking settlers. |
| Woolton (Much) |
Uvetone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulfa's farm or
settlement |
More or less
the modern Woolton |
| Woolton
(Little) |
Ulventune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulfa's farm or
settlement |
Parts of
Gateacre, Childwall and Netherley. No longer in
use. |
