| Place |
Original
Name |
Language |
Meaning |
Notes |
| Aigburth |
Aykeberh
(ca.1200) |
Old Norse |
Oak-tree hill |
|
| Aintree |
Aintree (1226)
but Ayntre (1292) is the usual mediaeval spelling |
Old Norse |
Lonely tree |
Up to 100 years
ago, before urbanisation, the area was noted for
its lack of trees. |
| 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 |
Cildeuuelle (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 |
Croc's (or
river-bend) 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 |
Cross farm or
settlement |
|
| 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, but it does have the higher ground of
Everton and Walton to the east. |
| 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) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Boundary farm
or settlement |
|
| Smithdown |
Esmedune (DB
1086) |
|
|
Survives only
as Smithdown Road, Wavertree. |
| Thingwall |
Tingwell (1177) |
Old Norse |
Assembly field |
|
| Toxteth |
Stochestide (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Toki's landing
place |
|
| Walton |
Waletone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Britons' farm
or settlement |
|
| Wavertree |
Wauretreu (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon (?) |
Wavering tree
(?) |
Possibly the
aspen tree of which there remain examples. |
| West Derby |
Derbei (DB
1086) |
Old Norse |
Deer
farm/settlement |
An abundance of
deer was one of the things that attracted early
Viking settlers. |
| Woolton (Much) |
Uuetone (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulfa's farm or
settlement |
More or less
the modern Woolton |
| Woolton
(Little) |
Uluentune (DB
1086) |
Anglo-Saxon |
Wulfa's farm or
settlement |
Parts of
Gateacre, Childwall and Netherley. No longer in
use. |
